June 2013 Highlights

Fun stuff for me at the June event.

Gosh, I wish I knew where to start.

First things first was getting my armor fixed up and sword sharpened. Met a pretty cool dragoon smith and we chatted for a bit with Bat cooper and generally got some fun rp in as we talked about various things, the reaction to the dragoon figuring out my character had the weapon he did was great, especially the roleplay he did where he said the flaw in Grim's blade was actually something designed to keep an edge was brilliant.

Seeing newly handsome guy who's name begins with a V who is a scholar and generally pretty interesting to talk to again was cool. Dem scars made him tough-looking. Grim approves of scars.

The initial engagement with the abyssal portal was pretty awesome, hearing those creepy imps (All you ree) talk smack was great, and fighting as hard as I could until we were asked to retreat, then talking with Gideon during the withdrawal about knowing when to fall back was important. Finding out he thought Grim was a sensible guy for a berserker was flattering.

Shortly after midnight I went in to help out with some NPCing, which was fun as I got to be a demonic wolf, and spent a lot of time laying waste to 3 towns as the heroes of travance did their best to get some assistance down there. Breaking a lot of limbs and wreaking havoc as a fairly weak NPC which had some useful tag skills was awesome.

After that, some weird demon rolls into the bar in the Inn, and starts drinking there, well, up until the point where it ingests holy water and melts, thus making everyone have a good laugh, as all the witch hunters walk off without cleaning up the mess, leaving Grim and a newer player to clean it up with mops. Easiest 5 gold he ever made.

Next morning it was Aella's delicious blueberry muffins, talking some more with bat before getting interrupted by crazy crap going down in Travance about eleventy billion times, and Grim briefly explaining something to a priestess of Valos before giving her a symbol of his debt to her. That'll come back to haunt him IG no doubt but honor before reason!

After that, getting recruited into the guard! Apparently Grim impressed them with his native cunning or something, I don't know. It was great fun to march around in formation and practice assault techniques with the other guardsmen. And then bandits and lizardmen and DAMMIT GOGGS STOP SAYING HI TO PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO KILL YOU.

Grim had a great moment picking up Bran and swinging him at Lizardmen as an independent melee weapon since Bran's legs were broke, and it went awesomely up until the point where grim himself had all his limbs broken and got thrown on a table in the middle of a huge melee and is going completely frothing mad with rage at enemies he can't hit, or even bite.

After that it was lunch and market faire time! At some point Grim met ox and liked him, but he was busy so he didn't get to interact as much as he liked to. Also, he spent some time learning throw from a guy with a fancy suit of armor talking about how marriage proposals worked. That was a lot of fun!

After lunch Grim spent time with Magnus and learned how to body block, using his brother as one of the many examples of how things are supposed to work. That was most enjoyable, and as always Grim learned best with Caldor around. Next moon he'll be paying Magnus back with some enjoyable lessons of his own. Caldor may be the crash test Dummy this time. Or possibly Bran or Seamus, whoever is available and fun to deal with.

And then it was time for newbie mods! Fighting the demon knight with the white sorceress was great fun. Awesome RP on the part of the demon knight, white sorceress, and all the other demons in the mod. Watching the Celt dragoon take charge with grim as a sort of shouty sergeant was great. We hold the line! Well, we do until that arse the gilded Thrush starts gloryhounding it. Grim was pretty ready to cut his thread for a minute there until his brother and Aella started shouting and he realized what his burdensome duty as a guard recruit was. WHich is to say... keep Viktor alive. So he fought on to do that, bleeding and brawling. Amazing mod, I have nothing but the best things to say about it.

After that, it was time for a bit of relaxation and silliness, and I can't remember what Grim did for a little while until he derped his way into the tail end of a service given over at the monastery. It was a pretty good learning experience, honestly.

