PORTAL
Upcoming Events
Immersive Adventure Events
Portland & Surrounding Areas, Oregon USA
Overnight Events &
Adventure Days,
Virtual Orientation & Character Creation
PORTAL Events
A Message From the Executive Director
Hello Everyone,
It is after much thought and deliberation, and with a very heavy heart, that I must announce that Portal Events & Orientations are going to be on hiatus until at least the Spring of 2025.
Please continue to enjoy the website, and we will be posting again in the future once new events are on the horizon.
Best,
Joe Furi
Executive Director
Missed an event? Don’t worry, you don’t have to wait until the next one to get involved!
If you are interested in attending an Event you can get started now!
We are now offering Virtual Orientation and Character Creation sessions to help everyone get started having fun.
Portal Events
Portal in the Park!
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Combat Training & Certification
New Player Training
Crafting Instruction & Demonstration
Character Creation
Free!!! Come Play, Train & Create!!
Hello Everyone,
It is after much thought and deliberation, and with a very heavy heart, that I must announce that Portal Events & Orientations are going to be on hiatus until at least the Spring of 2025.
Please continue to enjoy the website, and we will be posting again in the future once new events are on the horizon.
Best,
Joe Furi
Free!
Come Have Fun!
Learn all about PORTAL and LARPing in a picturesque, fun, & friendly atmosphere.
Concentrated, miniature versions of Adventure Days, Portal in the Park is a burst of fun!!
Explore Portal at local parks!
All activities available:
• New Player Training
• Role-Play as a character…LARP!
• Character Selection, Creation & Histories Help!
• Combat Training & Certification | Boffer, Latex, & Magic
• Crafting Instruction & Demonstration
| Bracers, Weapons, Spell Packets, Tabards & more!
• LARP Makeup Tutorials & Demos
This event is weather permitting!
*No Bow Certification available at this event due to site restrictions.
Free Treasure!
Complimentary In Game Item for everyone who attends!
Stop by for a minute or stay for a few hours!
A social gathering where you can learn combat & get certified, craft a real item, create your character, explore, spar, make friends, and register for the next event IN PERSON!!
Covid-19 – Per CDC Guidelines: Fully vaccinated individuals have the option to not wear a mask or face covering except where required by law. If you are not fully vaccinated, masks or face coverings are required indoors & outdoors where physical distancing is not possible.
Get combat certified, learn combat & spar, create your character, learn how to make weapons, score some treasure, meet some fellow players, learn spell verbals, register for the next event, be a monster, and get answers to all of your questions!
Virtual New Player Orientation
Event Dates TBD OR Schedule Your Own Private Virtual Orientation!
The Executive Directors will be available to answer all your questions and help you create your new character!
Hello Everyone,
It is after much thought and deliberation, and with a very heavy heart, that I must announce that Portal Events & Orientations are going to be on hiatus until at least the Spring of 2025.
Please continue to enjoy the website, and we will be posting again in the future once new events are on the horizon.
Best,
Joe Furi
Learn everything you want to know about PORTAL from the comforts of your own home!
Hosted by your Executive Directors, this orientation will include:
• Open Question & Answer Time: ask any questions you may have!
• Character Selection, Creation & Histories Help!
• Role-Playing Insights & Demonstrations
• Combat Training & Certification Info & Combat Demos | Boffer, Latex, Bows & Magic
• Insight into Valoria, Guilds & Current Politics
• Info on Crafting Instruction
| Bracers, Weapons, Spell Packets, Tabards & more!
• LARP Costume & Makeup Information
This event is virtual on Zoom and is set up so that you may join and leave at any time, stay for as little or as long as you’d like!
Free Virtual Orientation!
Pop in anytime! Join us for as long as you’d like!
A virtual orientation where you can ASK ANY QUESTIONS, get weapon, combat & magic info, learn about crafting, costuming, and makeup, create your character, virtually meet your fellow players and Executive Directors, learn about the local camp and more!
Adventure Days!
Fridays | 2pm-Dark & possibly beyond…!
