{"id":83,"date":"2021-04-27T09:22:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T08:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2023-12-30T21:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T21:07:23","slug":"mechanics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/mechanics\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calibration and Safety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Redemption <\/em>is an intense larp with themes of spirituality, religion and sex. Because of this, participants have a set of calibration mechanics they can use to control their own experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These mechanics are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No Surprises<\/strong> &#8211; Never do anything to another player by surprise. Instead, approach slowly and telegraph what you&#8217;ll do, perhaps even verbalizing it. &#8220;Oh, I&#8217;m going to choke you now!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This way, your co-player won&#8217;t be caught by surprise and has time to react and use calibration mechanics if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opt Out<\/strong> &#8211; You can always exit any scene. If you need to signal to your co-players that you&#8217;re opting out, lift your hand above your eyes and sneak away. When you do this, your co-players should play around your exit as naturally as possible. You don&#8217;t have to justify opting out in any way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Safeword<\/strong> &#8211; The safeword is &#8220;safeword&#8221;. If someone says &#8220;safeword&#8221; that means that those in the immediate scene will interrupt play. The person who used the safeword then explains what they need to change for the scene to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The sexual content of the scene is becoming too much for you. You use the safeword and ask your co-players to play away from sexual themes during the rest of the scene.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&#8217;re being carried outside by a crowd of people. Because the ground is wet, you use the safeword and ask someone to fetch your shoes, putting them on before the scene resumes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You suddenly notice a physical safety hazard, such as a candle that has fallen down. You use the safeword and put it out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that you don&#8217;t have to justify the use of the safeword and if someone uses it, you shouldn&#8217;t pressure them to explain why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Tapout<\/strong> &#8211; This is the physical version of the safeword. You can tapout by tapping a co-player twice in quick succession or by tapping your own body in a place where your co-players will see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is useful if you can&#8217;t speak for some reason, if you don&#8217;t want to disturb a big scene, or if speaking is otherwise undesirable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most immediate meaning of the tapout is: &#8220;Stop doing whatever it is you&#8217;re doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A co-player&#8217;s character is in the grip of holy ecstasy, pushing you down to the floor. Your foot gets caught in an uncomfortable position so you tap your co-player&#8217;s shoulder twice to let them know there&#8217;s an issue. They get off you, you adjust your position, and the scene resumes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A co-player is feeding you a food item that you can&#8217;t eat because of your off-game eating restrictions. You give a quick double tap on your own chest while looking pointedly at the food item. Your co-player moves the scene into another direction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sex Mechanics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During the larp, you can get naked. However, if you&#8217;re participating in a sex scene, you should have at least briefs, panties, etc. on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The principal method for playing sex scenes is to mime them out theatre-style. With some types of sex acts, this means dry humping, but experience has shown that sex scenes are more interesting to play if they incorporate other elements as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Non-penetrative sex can also be played using the hand method which is explained in the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should not have actual sex involving genital stimulation or penetration in this larp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Violence Mechanics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Acts that would cause physical harm to another player should be played out theatre-style. For example, if you punch someone, telegraph the move so they know what you&#8217;re doing, and then mime the punch without putting any force into it. Then your co-player will act as if the punch really connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no character death or serious injury in the larp except in pre-planned scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_9651-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\" style=\"width:625px;height:469px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_9651-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_9651-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_9651-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_9651-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_9651-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A thematic picture from St. Petersburg. Not from the game location. Photo: Maria Pettersson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calibration and Safety Redemption is an intense larp with themes of spirituality, religion and sex. Because of this, participants have a set of calibration mechanics they can use to control their own experience. These mechanics are: No Surprises &#8211; Never do anything to another player by surprise. Instead, approach slowly and telegraph what you&#8217;ll do, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/redemption\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}