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For LARPersUpdated Oct 12, 20262 min read

Start, join and run a LARP faction

Create a faction, ask to join one, approve recruits, promote officers, record your in-character name and rank, and leave or disband.

  • ~5 min
  • New to it
  • Part 1 of 2
On this page
  1. Before you start
  2. Start a faction
  3. Join one
  4. Run the roster (leader and officers)
  5. Leave or disband
  6. If something's off

A faction is your unit in the story — a warband, an order, a mercenary company — with a roster that lasts between events.

Before you start

  • A Waypoint account, signed in.

Start a faction

  1. Open Factions

    In the LARP Realm's rail, under Find & organize, choose Group & Faction Roster, then press + New faction.

  2. Describe it

    Enter the Faction name and a Description — who you are, in the story and out of it. Home state (optional) starts from your profile.

  3. Choose who can find it

    Under Visibility, keep Public — anyone can find + request to join.

  4. Create it

    Press Create faction.

Check it worked

The faction's page opens with you on the roster as leader. Name, description, state and visibility can't be changed later, so check them first.

Join one

  1. Find it

    Under Browse factions, open a faction.

  2. Ask

    On the Roster tab, press Request to join.

Check it worked

It reads Request pending (with Cancel request). The faction moves to My factions once an officer approves you — check back, as there's no notification.

Run the roster (leader and officers)

  1. Approve recruits

    Open the Recruits tab and press Approve or Decline on each request. You aren't notified of new ones, so look in now and then.

  2. Make officers

    On the Roster tab, press Promote beside a member to make them an officer, or Demote. Remove takes someone off the roster.

  3. Record your character

    Press Edit my character, enter your In-character name — and, as an officer or the leader, your Rank / role — and press Save.

Check it worked

Your row shows your rank and character name. Officers carry · officer, the leader · leader.

Members record their own in-character name; a rank is set by officers and the leader, for themselves. There isn't yet a way to set another member's rank.

Leave or disband

Leave faction on the Roster tab takes you off it, after a confirmation; to come back, you'll need to ask again. The leader can't leave or hand over the faction — only Disband faction, which removes it and its roster for everyone.

Next: call your faction to muster for a session.

If something's off

“No public factions yet — start one.”
Nobody has made a public faction yet. Press + New faction.
“An officer approves these.”
You're a member but not an officer; ask the leader to promote you.
“You don't have permission to do that.”
Only officers and the leader can approve, promote, remove or set ranks.
I can't find a faction a friend told me about
It may be private — private factions don't show in Browse and can't be joined.

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