Saturdays |10am-Dark & possibly beyond…!
Sundays |10am-4:30pm
Location: Trout Creek Wilderness Lodge | 36799 S. Dickey Prairie Road Molalla OR 97038
Get combat certified, learn combat & spar, create your character, learn how to make weapons, score some treasure, meet some fellow players, learn spell verbals, register for the next event, be a monster, and get answers to all of your questions!
Adventure Days combine all of our New Player Activities into one fun-filled weekend!
All activities available throughout the weekend:
• New Player Training
• Role-Play as a character…LARP!
• Character Selection, Creation & Histories Help!
• Combat Training & Certification | Boffer, Latex, Bows & Magic
• Crafting Instruction & Demonstration
| Bracers, Weapons, Spell Packets, Tabards & more!
• LARP Makeup Tutorials & Demos
This event is rain or shine, the Lodge is open!
Event Passes
$20 | Friday or Sunday Pass
$25 | Saturday Pass
$50 | Full Weekend Pass
Food a la carte
Free Treasure!
Complimentary In Game Item for everyone who attends!
Come for one day or all three!
A social gathering where you can LARP, learn combat & get certified, craft a real item, buy some gear, create your character, explore the camp, spar, learn spell verbals and register for the next event IN PERSON!!
Covid-19: Masks or face coverings required indoors & outdoors where physical distancing is not possible.
In Game Events!
Game lays on Friday evening around 7PM and ends Sunday around 4PM.
Play for the whole stay or just for the day! Sleep as your character, wake up as your character, immerse yourself in epic adventures!!
Don’t Dream…Remember!!
Skill cycles are from 7am-7pm and repeat four times throughout this event.
$89 | Full Weekend Pass: PC
$29 | Single Skill Cycle: PC
$19 | Single Skill Cycle: RNPC
FREE | All Passes: NPC
NPC Passes are limited, register early!
Sleeping is Included for Full Weekend Pass Holders & Pass Holders who are playing for two or more consecutive Skill Cycles.
What To Expect At An Event!
Details about what you can expect when you attend a PORTAL event!
Check In
You have arrived at Camp! Welcome, Please Proceed to Check-In!
Check In locations are noted for each individual event in that Event's Information and will be well signed at the location.
If you have a white headband, (don't worry if you don't) please put it on and proceed to the Check-In location.
Logistics personnel will greet you at the Check-In table and walk you through each step of the New Player Process!
Do I Need A Costume?
More Info
One requirement for whatever you’ll be playing: Bring a comfortable shoe or boot.
If you are NPCing the whole time, your costuming, weapons, armor and makeup will all be provided for you.
If you are PCing (playing your character) you should purchase your costuming ahead of time. Your costuming doesn't need to be expensive or complicated, check out the Costuming Page for inspiration and information!
While PORTAL strives to have as much costuming and accessories available for sale at each event, our supplies are currently limited.
PORTAL prefers medieval, period looking costuming and footwear; but don't forget, comfort rules the day when it comes to an active day or weekend of adventuring at PORTAL!
How Much Does the Event Cost?
More Info
Each Event Cost varies and is listed next to each event on the Events Page.
NPC's play for FREE. Costuming, weapons makeup, and accessories are provided by PORTAL.
You MUST bring your own footwear and undergarments!
There is a limit to the amount of people who can NPC at each event so register as early as possible to secure your spot!
Full Weekend Events are often around $90 per person (Friday evening-Sunday afternoon play), sleeping accommodations are included.
Food is available on-site at all Full Weekend Events and is available as an addition to your event cost as a bundle or a la carte.
Food typically averages out around $12 per meal.
Healthy & sinful snacks and beverages are also plentiful and available a la carte!
You may use PORTAL Cash to offset the cost of your event at 1 PORTAL Cash per $1 dollar (cap of $40 per full weekend pass)
Is There An Age A Requirement?
You must be over the age of 18 to attend a PORTAL event!
What is Membership and why is it free for the first event?
