January Highlights

Sadly, two lowlights:

Friday night, someone moved the chicken stew I made from the front to a rear burner and left it on too high.  Too bad someone else had to clean your mess.  Fortunately, you only ruined around 10 bowls.

All the people who used the bathrooms when there were no paper towels and did not tell anyone in the kitchen.

Ditto on those who just chucked their towels into the overfilled basket without either emptying it or telling anyone.

To reiterate, we are not your parents.  Take some initiative.

Highlights:

Sleeping in a bed and not on a desk!

Oh-God-Maul.

Amazing Scarf of Warmth. I highly recommend The Crooked Pin.

Friday:
-Talking with other Khitans about the going-ons of the last month.
-Getting asked to be photographed.
-Season 1-4  Khitan Mod. that challenged 5th, 9th, and 15th level characters?!? Thank you Mae Fang for coming along, and Toravisu for following us.

Saturday:
Getting into a fight on the road when going to the inn, and back to the monastery within 15 minutes of each other.
-Finally meeting alot of the members of Kaladonia; having trolls wave at us from across the field?
-Turning my shield into a sled by accident, when a hold was called, while running from Erdrick and Solomon (as an NPC).
-Billiam and Nutmeg's Interactions.
-Playing the Undead Dark Templar Mod. Boss
-Helping Mae Fang teach Throw, Trip, and Subdue. Baoyu is apparently applying to be a crash-test dummy.
-...And from that, "Gypsy Catching."
-Seeing Toravisu dying, in-a-dress, on the banister, in the Inn. The NPC (Jenna?) who downed him was in tears from how off guard he was caught by her.
-Alot of fighting going on all night at the Inn and ridiculousness, and strange monsters. I think everyone had insanity incited by near-hypothermia.

Sunday:
-Erdrick teaching me Str. of the Sam. with a "live-fire" lesson by Attacking the Mummy for 40 magic fire. Damn.
-Had fun teaching Kleidin Weapon Prof+1 for 1HE. First time I have used teach. Nice feeling of learning through teaching.
-Learning that I can investigate rumors/plot and exactly how FAR away Khitan is.

Low-lights:
-Flashing during the feast was terrible.
-Oh-God-Maul.

I'll agree with you, Adam.  Oh-Gods-Maul!

Friday:
-New Gypsies!  Hooray!  We can never have enough.
-Kwildar learning that Magnus is alive again.  I don't think I've ever seen him so happy.

Saturday:
-Out-rainbowing a unicorn and being thrown out of a portal as a result.
-Diane's Filet Mignon
-Chocolate Chip Cheesecake, and the look of awe that appeared on the faces of everyone who tried it.
-Surviving the Saturday afternoon mod (as a Dark Templar), despite forgetting half of my skills and being chased by Shen and Erdrick.
-Forcing the Baron to use his promo during main mod
-The look on Kwildar's face every time he attacked into my Shield of Suffering.
-Oh-Gods-Maul!
-Teaching Gypsy Death Curse to Aquaina
-Learning First Aid, even though the lesson was interrupted by Undead.
-The Darkheart Knight.
-The Joker's last words: "Shantanamor sucks."

Sunday:
-Teaching Gypsy Death Curse again, this time to Marika.
-Teaching Hamish how to buckle swashes.
-Despite not go on a single mod (as Tobar), and I still had a great time.

Low-lights:
-Blinked in front of Lethias, facing away from him.
-Blinked in front of Evadne, facing away from her.
-So freaking cold!

This was my first time LARPing and I already can’t wait until my next. I had a fantastic time from beginning to end It was fantastic so without further ado my Highlights and Lowlights

Overall
Highlights

The atmosphere was amazing. On Friday night when I showed up nothing looked special but when the lights went out and we were operating with naught but the light from the fake candles I truly had an appreciation for what it must have been like to be one of the heroic Spear Danes who slept within the Mead Hall of King Hrothgar. Brace your selves it is long

The people everyone was in perfect character for the most part and they were all very helpful.

Friday Night
Highlights

Showing up and not feeling out of place I was hear amongst so many veteran players that at first I was afraid I was going to feel left out but partly because I was part of a group of first timers and because of all the experienced players who helped us it was perfect

Having my first boffer creation get positive remarks. My staff got past around a lot at and it was great to hear positive things being said about my first creation which took me hours to make. It was really encouraging.

The Journey Through the Rift Mod. It was amazing fun to get on the Caravan and really get into to world of Travance.

