Not the worst larp idea we've had

[learnedax]

Idea by dkapell, embellished by me.
Death by Letters Patent
OR
Fess Up
Someone's been tampering with the records. The whole College of Heralds could have sworn that 'Quarterly, argent and sable' was a long-held device, but no one can find it on the rolls... And when Gerold Blanders, gules a couped stein or, the loudest antagonist of this new submission,

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[bkdelong]

Sounds almost like a submission for "10 Bad Larps". ;) Just for the shear knowledge of heraldic terns needed. Definitely something that could be run as an event during a camping weekend.

[learnedax]

I don't know, heraldic terns seem to look pretty much like terns. Much more recognizable than some beasts.

[bkdelong]

African or European? ;P

[learnedax]

Well, South Africa has a heraldic history, and they should have terns, but I don't know that the latter shows up much in the former. Maybe a few times. A springbuck would be much more likely.

[learnedax]

Ok, I'll bite: what's deadgra mean?

[learnedax]

Ah! All becomes clear.

[juldea]

Looks like you need a straight man.
I'd play it.

[liamstliam]

I would love to play. but alas, I cant.

[peregrinning]

Why is it that this, of all the replies, made me smile and laugh?

Looking for a relevant song, I found the acceptance letter for:
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Baldwin of Erebor. Badge. A dove displayed upon a billet chequy Or and gules between a pair of cockatrices clad in motley like a fool's, their feathers are dimidiated with a tree eradicated, limbed and fructed countercompony.

Note: Fields and tinctures of charges need not all be specified in a badge. This is a special exception to the rule against complexity and does not constitute a precedent. Please see the drawing and story appended at the end of this letter.
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And then, of course, there's my song, "Sable a pile or, rondelly gules, a chief invected argent." :-)

[cristovau]

I'd be there with six guns emblazoned.