Then it was time for the party, and watching demons on the roof! Grim walked out during the party and briefly confronted the demon, though he quickly got tossed off and broken his leg. That was one nasty demon. The archer volley line was brilliant, and the multiple duels the demon on the roof fought were great to observe as well. Also, Law and Order travance was in full effect as the nature of just what interactions the gilded thrush/viktor had with the demon knight, as well as his use of an offensive spell against people of the town came to light.


Party hats and the inverted tower mod! What a well-run adventure that was, as we went in, cleared floors, had a return encounter with the demon knight and smack talk 2 happened. Half the fun for grim was all the times he got hit with knockback attacks and slammed into walls, allowing me to bounce around and fall over. Anhil mockery part 2 was also amusing, though Grim felt bad when he found out Anhil got possessed. Grim will feel bad when he finds out a townsfolk who was exploring got killed. Also. GOGGS STOP RUNNING AHEAD AND PLAYING WITH THAT STUPID BOX. I still would like to know what I did during the Inverted tower mod that got me an RP point (So I can be awesome again ; ) )

So, apparently the inverted tower now has a broken 2nd floor that can be accessed from the first. That is interesting to grim, and I'm wondering if this will have consequences for upcoming tower mod runs!

Oh, special thanks to the demon Knight in the IT and newbie mod rping battle damage from the arrows especially awesomely.

Feast was great, as was the afternoon wheeling-dealing that grim had to do because of his newfound wealth and orders from Magnus. All the non-aligneds more or less invaded a table and ate there, it was pretty great.

After feast it was NPC TIEM for me during main mod. Great battles. Got a lot of use out of all the tag skills I had playing a huge demon beserker, especially awesome was the yelling match I had with a dwarven slayer after we both popped berserker rage, then my demon in a rather anticlimactic moment was knocked down and out by someone from behind, which was rather Indiana-jones ish. Fighting against Bran and sending everyone flying with repeated bodyblocks was also a great fun time.

After main mod it is time to help with ROGUE MOD. And boy did I ever, playing a rather derpy bodyguard who ended poorly after we got taken down like clockwork by the Guild in town. Very good stuff. Super great RP on everyone's part, and any excuse to get drunk and armwrestle IG is awesome by me.

After that it was time to come back in game as grim, only to find Gideon laid out dead on the inn table. It was suprisingly affecting for Grim, who is very overt in his gruffness towards most arcane casters, but Gideon has been so respectful of his beliefs and feelings about it Grim actually felt not only compassion and sadness at his death but fear, especially when he found out who done it.

He was then sent out as a bait team with several other unseasoned members of Travance, and we spent a lot of time roleplaying, getting very lost in the woods, and gathering corpses.

Sunday morning was relaxed, got a lesson from Seamus that was great roleplay, and found out that Grim is now known as the Deadly Tailor because of his tendency to talk about cutting threads. Good times, and Grim definitely likes Bran's cousin.

Sunday noon to afternoon was intense, the AByss mod was hardcore, and Grim almost ended up left there because he got hit with some kind of Ice spell. Nobody could figure out why he wasn't moving, and if it hadn't been for quick work by Gideon grim would have been left in the Abyss for good. As it was, Grim's beloved piece of war-ice. (His fancy sword) ended up as a permanent casualty of the mod. It was great fun standing absolutely immobile and have people shout orders at my character to move or close the line, and having them not realize grim was completely frozen solid. WHat a cool way to end this event in KR. Kudos to the guys running it AND everyone who played in it.

First off I want to apologize to anyone who had to deal with me on Friday night. I was overcome by the heat and had a raging migraine because of it. I just wanted to strip off some layers (which I did eventually), sit down, and slowly sip water. Since Travance is Travance that really didn't get to happen. Thank the gods for pain pills--that was the only thing that eventually cured the migraine and the majority of my grumpiness.

