May 2011 highlights

Oh, dear me, I forgot one of the coolest highlights for me.

While dead, and laying upstairs, Angel as Ilona walks in and begins crying over me, placing the remains of Kwildar's holy symbol which was smashed as he died on me.  Such immense symbolism there.  Love you Angel, and it was a great moment, I'm just sorry that I couldn't keep a straight face afterward.

Highlights:
-Awesome time NPCing on Friday, being a stitched was so much fun.  
-Waking up to Seamus having a "nightmare" and RPing talking to him and calming him down.
-Had a wonderful breakfast at the Bloody Stump.
-Selling yummy, yummy muffins at market fare.  More people need to buy some.
-Now being a member of the merchants guild and not having to pay taxes.
-Having Ekaterina drag me with her when she rushed to the monistary and seeing a dead girl out of the corner of my eye for the rest of the day was fun.
-Having to memorize the oath to take the maelstrom and not having any luck with it.  Then having Belegchand hand me a scroll of memorization, yay for loop holes!!
-Going on the order mod and choosing to be the healer to go on the war path.  Then being the last one standing when Utgar had to attack us, yay I can fight!!
-Having a soak against fire when going for a fire blade is a good thing, end of statement.
-Now carrying the maelstrom, now just have to learn how to fight with a sword.
-fending off lizardkin with muffins.  
-having a short fighting lesson with Seamus on Sunday, he tried to teach me how to fight with a sword.

Lowlights:
-My boots are still drying.  :
-Having to leave.
-Not getting home till midnight.

I don't do these often, but here are some of my event highlights:

Gypsy plot, and being able to give my left eye for the good of the kumpanias.

The succubus.  Great RP of somewhere between evil and teasing.  Triggered some of my 'ex girlfriend' senses, so you definitely got the crazy RP down pat.

Coming back from a module that involves my back story, exhausted, just to have the Incubus point me out of the crowd as what he wants for payment.  Some attempted trickery, some screaming, and the next thing you know I am sans a second eye.  At least this one was only for a few minutes instead of a day.

Feast and the entertainment was fantastic.  It actually felt like the 'rowdy dwarven bar' that most D&D games seem to start in.

Getting my eye back just in time to work with Billium, Tobar, Marcos, and Merica to be an extremely efficient flanking team.  Something about sneaking behind enemies, striking, and trying to remove yourself before the crowd turns on you.

And despite everyone elses view... I LOVED THE MUD.  I know of at least three times I ended up scrambling through the mud after someone I was chasing down.  The feel of dirt under the fingers, mud across your cheek, and fighting to catch up with someone made most of the combats more realistic to me.

Seeing the failure of the ritual overseen by the Dutchess.  I wish more people could have seen the scenario to understand what was going on, but I am happy that I got to be one of them.

Seeing people get dropped regularly.  Given the power level of the NPCs I was happy to see that a lot of people that I RP with not only count their hits when they take a shot, but also understand that you can't/aren't supposed to win every single fight.  It makes victory that much sweeter when you do succeed.

Sadly, chances are good I won't be at the 5 day event... so here's to seeing you all later!

Oryx:  "I'm going to go out on a limb here..."

Light Mass/Picnic

RP with Edwin and Kwildar learning new skills.
RP with Kwildar, and the threats that ensued.

Feast, along with Ralph and crew singing.

Shen's apology for blowing all my Resists in my staff, followed promptly by the fight with Sam and Jeb, and starting to truly fear wild mages and your everyday farmer.  Judge, Mitts, RP with you guys is always stellar.  Thank you.

RP with Kwildar, and the threats that ensued.

And we all wondered why Kwildar hasn't gotten a lesson from Rayven in two years.

And despite everyone elses view... I LOVED THE MUD.  I know of at least three times I ended up scrambling through the mud after someone I was chasing down.  The feel of dirt under the fingers, mud across your cheek, and fighting to catch up with someone made most of the combats more realistic to me.

This. Absolutely this. If for no reason other than I would have sustained some pretty serious injuries at various points throughout the weekend if the entire camp hadn't been transformed into a Slip 'n Slide.

Having planned on playing Erim for at least most of the weekend, I was slightly miffed at first when I was ordered by multiple people to "put on on the wig". But damn, was it worth it!

Whole weekend was A+++, but especially the Witchhunter/Dragoon mod. I'd be lying if I said that all the excellent feedback I get about both Ehlena's combat skills and her personality weren't a total ego boost, especially given Erim's unpopularity.

Insane combat aside, this was probably one of the best RP weekends I've had. Got to know some great new people, deepened some relationships, and just about pooped myself when Lethias praised me out of the blue to a visiting Reign.

Prettiest Ogre In All The Land still need a husband though.

Lowlight:
Immediately after throwing away one of my arrows because it had become structurally weak and i didn't want to hurt someone with it... another arrow that I didn't know had just been stepped on shattered in my hand and I got a palmful of fiberglass splinters. Owwwwww....