March Event Highlights

+ Not having to get into my costuming more than once was a great relief... go me for taking first shift.
+Helping set up Kitan mod, and then finding out exactly what I had helped do, then being able to NPC for it... "If you are here alone when they get here, quadrupedal your card and keep them from the totem pole." = fight Shen and seeing surprise in his face when his subduing me failed with what strength that meant I had.
-missing the rift portal because I was on NPC shift.
+being pulled for helping set up the 'stone' with Andy.  being a lesser devil was fun.
+being told as I came into the inn as a PC that I was supposed to find Gideon for armor that was repaired for me, only to find out he had gone out to help with the baddies out there.  Followed right after by being ordered to follow lord Ardenfyre in sight (I had no armor on), and keep him safe.
+speaking with Gideon about armor, and finding out a few other things about armor that Oren didn't know ( and I hadn't asked about yet).
+the long RP conversation about how things are in town with a new wild mage (wish you had kept him man, but this new character suits you better).

+not going to sleep = Oren finds things to do to help keep the inn safe and keep moving until people start coming back into the inn.
+long walks out in the woods that were just very nice and relaxing.
+speaking with some of my fellow rangers and a few of the druids, trying to learn all of the lowest levels of druidic casting that I could.
+ helping with ogre pox! (well written, and well played out)
-helping with ogre pox...(when we were split up a few of us were already dead on our feet, and our items happened to be where I had said the first time around in the first place, but they were the last place anyone looked...)
-/+ guard duty during market fair... good RP, and good feelings that Oren was doing his job well... unfortunately I missed selling bacon at that point, and missed three mods I was hoping to go on.
+the food that people kept bringing out by me, then not wanting to finish it, and handing it to me or one of the others around the barracks... THANK YOU ALL, we needed the boost.
+Getting prepared for certain things, and making a few deals...
+/-FEAST! great food, and the entertainment was awe inspiring this time around, unfortunately I had a horrible headache, and was mildly irritated by the end...
+ARMOR!  Mithral is great substance, and I finally have it...
+Guard RP time. 'nuff said.
+Main Mod = Oren is a battle medic.  
+Promotion!
+running into the dark after main mod with Magnus.  This is fun.
+running into the dark after main mod with Magnus.  This was guard duty.
+running into the dark after main mod with Magnus.  This was a trap that we heard about and somewhat fixed.
+"Magnus, it's coming up on six days..." "Go to bed, Oren. That's an order." "I don't know the password for the barracks right now.  Barron, can I knwo the password for the door so I can go to bed?"  

+Being ordered to go make bacon after we were informed that breakfast was not being made.
+Guard bacon was finally done.
+Starting to actually get employees for the bacon hut.
+Finished my learning for the month.
+Getting to finally speak with the head of the druids of Travance.  I had a great time with that talk.  "there is little difference between a druid and a ranger."

-A few ride mixups that we thought had been solved...
+those ride mixups being fixed.
+the huge gathering at the diner after we left the camp.
-the car

I am sure there is more, but I am not able to think of them now...
I had a great time... EVERYONE I got to see this month, thank you for making the event that much better...

Hehehe! This was a fun event! Very fun indeed!

Saturday:
-Arriving at noon with my 'happy place' shield. That thing saw a total of 20 minutes of action before the strap broke on it. Will fix for May.
-Mage's Guild Meeting. Wow did it feel good to rant about Dorian's opinions to a third party. Sorry I didn't have any cheese with my whine, Chris.
-Thanks to the NPC for being thrown in and out of mods on the saturday afternoon shift. But at least there was cake!
-Realizing there is never enough magic points. Never.
-Lord Ardentfyre's Shooting Gallery. Tons of fun.
"Dorian, Blink them inside and we'll gank them." Gideon, gathering Winks, Ib, and Draknar for the beatdown,
"On it Gideon! *Maniacal Laughter and a fist full of spell packets*"
-"Hey, Paetros. Do you have a puppy."
- DB "Hey Drow, how's the month of May for you?"
 Wraithemane "What's a month?"
 DB "No! No no no! I am not explaining time to you. I've heard the stories about trying to do that. No way!

Sunday-
An Australian Shiraz! A Right Shickamoon!

Sunday-
An Australian Shiraz! A Right Shickamoon!

a Dillers Wink Indeed It was!!!

As Raya:
+ Dropping a zombie in one shot for the new player mod.
+ Waking someone up with Wild Blood and *not* getting stabbed for it.
- Needing to be talked at for hours and waiting for similar amounts of time after learning things I really needed to know beforehand.

As an NPC:
+ Starting off as something simple with the cult of Kagan.
- Getting jumped by a powerful templar as said cult of Kagan. Woops.
+ Super-heinous Dragoon Spirits for the win. Incidentally, when you bring half the town of Travance with you, it doesn't really help to claim you'll never tell your other companions about the location of the place.
+ Getting to replay the Dragoon Spirits, twice as menacing, after someone dropped the bloody ritual.
+ Medium-heinous Lobotomized Soldiers being led by the devil. Good excuse to be stupid, but tactical where we could.
- Needing to duck out of the mod a few minutes early due to fatigue, hunger, and dehydration. I'll remember to fix that for next time.

As Na'ar:
+ Everyone loves a healer.
+ Being one of the only Bedouin in town... and in the right place and time to help Aleister ID where he (we? maybe?) need to go to investigate, out in the sands, where that mysterious box can be opened.
+ Feast! I still can't get the songs out of my head.
+ Bartending and conversing with Derelith and Destiel.
+ Triage! Holy crap this was fun: immersive, effective, and scary beyond all reason, from orders from the Baron to every single bloody time we were attacked. I think I'm sticking with the unarmed healer for a while.
+ Helping heal Magnus from the True Warlock and Rafael from that late, minor incursion. What can I say? I like being effective and helpful.

Overall:
+ For those of you who helped my healer get a start, I thank you. For those of you who spent time trying to talk Raya down another path, I want to apologize, and assure you that your effort wasn't wasted; merely delayed. I'll probably bring it back later, when I'm more acclimated to the game, and a little less jumpy.

I know I'm forgetting a few things... but I should say that my first event, while it wasn't always a success, the parts of it that weren't are rapidly disappearing from memory and being replaced with the good bits. Thanks, everyone!

Had a fantastic time this weekend, with a few things definitely standing out:

Friday:
~Karma- Damien's healer getting me out of crit after I taught him how last month
~Dammit Jerec......that's all
Saturday:
~Teaching/participating in healer lessons, from Empathy II to being the poisonee through alchemical alcohol to help someone learn neutralize poison.
~Helpful NPC's giving out tons o' career points.  Thanks guys!
~Finding out Darius is the go-to guy for finding things, and getting what we needed for the Sword plot. 
~Using empathy on blinded folks during main mod... I think I probably spent, collectively, an hour or so blind this month
Sunday:
~Finally learned heal limb from Angelica.  Next month: heal all or heal all wounds?

Overall- also very much enjoyed the fantastic Alissandrian hospitality

'Til next month!!!!!

I knew I missed a big highlight...

helping with the reanimation of Shalock... and feeling like crap in game about it.  It was a big moment, and the stuff happening afterwords was character building.  Needless to say, Oren now understands that even the most harmless and most helpful skills he has, is still a double edged sword.