Highlights:
-Getting Libris back. She no longer is Libris Infinitus so my PC considers her a totally different book. On the upside--cool lost lore language that helped me understand Kessia's notes in my book. Can't wait to Expert ID this next event.
-Pendarvin mod. It was a lot of fun to see my boys in action. Gene--I have one word for you: autobiography. I also had never dealt with so many doctory things in a single mod before. It feels nice to be useful in that respect--patching up my boys and sending them back out to fight.
-Lots of Lord of Pendarvin love this month. Antrim refusing to believe it was my fault that my civil action had no effect this month--my first non-success in the year I've been doing this. When I said: "I don't think my heart was in it--", he quickly said: "No I think your heart was in it. Perhaps your words of advice just weren't heeded." Later on when he found me on the battle field after Main Mod, he and Hugar asked how the Abyss was. When I looked at them blankly, they explained: "We heard you jumped into the Abyss." "Oh I'm not that stupid." The look on Antrim's face was priceless as he declared: "I'm proud of you. No really. I'm really proud."
-Darius lap sitting and Misaki growly face. Hehe. Jealousy should be a blue trait with how grumpy he gets sometimes.
-Brother Sister bonding time over our mutual hatred and dislike for Kessia. It's funny how a person who tries to kill both of us can make us put aside our sibling bickering in our drive to destroy her. Hell hath no fury like a Silverbow pissed off. Haha.
-Learning to shoot a hand crossbow from Hengus OOG. I really want one now for shits and giggles.
-Dealing with a broken Alicia and fixing some of her insanities and trying to keep her calm while attempting to instill in her the idea that Kessia is a bad bad person and should not be trusted. It's weird when I have become the level headed one and have become close with so many healers. Also pausing to realize I was actually protecting someone with a Divine Sanctuary. It's odd to see myself as a protector type but somehow I've gotten there.
-Marketfaire as Kathleen. My wares sold quickly but it was nice to hang out and talk to people as someone different. The look on Chris Z's face as he charged over to me gleefully to call Lore: Celt on my tartan skirt was wonderful. I was converged on by Celts and really made to feel like part of the family. Loved every moment of it. The RP was fantastic with those I interacted with. I even had Valentine offer to buy copies of my faerie tales for a gold a piece! Can't wait to go out as her again.
-working on collaborating research and resources is always wonderful with Lady Casandra.
-Sam doing awesome things to seal the gate. Erdrick is so badass.
-My Expert ID with Illana, Misaki, Danny, and Mark's character watching. I always try to make it fun and interesting so I poked it with a stick, poked it with a sword, hit it for no damage, jumped on it, licked it, and probably a whole bunch of other things I can't remember before I sat down and just studied it.
-Gideon and Kleidan pondering adopting me as we lounged on a hill in post feast nap-time. Also Gideon's new book for me is the best ever.
-Misaki's Master Witch Hunter test and my purpose for being there. It was hard to see Misaki struggle with this one and hesitate for so long but it did tell me one thing about my PC. Her dark elf side really has come back out with how ruthless she was thinking. Let's just hope this is the only extent it goes because Travance does not want to see that side of her.
-Post test talk with Magnus. It's nice to know his thoughts on Misaki and I's relationship. That makes it official--all of the Masters in town have shown their approval their own way. Magnus though has given Aemorniel something to ponder about. Even though Lethias told me Misaki's upcoming battle is his own, it'll be difficult for her to stand aside when it seems at times she's the only thing keeping him standing.
-Damien: you are a clever clever man and that is all I have to say. I love interacting with you.
-Faux-Aemorniel. It was a ton of fun to be able to do rogue skills. I became a little too fond I think of it. There were ton of hints dropped I wasn't my PC if people paid attention. Only Angeliana picked up I wasn't me by how cold and distant I was. The clincher for her was this faux-Aemorniel having no idea about the gift the real Aemorniel had given her and what it meant. Playing the fact I had no idea what people were talking about was so much fun but goddamn did I get in the middle of heavy secrets. If I didn't have such a specific mission, I could've bolted off wearing the Laurent Belmont circlet since I was wearing that at one point as the spy. It took not so sublte hints for Misaki--my own fiancé--to realize I wasn't me. Once he did--oh damn it was fierce. It's always interesting to see Cy pushed to the brink as his character. Also terribly sweet to see his devotion and how fiercely he'll do whatever it takes to have her safe and home again.

