May 2010 ALT Event Highlights

I had a great time playing Al Shanker aka The Shanker!
The Triple Shank!
Kind of being in the resistance, but not really having any clue what the resistance was, only that I would eventually be able to shank those people I swore to shank.
Michael P.'s hobbit!!  Great!!
Brendan's nautical terms for everything that was going on!
The plot was a lot of fun, even if I had no idea what was going on IC!
Getting to Shank a little, and swearing to hunt down and shank certain people and all of their decendents until there are none left, even to the end of time!

Making Illithid Calamari!
Finding out Blade is the new Lord of Pendarvin!!!

this was my first alt event and i had an absolute blast! Once a Brockles, always a Brockles (literally i'll be green forever >.<)

- seeing peoples faces when i introduced myself as Brockles and watching them try not to laugh
- seeing creed's character die and have his body thrown on the porch and then have his shield taken because he's not using it
- Thanatos: hey mars, grant death
  Nikita: uhhhhh
  Requiem: Intercept......uhhhhhh crap *dies*
  Nikiti and Snog: running. running! RUNNING!
- Inserting myself awkwardly into conversations constantly
- dr. shank, shankarino, shankmaster, shankenstein.... loved it!
- not being killed OR tortured = plus
- being in charge of Talin's (sp?) private stock booze during battles = one drunk goblin
- being asked why i wasn't fighting the undead only to reply "i'm just a convenient stack with a toothpick included" pointing to my dagger.
- feeling horrible when our hobbit tried to heal people and i was around >.<
-       Snog: I don't think that hobbit fellow likes me.
       Nikita: he thinks you're going to eat him
hobbit walks out "so much healing before 1st breakfast *sigh*
       Nikita: how many breakfasts are there?
       Talin: 3 of each meal i think
       Snog: and that's why I don't eat hobbits... just not healthy.
- hot hobbits, lean hobbits and breakfast hobbits are just not my preferred meal sorry
- walking to bed and running into the black guard with Nikita and talin
      Thanatos: do you know of anyone who's been complaining about the King?
      Nikita: That malacite had some words about himmm....
      Thanatos: That guy doesn't matter because he's a moron.
priceless rob priceless
- being woken up by goblins wanting food then being called lazy and a traitor by said goblins and having them try to kill me calling flee and hiding in the woods lol
- being the first to find out Nikita was captured and tortured T_T and running to tell everyone else
- being chased by a lizardkin, blowing a flee and being so out of breath I just stop running and say just kill me just make it quick and painless >.< being hit 3 times for 5 damage and then having him run off after someone else... still having 4 body left and running to the nearest copse or trees and lying as flat as possible lol
- Mars, Toria, Katie and I being the loot brigade lol hilarious!
- Psion: what letter is this on the cup? i can't even tell
 Snog: ohhh let me see! let me see! *after studying it for a few moments* it's a scribble! (smiles proudly)
- flirting with an ogre to lead him to his death it's the green charm i tell you!
- sitting in on one of Charlies dealings and getting coin for just sitting there lol
- coming up with a new identity for Nikita
  Shank: how about Nividia?
  Snog: oh! Oh! or Sony? that has a ring to it
-telling traveling merchants that they should get together because they both wore green and had long hair and that it would be a great business venture and walking away mid conversation to hear "did we just get set up by a goblin???" lol

I'm sure there is much more i haven't said but altogether it was a great event and much great RP with everyone!
oh and i have a new found respect for ANYONE that plays a painted role on a daily basis >.< so much work! but well worth it
 

This is how I felt my weekend officially started:
Requiem: "I guessed I picked up a cursed painting and they had to cut off my arm..."
Nakita: "Now you know not to steal things from dead people, poor taste" *tucks away gold found in a crypt*
Ah yes, this is not Ilana.

-Looting Party Round 1. Having Wally's Necromancer create an undead to diffuse the necromantic power on one of the doors:
Nakita: "...It eats bad energy like candy, I must have one of those!"
-Compliments on Nakita's outfit(s). Thanks
-SO many bodyguards and all of them did a good job. A few even died for me (Poor Requiem and the Grant Death situation. Nakita owes him drinking money for life.)
-Silly Malycite wanted to kill our buddy. Silly Malycite trusted two Coast Havener's to help him out. Silly Malycite and his friend who we tried to warn to leave got shanked.
-Finally deciding it was bed time after the sun had risen.... just to find Thanatos and the Black Guard hanging out by the house ><  Having... friendly conversation with them and then having to find a healer to help out the Psion that was tortured and cut up inside *facepalm*
-Changing my costume subtly throughout the event and then drastic changes for the few disguises I did wear. I love getting to change around.
-Being tortured, dread surgeried, and killed. Sorry for stopping the RP a little during the scene, only other time I've dealt with torture was NPCing at the last alt event.
-The group of nobles watching the hobbit trying to kill me and unable to get through my armor. It was pretty funny.
-After said execution, having a vacation. Having an excuse not to be in town anymore, Nakita got to sit at HQ and take a sun bath. Thanatos did her a favor, sort of.
-Trying to come up with a new name with the others. Some of the options were... exceptional
-Nakita made light of her 'final death' as much as possible around the others. Only Tollin got to hear the amount of rage there really was.
-Called one of the lynch pins in the resistance. Awesome.
-Ravenhold 'tower'. Looting party round 2. Upon finding the royal seal, Nakita holding onto that thing for her life. Being so unhappy when she had to give up the ultimate trophy.
-Nakita giving pointers on how to be in a proper disguise and getting to tell her tale to Gabriel and Prince Graham as we listened to the Ghoul Lord battle in the woods.

