
RULEBOOK
The Rulebook
The rulebook covers the following topics and more! Understanding all of these sections are important to having a great time at Amnesty LARP. You can download a copy of the most recent Rulebook by clicking the button at the top right of the PDF reader.
Most recent rules updates are noted in the Changelog at the bottom of this page.

Resurrection: Added a 1 hour cooldown for a single character negotiating with The Other on someone’s behalf.
Healing Poultice: Removed redundant line. Also removed redundancies.
Hex: Effect is drastically reduced after 10 seconds of active combat, then returns once combat is over.
Counterjinx: Clarified that Counterjinx stops Hex, but not other Occultist abilities from human sources.
Overload: Clarified that the user is not deafened.
Safe Haven: Removed references to Saloon and Saloon Proprietor NPC.
Added Amnesty Cooperatives as Appendix 2.
Longshot: Changed “chest” to “torso” for clarity
Added “The Amnesty Compact” under Roleplay mechanics to clarify the role of the compact in gameplay.
Added new general Perk: Cultivation
Changed Homesteader Passive: rumors are now available twice during each game; at check in and again on Saturday evening.
Various clarifications and typo fixes.
Rulebook Updates 8/29/2022 - v1.2
Page 14 - Approved Weapons - The following is added under “Shell-firing”: “Pump action (Examples: Nerf Maverick or Nerf Doomlands Vagabond)”
Page 24 - Advanced Art: Assassinate - The following is added at the end of the description. “During a completely non-combat situation, this ability can be performed with a gentle touch of the weapon, and in this case does not count as an attack for the purposes of being unable to attack a character with a ranged weapon on their person.”
Page 25 - Healing Poultice - The second sentence is changed to “It can alternatively be used to Stabilize a character who is Bleeding Out.”
Page 33 - Hard to Kill - The following is added to the end of the description: “If hit with an effect or attack, the player should communicate that they are unaffected with the call “Hard to Kill””
Page 33 - Lay of the Land - The description is replaced with the following: “The Outlander can carry up to 3 resources while gathering before having to return to a safe place at the cost of 1 grit per resource carried over 1. Additionally, they can check the back side of resource tokens to identify the specific type of resource before collecting it. Requirements: 1 Grit per additional resource”
Page 33 - Trapper - The following is added at the end of the description: “Additionally, the character gains 2 free food tokens during check-in, representing wild game caught in the Badlands.”
Page 33 - On Their Own - The final sentence is amended to say “The Outlander has a pool of 2 additional Grit that recovers the same way as normal Grit, but can only be used while outside of a settlement and while in a group of 3 or less.”
Page 34 - Ironsmith - The following is added at the end of the description. “They can also craft bullets at a rate of 5 bullets per Crafting Ore”
Page 34 - Ironsmith - The Requirements are replaced with “An extended roleplay scene to repair or an extended scene and 2 Crafting ore to fortify an iron, 1 crafting ore to create 5 bullets”
Rulebook Updates 1/19/2022 - v1.0
Character Creation Guide Link - Added
Table of Contents - Added
Credits - Jess Comstock added
Content Warnings - Added
Number of Archetypes allowed increased to 3 (previously 2)
Crafted Item storage maximums between events
Playing to Lift - Keeping track of damage paragraph added
Minimum shooting distance - further general clarification added
Longshot - horizontal surface requirement update
Advanced Art: Assassinate - if target is armed with a ranged weapon clarification added
Counterjinx - Can now be used to stop both monsters’ magic as well as the Hex skill in use.
Advanced Art: Necromancy - When effect ends clarification added
Safety Updates
All Nerf blasters must have orange tip (paint or tape) - Clarification added
“Time out - Drop Your Nerfs!” - Out of game call added
Content Updates
Document Formatting - Updated (General)
Language & Clarifications - Updated (Various, minor
Regarding Genre and Discrimination - Updated
Sex, the Wild West, and You Section - Updated
“Nordic Items” renamed to “Story Items” (Items, Crafting & Stealing) - Updated
“Tavern” renamed to “Saloon” - Updated