September 2011 Event Highlights

Highlights:
SO MANY!!
-getting four new types of arrows(gold, silver, earth and crystal-thank you to the two people who gave me the things to get the earth/crystal arrows.)
-feast: the bards were awesome
-low level main mod, I finally got to use detect traps.
-opened chest and had lots of goodies.(and trapped for 25 direct body. still. worth it)
-learned gift of the predator
-learned first aid
-Got baptized to Gaia
-Apolloclypse, I'm sitting in the inn. all of a sudden the Drill Sgt of the guard bolts in with others and shouts"we must defend the inn!!" To which I reply. OK, from what? he rattles off a list 5+ creatures. 
-getting into a fight with adairis about pronouncing his name.
-became a Recruit in the Baronial Guard
-Lots more but can't mention them all

Lowlights:
Skeeters, got home and my shoulders were red polk-a-dotted. Im gonna be scratching for a week.

Wonderful event, as usual. Lots of hardcore situations unlike anything I've ever had to face.

Dragon lore lesson with Misaki... I wasn't there to learn the skill, but I was there to learn.

Friday:

Moar wolves. Singing at the forge. Meeting new people. Actually being an effective protector behind my zweihander.

NPC Shift:

First real night combat NPC in months after my knee's been feeling much better. And, of course, Vinny J. I'mna make sure that any NPC that wants to sell stuff has a merchant's license from now on.

Saturday:

Waking up reasonably on time for Market Faire and selling candy with Carlotta. We're both glad so many people enjoyed, and there will be more next month, if we can help it.

Really upset I missed the wedding... but it was for a good cause: rescuing children from Galmachian cultists with Typhon as my tracking buddy. New tactic: Ask the party if they've received critical healing before we venture out.

Literacy lesson, and doing lots of work on my personal projects, as well as comparative teaching methods.

Lots of hilarious things happening in the Inn, involving alcohol and other things. It's all good stuff.

Low-level mod was great. Staff, you did a good job in getting people where they should be, NPCs were challenging but nothing we couldn't handle. Nobles did their thing with being noble, and healers did work. Chainmail is a lovely blessing, as well. Taunting a Galmachian psion into paying attention to me by bragging about healing. Mercy by waylay. Earthen armor. All of these are good things.

Two wonderful RP conversations with a pirate and a Celt about our motives for going after the children. Both of them paid off, in different ways.

Elves and satyrs, especially with wine, should probably be mixed less often.

And then... the Apollocaust. Being protected and protecting others at the same time, being afraid for our lives, and sincerely believing that the group of nine we were with were the only living beings left in Travance... completely and utterly chilling.

Sunday:

Anticipating a lot of Focus work, but not actually needing to was nice. I'm glad that so many were willing to help repair the damage.

Lizardkin and sirens.... getting to call upon my draconic spirit for the first time... and the rage of my bloodline... and later on, my first critical attack. All in all, it's a good time to be a Celt dragoon... but it's only going to get better.

Lowlights:

Getting bitten above the eye by... something. Feeling as though my bug spray was useless after coming out of the event with about two dozen bug bites despite having laid on the spray three or four times over the weekend.

I want to thank all of my NPCs, this month and last, for doing a wonderful job making my vision become reality.  I appreciate that you all took the roles I gave you, no matter how strong or how weak, with excitement and joy.  Committment like what you showed is what makes this game great!

Thank you to all the players who went above and beyond in their role-play.  The scene with Archer breaking apart Reginald's brainwashing was incredible!  Great Job!  The discussions I had with so many of you about The Path of Kagen was thoughtful and well done scenes on your part.  The torture of the Galamachan was interesting, including Father Edwin expending a willpower just to go through with the horrible things he was doing to get the information.  There are so many other scenes that come to my mind.

Low-Levels:  Wow! You guys OWNed that mod, I hope everyone got at least a share of the treasure.

High-Levels:  The incredible RP I heard about in responding the the Heralds of Death made me wish I could be in both places at once.  

Lowlights:  Small, winged Vampires sucking the life essense out of me... oh yeah, and the mosquittos

ok, if I don't get this stuff out now, I probably won't be able to. So here goes.

