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So having singularly failed with the Bacon plan, Valgor's pitiful mind turns to other money making schemes for LARP.

And one of them is a bit of a warrior's challenge, and a bit of gambling - and as the title suggests, it's a Hot Sauce Challenge.

Procure some bottles of hot sauce. All challengers pay a Silver, and sample each of the sauces in turn. Last warrior standing wins half the purse, with the rest going to me.

Nice and simple, and a bit of fun (will see if I can have milk or similar on standby, because it's amongst the best and most accessible drinks for cooling off the gob).

But.....what should I have them sample the Hot Sauce on? Chunks of bread? Bits of cheese? Perhaps a dried sausage meat of some kind?

Baked bacon-wrapped banana.

But that requires effort! And somewhere to cook!

Looking for something that's easily transported, and doesn't require much in the way of additional equipment.

Also, in case anyone recommends a sauce - I'm not using Extract. At all. Ever. It's meant to be a challenge. Not a death sentence.

Yeah, just be careful. Hot sauce can have some pretty bad side effects for some people, especially in large quantities.

Bread is probably your best bet has it has absorptive qualities and can help counter some of the capsaicin effects in the stomach.

I was thinking of buying some sterilised, disposable pipettes.

That way, I can load them up drop by drop in about as controlled a fashion as possible when you're in a field!

It also means I can extend the challenge further, and steer away from the hottest of the hot - as above, it's a challenge, not an ordeal!

Plus, I'll be sensible and make sure that any taking up the challenge have, at the very least, had their dinner already that evening.

I hate to be a wet blanket, but this really doesn't sound like a good idea.

It'll be fine! Big burly warriors all!

Vaya con Dios my man.

Erm.....yes?

Seriously. You should see the booze these guys drink. A little hot sauce won't do them any harm at all.

And I will be making sure that responsibility for dodgy tums and stomach ulcers rest with them.

Disposable plastic teaspoons?

Not quite In-Character those...

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Not quite In-Character those...

I've seen disposable plastic "silverware" teaspoons. I guess for fancy picnics? They would look the part.

 feeder wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Not quite In-Character those...

I've seen disposable plastic "silverware" teaspoons. I guess for fancy picnics? They would look the part.

Or, as Don Juan says at the renn fair, it's not a plastic cup, it's flexible crystal.

Hot Ones does hot wings.If you haven't watched this series on youtube you should.

 feeder wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Not quite In-Character those...

I've seen disposable plastic "silverware" teaspoons. I guess for fancy picnics? They would look the part.

Or, as Don Juan says at the renn fair, it's not a plastic cup, it's flexible crystal.

Edit: double posted somehow. Anyway, to add something else, I would suggest using plain bread for the sampling. For the hot sauces, maybe start with a couple of the common basics (maybe even bonus rewards for those who can correctly guess what they are) like Frank's, Tabasco, Cholula, etc.

Could do...yes....

Defo want to give it on something to eat though. Let's people ease into it, it's less daunting to many, and having to chew will distribute it round the mouth better, which will hopefully prevent people getting to the more psychotic ones.

TIL there are ways to fantasy roleplay that aren't variants on the "murderhobo" theme.

You should do the Hot Arse Challenge. It involves squirting chilli sauce into each others' rusty sheriff's badges.

Great fun and really sorts the men from the boys!

And gets you kicked off site and banned forever more :p

I feel like I should comment, but im not sure why.......
But one time they did something similiar, and I participated. The problem is going hotter and hotter will sometimes result in damage. Let them take a swig of something.
Be careful, and dont have water, have milk, sweet bread and so forth.

I had dormmates who were passing a bottle of Tabasco sauce and getting a bit on their tongues then they cried like little girls. One even grabbed a 2L of sprite to wash the heat away (idiot!!). I laughed at them and called them wussies (change the "w"). They waved the bottle at me, told me to put my money where my mouth was at. I took a swig, handed it back, walked over to my computer and went back to playing Marvel vs Capcom and reaffirmed they were wussies. Then suggested they get milk if it was too painful for them. I think I went and got a bottle of water an hour later. I was also 18. I'm 31 now. I'm not gonna put my guts through that now, and I sure as hell wouldn't start slurping down hot sauce and follow it up with physical activity. That's begging for trouble. I...don't recommend it.