🛠️ The Shourri Winter Challenge: Culinary Architecture

This XP Challenge demands both dedication and skill. This challenge tests your structural ingenuity and creative flair in a fun, hands-on, and delicious way!

🎉 REWARD UPON COMPLETION: 1 XP

1. The Challenge Mandate (The Build)

Create an edible architectural model representing any structure from the Dawn Lands: a house, castle, fort, dungeon, or even a cozy hobbit-hole. This project encourages teamwork and creativity outside of the normal combat rules.

A. Approved Materials (The Edible Rule)

The model must be constructed primarily from baked goods or edible, bakery-adjacent materials.

• Acceptable: Gingerbread, rice crispy treats, graham crackers, sugar cookies, pretzels, and various candies and icing for construction and decoration.

• Restrictions: No meat, and avoid using ice except sparingly for decorative accents (e.g., small icicles).

B. Physical Constraints (The Engineering Test)

Constraint	Requirement
Base Size	Maximum of 24 inches x 24 inches (Maximum size for the footprint). No minimum size.
Height	Up to the creator’s ambition!
Stability Test	The finished structure must be able to stand on its own for a minimum of 10 consecutive minutes before submission.

2. Submission and Voting

To complete the challenge and receive your 1 XP, you must post visual evidence of your structure.

A. Submission Protocol

Participants must post clear pictures and/or a video of their completed model on the designated Discord channel.

B. General Populace Voting

The community will vote on all submissions in two distinct categories to determine the winners:

1. Best Looking (Aesthetics): Judged on creativity, decoration, and visual appeal.

2. Best Architecture (Structural Integrity): Judged on the complexity, scale, and engineering of the design.

3. Prizes (For Category Winners)

The winner of each category (Best Looking and Best Architecture) will receive their choice of a complete set of high-quality, LARP-appropriate feast gear:

• Winner's Prize: you can pick I item from the set of Feast Gear (listed below), or a Cross Body Pilgrim's Bag.

  • 1 Plate

  • 1 Bowl

  • 1 Mug

  • 1 Set of Utensils

  • 1 Carry Bag for the entire set

Challenge Timeline: Solstice to Saturnalia

• Planning & Design: May begin at any time.

• Actual Construction: Begins December 21st at 10:00 AM (The peak of Winter Solstice).

• Submission Deadline: Pictures must be posted by Midnight of December 26th (The Week of Saturnalia).

• Voting Period: December 28th – December 29th (Midnight).

Get Going: Begin planning your structure now! Construction begins on the Solstice!