The Lynn English High School LARP is a fantasy world inspired by Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) and other tabletop RPGs, and after the Lord of the Rings books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

There is more information about LARPs in general elsewhere on this site.

Unlike D&D and Lord of the Rings, all of the people in our LARP are human. We don't have other species (which are called “races” in D&D), partly because species-specific abilities are hard to play in a game where the player needs to be able to do as much as possible of what the character is doing, and partly because race is already an emotionally charged topic, and tensions between different races or species is not something we want to bring into our game.

Villains, which are played by NPCs, may be people or monsters. While monsters in literature often attack by clawing or biting their victims, monsters in our LARP use boffer weapons like people do for safety reasons. Claws or other body weapons that monsters may have are represented by boffers covered with red duct tape.

Jobs that exist in this world are the same kinds of jobs that would have existed in the middle ages. Adventurers have specific character classes, such as fighters, spellcasters, etc., which have specific in-game abilities that are related to the players' game goals.

Magic exists in this world. In general, spells involve use of a special form of energy called mana. This mana can be used to perform tasks that are impossible in the real world, but could otherwise be accomplished with roughly the energy output of a person in superior physical condition.

Technology in this world is the equivalent to what existed in Europe prior to the 14th century (i.e., prior to the use of gunpowder). Combat used hand weapons such as swords. Locks employed wards, but not pins & tumblers. Any healing more advanced than stopping blood loss or cleaning a wound relies on magic.