More Info
PORTAL Membership is $20 and helps to offset the cost of player insurance and organization fees.
Everyone must be a PORTAL Member to play, but PORTAL does not require your Membership to be paid until your second event.
Membership Forms are available at every event!
Role-Playing
However you are choosing to experience PORTAL, whenever you are playing the game, you will be Role-Playing!
What does this really mean for me?
When you are at PORTAL, In Game, you get to spend all day (and sometimes all night) being your character; making decisions, having conversations, adventuring, planning, living and dying as the character you have created would.
Learn More About How To Create Your Character
You get to do all of the same things as an NPC & RNPC, but these characters motives and actions are under the direction of PORTAL.
Oftentimes, these characters are monsters that you cannot play as a Player Character, affording NPCs & RNPCs the opportunity to experience Portal in a completely new way!
New Player Training
Every new player will get to experience New Player Training as part of their introduction to the amazing world of PORTAL and Telemere, the In Game world which awaits you.
Here you will quickly learn the rudiments of all the basics you need to play the game!
This includes but is not limited to: Common Terminology | Combat Training & Certification | Magic | Injury, Death, Dying, & Resurrection |
After New Player Training, (at In Game Events) you will be guided on your first adventure as an NPC so you can enjoy your first PORTAL experience with other new & experienced players (without worrying about killing your new character)!
Go have fun!
When you return, you can either go play your Player Character or continue to NPC/RNPC!
Adventuring
At our In Game events you are able to spend all day in your character, interacting with the other people of Telemere or embarking on a grand adventure!
Grab a drink at the Tavern and discuss the matters of the day, make new acquaintances and catch up with your old friends. Gamble the day away, battle your enemies or toil towards your goals, all of the choices are always yours!
All Player Characters (PCs) begin game as First Level Adventurers!
Adventurers share a special place in all the societies of the world.
In Valoria, almost all titles and stations have been bestowed upon powerful adventurers that have proven their loyalty and value to the Duke.
Adventurers are those special few that have chosen to follow different paths to the same ends, the myriad and often perilous journeys where adventure awaits.
Adventurers are typically the type of people that want, desire, or need….something, and are willing to go and do something about getting what they want!
Adventuring is about getting up and doing something!
Go help, go thwart, go study, go create, go cower in a corner; at PORTAL you have the opportunity to live very intense moments, very intentionally.
The Rules
Not every player will at all times know every skill and every single rule, PORTAL does not expect them to.
However, you are required to adhere to the Out Of Game Rules of the Organization as well as the In Game Rules at all times.
Here are some important examples:
The Hold Rule
More Info
The most important combat rule is the Hold Rule, a pause in gameplay, which can be invoked by any player at any time.
What Happens When You Call a Hold
If you hear the cry of “Hold” you should repeat it at once, and then stop any action you are involved in.
When someone calls the word “Hold,” you should stop what you are doing immediately, and stay exactly where you are.
Do not leave the spot you are safely standing on; even innocent shuffling around may cause inadvertant advantage, so please stay still and quite. Do not have any conversation during a Hold, In Game or Out Of Game, unless it relates to the specific reason why the Hold was called.
How to Call a Hold
To call a Hold, say/shout “Hold” loud enough for everyone in your encounter area to hear.
If you are ever uncertian about how loud to speak, then always speak louder. For instance, large battles may require you to shout since your encounter area is an entire battlefield. If you hear the cry of “Hold” you should repeat it at once, and then stop any action you are involved in.
In combat situations, be sure your opponent has recognized the Hold before dropping your guard.
When the reason for a Hold has been resolved, the player who called the Hold or a Marshal should call “Three, two, one... LAY ON”.
The game then resumes from where it left off.
In Game vs Out of Game
More Info
Formal Definition: You are In Game when you are interacting with the game world of PORTAL, you are Out Of Game when you are not interacting with the game world, whether you are attending to some logistical necessity such as tag exchange, a personal errand such as going to the bathroom, or the ultimate disappointment: the event is over until next time.
