COST OF GETTING INTO DAGORHIR Most people who show up for there first time can either barrow or rent weapons and costuming. The rental charges are usually nominal (maybe $1.00 a weapon). After about your third battle you should think about making an investment in your own equipment. Remember these costs are usually spread out over a period of weeks if not months. These costs have been rounded up so not to make unrealistic clames. Many items (such as sweat pants, a leather belt, hiking boots) you may already have. This can reduce the cost of getting started in Dagorhir. Dagorhir setup for first Dagorhir battle: WEAPONS: Sword 30" PVC Pipe $ 3.00 (10ft) Camping pad $ 10.00 1 yard grey $ 4.00 cotton cloth Spray Adhisive $ 6.00 Duct tape $ 4.00 Dagger 10" PVC Pipe 1 Mini NERF football $ 4.00 Camping pad foam 1/2 yard grey $ 2.00 cotton cloth Duct tape ------- $ 43.00 COSTUME: T-Tunic 3 yards favorite $ 12.00 color cotten cloth. Pants 1 pair of brown, $ 10.00 black, green, or grey sweatpants from surplus store. Belt 1 leather belt $ 1.00 thrift store leggings 1 yard fake fur $ 8.00 1 pair leather boot $ 3.00 laces leather boots or $ 10.00 shoes from thrift store ------- $ 44.00 The total of $77 may seem like a lot of money, but it is nothing compared to the Hundereds of dollars that a typical SCA member will invest in armour. Some people have been known to get plastic PVC pipe from construction dumpsters, and foam from dumpsters behind computer stores. All these things can reduce the cost of getting into Dagorhir. _________________________________________________________________ * Back to the Dagorhir Home Page."