Fell Tides IV Siege of Caer Ma-Ut

August 25 - August 27, 2023


Site is Sterling "The Hall @ 34 Ford Road" - Sterling, MA (View Map).

Event starts at 06:00 PM, on Friday August 25, 2023.
Event ends at 06:01 PM, on Sunday August 27, 2023.

Cost is $40-60. Price is $50 at the door. If the pricing is an issue would prevent you from attending please reach out to an Event Holder..
Cost via PayPal.me is $50.00 per person.
Pre-registration is suggested.


Event Holders
Justin Balanca-Hawkes
Alex Taylor
Eric Willisson
Stephen Sanford (Unofficial)
Event Description

“If you are seeking to bring the fight to Arvitt Garrimaddon you will need to seek out the Keepers of the Precipice. I suspect that you bringing my warning to the Church of the Sword Maiden will make this introduction easier. Know that Caer Ma-Ut exists within the Negative Energy plane and that much of your magic will function differently while you are there. Unaided you will be unable to feel the graces of your gods and I suspect that healing magic will be significantly weaker as it is the plane of death and undeath.” -Maxwell Weathers, Guardian of Nathan’s Hollow

Desperate and wounded after the failed siege of Coventry Garrimaddon has fallen back to his stronghold Caer Ma-Ut to lick his wounds and to prepare for the assault he knows is soon coming.

What awaits the heroes of the Realms within the stronghold of the Champion of Corruption is unknown, but rumors speak of countless armies of undead fodder and some stronger foes. From the war in Voraniss it was confirmed that the ancient dracolich Droxxon the Frozen patrols the fortress.

Rules Changes and Notes

Please see Pre-reg notes, we have extended the deadline for Paid pre-regs for magic items to the 18th.

Friday Night - Trials of the Precipice

Saturday - Siege of Caer Ma-Ut

Start time around 10am
Dinner break 5-7pm -Note food will not be provided for players, Dinner will be provided for staff/NPCs (please pre-reg for staff so we have a good head count)

Sunday - The Champion of Corruptions Last Stand
Start time around 10am

Code of Conduct+ - As usual, we will be enforcing Chimeron's Code of Conduct+ at this event. Details available here: http://coc.chim.fyi

Intervention/Banners - For this event Intervention will allow the caster to prepare a Banner dedicated to their god. This is in place of the spells standard use. This banner will serve as a conduit of the gods divine influence and will allow Divine Magic and Healing Magic to function properly within ten (10) feet of the banner.
-This will be in effect until told otherwise.

Starting upon entering Caer Ma-Ut players will find various changes to their magic.

Divine Magic
All Divine Magic must be cast with a Marshal present.
Divine Magic cast outside ten feet will not be answered by your god.
Healing Magic
Healing magic cast outside ten feet from a Banner raises the target as undead. No protections stop this.

Call the Soul/ Soul Snare- These spells will function differently for this event. If a character has has their soul rendered a call the soul/soul snare must be cast in front of a marshall and coin will be flipped a "heads" will return the soul back to the body, a "tails" will fail the spell."

Magic and In-House Items - For this event we are allowing each registered player who has paid pre-reg by August 18th to register three (3) items of any combination of backed Magic or In-House items.

Note: Any spell 5th or higher provided by an item will be weaker than a player cast spell.

Aspect System Play Test - Aspect system will be allowed at this event. You are not required to make a build with aspect but you must check it in upon registration and/or pre-register https://docs.google.com/document/d/18sZc5e-KoaTj0-qzSwtv9EA-A4Hdzv-lnYUhuN3Dfr0/edit?usp=sharing

We are -NOT- allowing the Story or Power aspects for this playtest.

Regional Magics - Regional Magics are in effect.
Players will have a choice between Regionals paths provided at check-in.

Special Calls - A list of event specific calls will be explained at check-in and during the Reading of the Rules.

Knightly Powers - Knightly Powers will be in effect. Knightly Gauntlets will be in effect but changed. Knights can charge one casting of the raise dead spell and turn it into one casting of combat raise dead . This effect must be from the Raise dead spell and not supplemented from the spells Group Healing or Circle of Healing. A Knight can only have one charge at a time (not per gauntlet as other locations have done in the past).

COVID Protocol - People attending the event will need to provide proof of Vaccination with Bivalent booster or a proof of negative covid test within 24 hours of attendance. Children under 5 do not need to provide proof of vaccination or test. Site will be providing Contact tracing for all attendees.

Link for paypal is paypal.me/rstephensanford Realmsnet only will allow one set price which is set to 50$ plus tax, please use the link above for custom pricing and please try to include tax otherwise we will be charged the difference.

Other Notes

This is the old Sterling site under new management.

There is no potable water currently on-site. We will be providing some water, but be prepared to bring your own.

Carry-in, Carry-out. Do not litter and thoroughly check your camping area before you leave. All Garbage must be brought off site do not use the trash cans, all must be brought out with you.

Smoking is only allowed in the designated area in the parking lot, you must dispose of your trash in the proper receptacle and failure to do so may result in being asked to leave.

No open flames are allowed within any structure on the facility. No incendiary devices or fireworks are allowed. All open fires shall be within provided fire pits, attended at all times and completely extinguished whenever unattended.

No drinking of alcoholic beverages will be permitted on this site without expressed permission by site. Assume site is dry unless specified by the EH staff

Camping is allowed in designated areas only.

Parking is available against the wall near the entrance. Please do not leave your cars in your camp area.

No swimming in the pond.

NOISE IS TO BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM AFTER 10PM, the site is adjacent to a small residential area.

ALL TRASH MUST BE PICKED UP AND REMOVED. Failure to do so will likely result in the site owner refusing to rent to any LARP again.

Site must be completely clean by 3pm on Sunday.

Directions
Sterling "The Hall @ 34 Ford Road"
34 Ford Rd
Sterling, MA 01564

This is the old Sterling Site under new management.

From North:
Take Rt. 2 to I-190 South. Get off at exit 14(Route 12, Sterling).
Bear right at end of ramp. Follow directions below.
From South:
Take I-495 or the Mass Pike(90) to Route I-290 North to I-190
North. Get off on exit 14(Route 12, Sterling). Bear left at end of
ramp. Follow directions below.
Take 2nd right(there is a blinking yellow light at the
intersection), onto Pratts Junction Rd. Take the 3rd left onto
Flanagan Hill Rd. You'll travel under the highway, and take your next
left onto Ford Rd. Go straight into the driveway at the end. The
Campground is to the left of the barn.

IMPORTANT: Drive slowly once you get onto Ford Road -
idiots speeding on their road or through the campground has been an
issue for the owner and they really want to avoid this issue going forward.