This was such an amazing event for me. My roleplay, and the roleplay of everyone who interacted with me in any way, felt like it went much deeper than ever before. Between dealing with the trial and its repercussions, and the Galmachian situation, Winks definitely figured things out about himself that are going to take him in almost a completely different direction than what I had originally intended for him in the long run. I'm very curious and excited to see how it develops, and thank you to everyone who had a part in it.

Now for the actual highlights...
-Just like last month, learning that Winks has a whole lot more personal and moral support from people than he ever would have believed, and some from very surprising sources.

-Meeting Lord Nigel Stormbringer. Again, wish it was under better circumstances.

-Very interesting and in-depth conversations with Ilservian while waiting to be brought in to the trial.

-Working closely with the Baron on info gathering for the Galmachian situation.

-Learning my first Mage spells, can't wait to be able to use them. And I also now have every single skill (save Staff) on Acrobat. Yay for completion!

-Scouting runs with Lethias are always fun.

-Going on high-level main mod thinking that we'll finally find the high priest who had posed as King Namez, and he still didn't show up. Winks is very upset about this. Mike expect a PM about that soon  
-Since my joining the game, for the events where there's a split main mod, I think this was the first time I went on the higher one. Surprisingly, I held my own incredibly well, even before calling my promo.
-Speaking of calling my promo, it was really funny, right afterwards, hearing Sorel yelling "He's so fast! Look at him go!"

-Being pulled out of bed because Drow were about, then being told there were demons too, then finding out about the Apollocaust (Apolloclypse?). Some great RP from everyone that was in the Inn throughout that ordeal.

-Goblin Jesus. That is all.

-As always, I love my students. Some great lessons throughout the weekend, culminating in IG popping out my shoulder while teaching Expert Entry/Escape.

See everyone in October!

WOW what an epic event.

To start off Friday was relatively quiet for me, atleast until around 3 am.. yay casual necromancer......

Saturday morning was very quiet thank God, but when Obsidian Raptors attack that can only last so long.

Saturday Night was absolutely insane. Sir Alleister put me in charge of the Travance forces for main mod which was great, i have a special thanks, to Archer, Mother Remi, and the leaders of each of the tribes, clans, and crews who were very respectful and helpful. Though i wish several people were more inclined to follow orders.. But all in all it went well..

UNTIL!! Apollo executed plan Ralenfolly - massacure day.. which i dont think anyone saw coming. lets just say as a casual NPC running into a random battle with casual Anti-Paladins and Time Stops being called, i was really very taken off guard.
Luckily i was able to rejoin our forces only 50 min after the battle began, and while the fighting had died down, as had most of Travance. i made it back in time for very important information to be shared.

Sunday was slow, which was well needed. Cant wait til next event.. im quite excited to see what Apollo has up his sleeve next.

-Ilana missed what happened at the trial and when she heard Apollo was executed she actually felt bad considering everything. Wow, was she wrong to feel any sympathy for him.

-Hiro and a lot of old friends returned and I was really happy. It was a tiny birthday cake for Ilana. Two potential higher lists as well! I thought that would never happen, especially on the same day. Ilana's excited and ready for the trials ahead. A challenge is always accepted.

-During main mod I basically went through all my magic points on elemental/wild shields for the front line. I used up a magic gem and even a potion. Never casted so much magic during any fight. I enjoyed the last part where I was over the dead demon/devil knight's body, said a prayer for his soul, and started to cut out his heart while I consecrated him. However, fate decided he was not allowed to rest.

-Then, Ilana's tiny birthday cake was crushed into a billion pieces after having to leave Keillor behind because she had nothing to save him as she was forced to run away from the battle. Then those pieces were ground into the earth as she watched the death count rise. At least Keillor's reanimation went well or she would have genuinely cracked.

-Staying up forever just hoping to hear word from Lucas but I guess I passed out eventually. When I woke up I got myself ready, Ilana waited a bit in the room to calm herself and marched out the room determined to find Lucas' spirit. Instead, as soon as I opened the door, Lucas was standing right outside. I was genuinely shocked and Ilana almost broke into tears as she hugged him. It was like a scene in a movie.

-Germaine dying his last but Ilana slightly calmed that he died without any illness. A promised to an old friend fulfilled. That doesn't really make it better for Ilana in the long run though.