As you plunge into the world of Zealot, we thought we’d offer you some (mostly just for fun) things to play around with. You can find a whole bunch of different things on our new links page.
First, we’d like to talk costuming.
Costuming at Zealot
If you’ve read through some of the world, you may have a sense of the garb that people wear. Players play as Devout, an elite class. The Devout of Circadia live in a world of abundance and magic and, in their costuming, reflect the power and wealth of their respective God’s.
As gamerunners, we don’t expect our players to have this same sort of abundance. Moreover, we recognize that one of the biggest barriers to larping is money, and costuming is a major component of that. The costume suggestions written are exactly that–suggestions that help orient players to the aesthetics and economy of the game.
All players are able to play exactly what they want, however. Expensive costuming is not required or expected, regardless of suggestions. We want our players to feel comfortable and, beyond cost barriers, understand the need for practical shoes, warm gloves, and so on. No player should ever critique another player’s costuming.
Costuming suggestions should be understood as inspiration, not dogma. We believe in a minimalist Black Box approach to larp, and the simplest costuming can communicate just as much as the most extravagant. So, enjoy getting creative. Be in touch with us, particularly if you’re new to larp, for ideas on effective affordable costuming.
Blessings and Magical Appearance
As you’ll notice, at Zealot all players are “Mortal.” In high fantasy terms, this means “human.” We don’t have elves, orcs, or other common fantasy categories. However, Circadia is a highly magical world, and the Devout are among the most magical within it.
In order to allow people to play around with high fantasy inspired makeup and costuming, we have included “Blessing” of individual Gods in costume suggestions. These are there to free you up to do costuming that looks “more than human.” The most expansive are Beodhen, Hyrnedhna, Opix, Mynair, and Verine, but you have a lot of flexibility within each God. If you have a cool immersive costuming idea, we want to support it.
In the meantime, here is an Accelerant larp tradition, the official Zealot Pinterest Board.
This board maintained by staff and will be periodically updated. This is to help get you a flavor for how different things in the world might look, though it’s more to help with inspiration more than anything else.
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