May 2010 ALT Event Highlights

WOW!  What an excellent event.  I had a great time, and there were so many great moments I cannot begin to name them all. 

I will sum up my highlights of the event by lauding my (yes, i consider them my own) Resistance PCs. All of you.  You made the weekend a pleasure to run, as you were gung-ho and excited about everything, you were properly terrified of Thanatos and his Black Guard, you initiated all the big moments yourselves, without any NPC "prompting".  All in all, y'all were a great crew , and I am genuinely in awe at how completely you all were immersed in everything.

Bravo to you all, and I can't wait 'til next years Alt event.

Terry

Gabriel Tellinghast
Former General of the Kings Armies
Member of the Resistance

PS:  Beware the Triple Shank!!!

I'm glad to have been there to help out and may make a PC next time.

It was great seeing everyone and laughs were had. Sorry those NPCs had to see me when I had that low bloodsuger moment. If I didn't say sorry then, let me say it here.

I had a load of fun at this event even though I had to leave right after Main Mod. Making the decision to NPC the whole event actually turned out to be fantastic because I had lots of great experiences with the various characters I played.

Highlights
-Zombie'ing Friday night was great both in the NPC area and roaming out to the Inn.
-Vince Clortho! Gozer the Gozarian!
-Jeff you did a great job keeping all the undead NPCs organized and interested throughout our various mods. Hats off to you.
-Bandit Village mod Saturday was fun, especially finding out we'd basically be getting food and supplies for free!
-Helping with feast and NPCing a bartender.
-Greater Ghoul during Main Mod was awesome. If I didn't love playing Winks so much during mass combats I'd totally NPC Main Mod more often.

See everyone in June.

I had a great time.

At the Alt Event, bein g the Fence and owning the Inn went hand in hand.  Tending bar made me accessible to all, which made my job much easier.

Stealing a priceless item from Chris F.  Him trying to kill me to get it back, but three of his four hired guns were on my side.  Sometime, things just fall into place.

Kelly taking charge of table set up for feast.

A remarkably unrushed feast prep, everything going smoothly, everything ready with time to spare.  

Emily dumping a bowl of whipped cream on Jeff's head and Jeff's lame attempt to retaliate.

Sleeping in the small room at the Inn.  I like this and may reprise it in the regular game.

Conversation with many, but with Lucius and Radu taking the position that all Goblins should be treated like snakes - killed on sight.

After the "regular" lay on, a long evening of RP with Kwildar.  It was intense and informative.

Ditto with Gideon.  

Falling over after being attacked by 3 heavy duty thugs in the Inn and smoking them with perfect aim speed cast lumenescent beams.

Usual stuff teaching Creed the short order breakfast business.

Thank you to all the storytellers and NPC's for your hard work this weekend. It was a smaller game but I can't think of anyone who couldn't get involved in the plot if they didn't want to.

Highlights:

-Jade and Cameo, worst acrobat and bounty hunter ever
-The very realistic feeling that at any moment you could be accused of being a resistance member and totrtued.
-Skeletons came to attack my cabin on Friday night. The hobbit, the Bedoin, the coast havener and I were trying to have a very late dinner. The hobbit (Michael) was hiding under the bed before they even started banging at the door. The rest of us stayed out and ready to fight and then we hear chewing noises from under the bed as the hobbit ate our food that he managed to pull under the bed without us seeing.
-Both the Friday night and Saturday night mods in the graveyard were amazing.
-2 AM tree puns and a tri corner hat
- the wild mages faces lit up on Sunday morning when they got to fight elementals.

Fun event!  While it had lower numbers, it allowed a lot of personal attention.

Highlights from ALT side:

- Playing across from the Goblinoids as a Hobbit.  As much as they enjoyed playing the evil/cannibalistic aspects or even trying *not* to be, playing someone who isn't the front center hero type is fun.
- Being able to RP may way into and out of many situations without having powers halting the RP... such as the inquisition/torture/execution scene outside and the follow up hobbit emotional breakdown.  
- Snacking and eating so much that come Sunday, I didn't feel exhausted and beaten.  
- Discovering that I do indeed fit under the pallet beds, and can vanish with the food in less than a minute.
- Working as many one liners into the weekend as possible.
- Scenarios which cause all of the standard size PCs to double over and crawl while I get to walk... and light heartedly mocking them.
- Brodius Thunderforge.  Ha-HA!
- Interaction with a thief alt late Friday whose name I unfortunately don't know. 'Why don't you and I go out to the woods and find our way through the dark?'  'Because you have a small knife, a large pouch, and I have already seen you stab two other people in the back.'


Highlights from primary side:

- Pun-a-thon late night Saturday. 
- Troll fights... like bum fights only with burning enchanted blades and dominate.
- Flow of Sunday was good.  Sunday often feels like a very late start and not much going on.  Having a few modules that had cause/effect aspects and were not just random monsters was nice.
- 'I am an apple, I am hard core, Why is everything so horrible? (wine), and sweet leaf to leave'
- Interaction with my favorite troll, little did I know that mispronouncing 'Brugga grugga thhhhpt' as 'Brugga Brugga thhhpt' is the difference between honoring a trolls lineage and saying something about their mothers taste in men.