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For LARPersUpdated Oct 12, 20262 min read

Plan a LARP character and costume

Create a character in the Character & Costume Planner — concept, faction, rules system, chapter, record link — and plan the costume, makeup and props, then edit or delete it.

  • ~4 min
  • New to it
  • Part 1 of 2
On this page
  1. Before you start
  2. Create the character
  3. Edit or delete
  4. If something's off

A LARP character is a sheet, a costume and a pile of props. The Character & Costume Planner keeps them together — and it's private to you.

Before you start

  • A Waypoint account, signed in.
  • A name and a concept. Everything else can come later.

Create the character

  1. Open the planner

    In the LARP Realm's rail, under Prep, choose Character & Costume Planner, and press + New character.

  2. Who they are

    Enter the Character name and, if your game uses one, the Level. In Concept, write who they are — background, personality, goals. A line you could say at the gate is more useful than three paragraphs.

  3. Where they play

    Fill in Faction / group, Rules system / org (for example Amtgard, NERO, Dagorhir) and Chapter / kingdom. If your org keeps an online record of you, paste its full address in Record link (ORK / NERO).

  4. What they look like

    Plan the Costume plan (garments, colours, sourcing, what's left to make), Makeup / prosthetics and Props & weapons, and anything else in Notes.

  5. Create it

    Press Create.

Check it worked

The character is in the list on the left, with a line such as The Silver Wardens · Amtgard · Lvl 3. Its page shows tabs for Progression, Concept, Costume, Makeup, Props & weapons and Notes, and Org record ↗ if you added a record link.

Edit or delete

Pick the character in the list and press Edit; change anything and press Save (there's no autosave). Delete removes the character and all its progression, after a confirmation — it can't be undone.

Faction / group here is your own note. To join a faction's roster, use Group & Faction Roster; if the names match exactly, the Realm's home page shows your faction rank on your character's badge. Building the props? See Prop & weapon crafting.

Next: track XP, skills and awards, and print the card.

If something's off

“The record link must be a full web address, starting with https://.”
Paste the whole address from your browser's address bar.
“Level is a whole number from 0 to 1000.”
Use a whole number, or leave Level empty.
It says Slot 2 of 2
The count under your list isn't a limit on planner characters yet — you can still add more.
I switched characters and lost my changes
Changes are kept only when you press Save or Create. Finish one character before opening another.

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