Going to bed afraid for my life. (believe it or not this was actually a plus it was thrill and a half to think that I might be attacked while I slept.

My first NPC Shift. I truly don’t understand why the Admins are always posting to remind people to do there NPC duty. I had a blast. I got to be a Dark Troll. I super easy Earth Elemental and an Uber hard Greater Ghoul. It really gave me a feel for combat.

Lowlights

I suppose 3 AM is actually Saturday morning but we went on a Rat killing mod. It was supposed to be easy a couple of rats not big deal, right? Wrong! This was no easy mod and there were very few maybe three people with us, who could have actually held their own against these monsters. First there was just one huge 6 foot tall rat and about 8 of us who were ready to fight the beast. I started breaking shields and severing limbs. Left and right. We barely made it out alive.

Saturday
Highlights

Meeting the Gypsies. Tobar, Ilona Zaffron and Maricka are all really cool people. In 6 to 12 months I think I might have to make a new PC just so I can hang with them more. I am thinking Gypsy Bard.

Meeting Wolfgar the Barbarian Warrior and learning more about being a Barbarian. Why we can’t mock the nobles. And the Witch Hunter Test.

Going on an expedition with the Celts, Wolfgar and about twenty other people. It was fun to just go on a Hike and to come to the rescue of friends. As they fled from a Troll attack.

The hero Shantonimore. While I stayed in my bed with my staff held tight in my hands. (if anyone asks I was not cowering I was staying there to protect the Healer who had taken refuge at the foot of my bed lol) It was thrilling to hear the exploits of Shantonimore, and even see him silhouetted against the black and red curtains as he heroically defended Shanty Town.

Lowlights

Based on how many times I had to be healed including once when I was attacked mere moments after being revived, I think I am going to opt to NPC Main Mod for the near future.

Sunday
Highlights

The Mystery of Shanty Town Shanker. I am a big urban crime fan so it was great to get to see be part of a mod where I could try and use my detective skills.

Medium Light

All of Sunday morning everything seemed bittersweet. Having slept so little it seemed that the weekend had been much longer. It was like the last day of summer camp. I had fought hard alongside so many new friends and it was sad to see them go and it also felt like the world had changed a little bit because I had been there.

Low Lights

The return to civilization. It was kinda hard to leave this world of action and excitement. And for the next few days everything seemed less real. My head would turn anytime someone would say Damage, or cast. Travance is still in my head somewhere. (Travance. Is it a Baronial State or a State of Mind?)

I have a cold from laying in the snow. . . . Totally worth it, though

Other Highlights I forgot to add:

Nutmeg's muffins.
Getting an massage from Nutmeg
Emar buying Gypsy chocolate for everyone.
Cousin Wailan looting Spider. Cousin: "I cut open your head and slice down your abdomen and thorax." Spider "You find nothing but just passed High School Biology"

Other Lowlights

Popped a seam in my tunic getting down off the couch to get a massage
Trying to use my last spell packet to use Animal Empathy on a Spider who climbed on the roof missing and hitting the building "Spider: Well the Inn likes you now" Voice in Head "Come down here and say that"

Having just recovered from a terrible cold I suppose I can write some highlights.

NEW PLAYERS! Seriously, great job guys and gals! I was intensely impressed by you guys.

Also, being high enough level that we could take new players on mods and protect them while letting them fight the monsters yet low enough to still be a bit scared. GOOD TIMES.

Teaching so many people so many things and being taught new skills. Way cool.

Finally getting to use my bow again. It took me weeks to get replacement nocks for my arrows, now that their back, npcs shall fear my bow once again!!!

Sleeping in the tent on friday, so cold yet so awesome. Under my blankets I was a toasty 3000 degrees, if only my mouth and lungs felt the same.

Finding out more and more that being a nice guy, with a decent head on his shoulders, and a squire title in front of his name, lends for a busy weekend. It used to be " COLIN!!! We need some money to buy ale." Now its "COLIN summon up all the celts and everyone from Kalidonia and organize them, we need to save some people from (Insert terrible thang here)" Or "Colin we need your advise on how to handle this (Insert awkward social or political situation)"

Feast was delicious, Kudos to the kitchen staff for all of their hard work.

Getting to play the dress up bandits again and having a great time in the inn. You folks who were put in dresses role played like champs, well done.

Joker vs Aleister, Dead tired and quite sick I wasn't about to miss a chance to npc that.

I'm sure theirs more. But meh.

LOW LIGHT

Getting sick