The game is better if you stay In Game as much as possible.
Try to keep out-of -game comments to a minimum. Remember, the more fully you immerse yourself in your character during the game, the more fun you, and those around you, will have with your character.
If The Rules Do Not Say You Can, You Cannot
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The First Rule
If a skill, spell or other rule does not explicitly state you can do something, then you cannot do it.
For example, the Giant Strength spell does not say you can use it to leap greater distances, therefore, no matter how creative you may be in trying; you cannot leap with a Giant Strength spell.
Another example, the Slay skill says nothing about being used to break an object such as a door. During game play your character wants to get into a room behind a closed door. You cannot use one of your purchases of the Slay skill to break down the door.
PC | NPC | RNPC
PCing (Playing Your Character)
As a PC (player character), you get to make all the choices and decisions involving your character!
You are in charge of, and responsible for, the totality of all of your character’s decisions and actions.
You are free to act however you wish within the framework of PORTAL’s rules and procedures. This is your opportunity to create a character and interact with anyone in any way that suits your desires.
In Game actions have In Game consequences, so please take into consideration that other characters' desires and intentions may be different from yours during your adventures!
You should expect to be as involved as you want.
Very few things happen to those that sit and wait.
NPC
NPCing (Not Playing Your Character)
As an NPC (non player character), you will have the opportunity to play FOR FREE many different characters, classes, and professions, each with varying roles, cultures and experiences!
You will be based Out of Game in the NPC Area, and provided with everything that you will need to play the NPC’s that you are assigned, except for footwear, you must bring your own!
NPC’s are often given as many choices as possible, but ultimately the totality of all the the NPC’s decisions and actions are controlled by the Marshal that assigns you your role.
Outside of the parameters dictated by your NPC Character Booklet or given by the Marshal, there is no improvisation or self direction allowed.
There are always opportunities for vast amounts of fun in any NPC part!
RNPC
RNPCing (Recurring NPC)
As an RNPC (Recurring Non Player Character) you get to the chance to experience playing an NPC character that you help create and play!
You and an NPC Marshal will work together to create a unique NPC just for you.
Your RNPC will ultimately be under Portal control, and must be portrayed according to the RNPC card that you are assigned. The guidelines and boundaries that apply to your RNPC will be in your RNPC character booklet.
Within those guidelines and boundaries, you will be able to chart the course that your RNPC takes in any way you desire.
Your RNPC will receive build for each time you play that particular RNPC.
Spend that build to develop your RNPC as you play over time as you strive towards your given overall goals and objectives.
Register Here!
Event Registration Form & Info
For Adventure Days, etc: You may Pay Your Event Fee to secure your spot as soon as you send your Registration Form!
For In Game Events: Your Registration Request must be approved by Logistics before you can pay for your event!
When you receive your approval, you may then Pay Your Event Fee and are considered booked once paid!
This helps to manage NPC needs & avoid overbooking. Thank you!
Sleeping Accommodations
Sleeping is included for Full Time NPC’s, Full Weekend Pass Holders & Pass Holders who are playing for two or more consecutive Skill cycles.
A la carte sleeping also available!
The Setting: A Breathtaking Immersion
Trout Creek Wilderness Lodge
Almost 200 acres of private trails and adventuring!
Located in Molalla, OR |Under an hour from downtown Portland!
Food, Delicious Food!
Meals are a source of pride at PORTAL, we seek out the most natural and nourishing ingredients and carefully plan our menus in concert with our players needs.
Drinks & snacks are important too, and always available for purchase at the Tavern Bar.
Meals should be affordable! $10 /per person a la carte for: Breakfasts, Dinners, & Brunches!
Feasts are $15 /per person a la carte.
Meals are $40/ per person bundled with your Online Registration for a 3 Day, In Game Event which includes:
Friday Dinner
Saturday Breakfast
Saturday Feast
Sunday Brunch
Friday Dinners are a one plate meal. Saturday Feasts are elaborate and festive occasions where everyone gathers around at the same time to gab and gobble, cultural experiences abound and the food is commensurately more sumptuous...plus dessert is included!