Thanks to everyone who put up with me bumping into things and helping me out as I was walking around half blind for the event. I'll have money to fix my glasses... by January... hopefully. I have to admit, I have a bit more fun playing Nakita than Ilana and I was glad to do it again. I'm not going to be around till August/September so you guys keep safe and I hope I get to see you soon.

It was a blast this weekend.  I played the same character as last year, but with a few changes.  Last year I had joined the resistance, and a few of the other PCs were a bit concerned about things, so this time around I took that into consideration, and had him soften over these five years.  He came in with no backstab proficiencies, but more waylays than he ever should have needed.

Lay on brought about a sense of urgency with most of the people who were either part of the resistance, or rogues guild right away.  The sight of Thanatos was truly terrifying in game, and the back and forth vengeful attacks around the Rogues guild kept me constantly aware of what was going on around me. 

- having an apprentice that was of the same profession, but was nothing like me.  (Coast Haven Assassin ~ Goblin Assassin) And we are obviously the same level.  Made me laugh a lot.
- bringing bottles of 'alcohole' to almost half the battles or runs that I got to go on.
-all the people that were sleeping int eh same building with me were quite great to interact with.
- Talking with the guild master/tavern keeper so often, and getting jobs and favors dealt with was a fun experience each time.  (good job charlie)
- Terry, you definitely helped keep the feeling of urgency going for the players of the resistance, with your willing to broach any subject with us as long we weren't within earshot of someone we didn't get to trust.
- so many near misses with Thanatos.  You were really good at making it feel dangerous for everyone.
- Robin the hobbit.  I enjoyed most every minute of the RP with that character.  Michel you did a great job.
- Zach, it was great fun hanging ot with you in general during the times we were in town, and amazing that I got to pull you around half the time from you missing one part of your character's body or another.^u^
- both ambushes I was involved in were greatly fun.  No hard feeling's guys.
- Chris yoshi telling me that I was five minutes from getting ganked just after the switch over hold happened, because he was part of the group I was supposed to be systematically ganking for the rogue's guild.

-NPC shift.  elementals, were steam rolled.  trolls were hilarious.( I was the one that happened to miss and break the limb of another troll as it was moving past who I was swinging at.  I was also the troll that got dominated, and break limbed another troll to death [] then told to go back where I came from and kill all the others.  First ever non-combat NPC ever! had fun being a merchant.

- Main running arc just got me laughing.
  - Oren buying some psalms for later use
  - the posi barrier protecting a card game.
  - the 'how do you get those cool toys' talk
  -so, four wild mages, and a kliden go with an alchemist to fight off grim gaurdians, and elementals...  Have you heard this one before?
  - watching a gypsy curse get placed on an NPC for waylaying everyone male gypse wild mage.

I had a great time this weekend!  Some highlights include:

• Actually playing a serious character for once.
• Being able to stand on the front lines of most of the battles and tell the lesser NPCs that their attacks couldn't get through my armor.
• Hey, Oren, how many times did I lose some limb or another?
• After being dominated to get treasure from the graveyard, I had my right arm, left leg, and three fingers on my left hand gnawed off by the Ghoul Lord.  He then told me that if I could get out of the graveyard on one leg and a pole arm crutch before his zombie could catch me, he'd let me live.
• As soon as I found someone to help me walk, insisting they take me back to the graveyard so I could keep getting the treasure.
• Resistance mods were really fun, esp. when we made friends with the town of brigands by promises to send food and tradesman.
• Long philosophical discussions with Casperian about Galladel, Galamachis, and the Kami, trying to reconcile Rin's reincarnation philosophy with the idea of Final Death.
• Rob Gambino, you may be creepier than Wally.
• Exclusively using Inner Calm to keep my composure during RP situations.
• Accidentally getting myself accepted into the Black Guard and having no choice but to accept the "great honor."
• I have never been so terrified of being caught, even when Shalok was trying to kill me.
• I was the troll that died from a broken limb.  I almost died when I entered the Inn and saw Apollo wearing a tri-corner hat.
• What's more stupid: transforming yourself into a greater fire elemental in front of 4 wild mages or transforming yourself into a greater fire elemental in front of 4 druids?
• I have proof that bacon can be used as currency!

Lowlights:

• My back is killing me from that armor.
• Biting back innuendos and jokes while playing Rin was almost painful.

• Hey, Oren, how many times did I lose some limb or another?

I honestly don't remember how many times I was getting you to someone to repair a limb or other, but honestly even being a crutch a good portion of the time we were hanging out, was fun RP.

• What's more stupid: transforming yourself into a greater fire elemental in front of 4 wild mages or transforming yourself into a greater fire elemental in front of 4 druids?

That is a good question.  Honestly, it is a close call.