We have run Inns across the country and cooked for hundreds of people at monthly LARP events for years, we are no strangers to amazing eats!
Accommodations
Rustic Cabins, Teepee Living, A Bed at the Inn, Tent Camping & More!
So many options to play & stay; Register early to secure your favorite spots!
EVENT INFORMATION
Everything you need to know about a specific event!
Adventure Days!
Fridays | 2pm-Dark & possibly beyond…!
Saturdays |10am-Dark & possibly beyond…!
Sundays |10am-4:30pm
Location: Trout Creek Wilderness Lodge | 36799 S. Dickey Prairie Road Molalla OR 97038
Get combat certified, learn combat & spar, create your character, learn how to make weapons, score some treasure, meet some fellow players, learn spell verbals, register for the next event, be a monster, and get answers to all of your questions!
Adventure Days combine all of our New Player Activities into one fun-filled weekend!
All activities available throughout the weekend:
• New Player Training
• Role-Play as a character…LARP!
• Character Selection, Creation & Histories Help!
• Combat Training & Certification | Boffer, Latex, Bows & Magic
• Crafting Instruction & Demonstration
| Bracers, Weapons, Spell Packets, Tabards & more!
• LARP Makeup Tutorials & Demos
This event is rain or shine, the Lodge is open!
Event Passes
$20 | Friday or Sunday Pass
$25 | Saturday Pass
$50 | Full Weekend Pass
Food a la carte
Free Treasure!
Complimentary In Game Item for everyone who attends!
Come for one day or all three!
A social gathering where you can LARP, learn combat & get certified, craft a real item, buy some gear, create your character, explore the camp, spar, learn spell verbals and register for the next event IN PERSON!!
Covid-19: Masks or face coverings required indoors & outdoors where physical distancing is not possible.
Portal in the Park!
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Combat Training & Certification
New Player Training
Crafting Instruction & Demonstration
Character Creation
Date & Time TBA !
Free!!! Come Train & Create!!
Portland, OR | Oregon City, OR | Molalla, OR
Get combat certified, learn combat & spar, create your character, learn how to make weapons, score some treasure, meet some fellow players, learn spell verbals, register for the next event, be a monster, and get answers to all of your questions!
Free!
Come Have Fun!
Learn all about PORTAL and LARPing in a picturesque, fun, & friendly atmosphere.
Concentrated, miniature versions of Adventure Days, Portal in the Park is a burst of fun!!
Explore Portal at local parks!
All activities available:
• New Player Training
• Role-Play as a character…LARP!
• Character Selection, Creation & Histories Help!
• Combat Training & Certification | Boffer, Latex, & Magic
• Crafting Instruction & Demonstration
| Bracers, Weapons, Spell Packets, Tabards & more!
• LARP Makeup Tutorials & Demos
This event is weather permitting!
*No Bow Practice or Certification available at this event due to site restrictions.
Free Treasure!
Complimentary In Game Item for everyone who attends!
Stop by for a minute or stay for a few hours!
A social gathering where you can learn combat & get certified, craft a real item, create your character, explore, spar, make friends, and register for the next event IN PERSON!!
Covid-19: Masks or face coverings required indoors & outdoors where physical distancing is not possible.
In Game Events!
Game lays on Friday evening around 7PM and ends Sunday around 4PM.
Play for the whole stay or just for the day! Sleep as your character, wake up as your character, immerse yourself in epic adventures!!
Don’t Dream…Remember!!
Skill cycles are from 7am-7pm and repeat four times throughout this event.
$89 | Full Weekend Pass: PC
$29 | Single Skill Cycle: PC
$19 | Single Skill Cycle: RNPC
FREE | All Passes: NPC
NPC Passes are limited, register early!
Sleeping is Included for Full Weekend Pass Holders & Pass Holders who are playing for two or more consecutive Skill Cycles. Sleeping spaces are limited, register early to secure your spot on camp!