I guess I am doing this a little bit late~

The June event was super fun!! And high lights in no particular order.

-Being woken up by Demons, twice. Once Saturday morning and once again Saturday evening after feast when I went to nap.
First time- Elawyn using wall of thorns and the demons got bored
Second time- Corteccia and Kamei were the only ones in the state house. Corteccia used a barrier/shield and second time crawling into rafters have saved Kamei's life.
Quick story: Demon- "We're going to eat you!" Me- *in half asleep state* "go find someone else to eat, you'll eat me and be hungry again in a half hour anyway." I know, I'm horrible.

Welcome back Emerson It's been a long hiatus! But, whee! You're back! Same for Josh! You two need to show up more often!

Getting to interact with Darius Friday night. It's always a pleasure~ Even if sometimes I did miss m'lord

Erdrick once again asking, "Kamei have we found a way to make more of you yet?" Makes me giggle every time~

Super epic walk through the woods with newbies Friday night looking for boxes. Night time treasure hunting! Woo! I hope you all had a great time!

Cooking feast with Luis and his angels! It's always a blast cooking with Luis, and this feast was exceptional. Though, every time I walked out of the kitchen to cool down I always got dragged away to do doctor-y things. Which, I'm not complaining about ^_~

Putting Kuo Kun back together again, it was like a very bad nursery rhyme. x_x

Feeling horrible Saturday night because I don't know reanimate yet and people were looking at me with big eyes like "you HAVE to help them, why can't you help them?!" I promise guys! SOON!

Main Mod was CRAZY! (In a good way, of course). Standing with the healers and such making sure no one died. Stealthin' around the battle field making sure no one was just thrown into the shadows who was bleeding out.

Bar shenanigans! Gotta love it~

Helping cure Sir. Cinder of his ailment~ Thank you Brian for a true first introduction of Cinder. I look forward to many more interactions.

Khitan stuff later that was run by Luis. I had so much fun with this and I cannot wait to see where it goes! It's the first interactions that Misaki and Kamei have had in almost a year and a half, and it starts off with trying to save peoples lives. And, the ever judging stare of Kamei..haha, feels good to be playing Kamei like this again (even if just for a short while). Whee!! KHITAN STUFFS!

Hearing about epic adventures from Dustin on the way home! Abyss RP and his NPC as the farmer. "Got potato.tomato.co'n." hehe

Of course, once again leaving early from game. I was just so exhausted from all of the heat.
Thank you all for such a great game!!!


Ps. Thank you Kaladonia statehouse for having an ice elemental trapped Anhil and Orion are true heroes~~

P.s.s. Depending how things go I will see you all in October~

Thank you all for a great first weekend!

I was attacked by imps. My mind was probed by a psion. I was protected in a magical bubble from imps. I saw sweet looking orc and dark elf. I followed the witch hunters to a village getting attacked by a fire behemoth demon which, surprisingly, turned out to be a terrible idea. I ran to get help. I was killed by possessed gypsies. I went through the resurrect ritual. I helped/cheered a raid an ancient tomb for some scrolls while dodging gargoyles. I helped decipher previously mentioned scrolls. I was offered some alchemical potions from a man with goggles. I went to a fun party and got a fun party hat. I went to the inverted tower with my silly hat and threw some itching powder at a demon. I went to mass and got a mass of blessings. I was baptized in the pub. I was led astray from my faith not too late after. I wandered the land collecting bottles only to see what I think was a pirate under attack from demons. I ran to the inn and warned everyone. I ate a ceremonial meal in the monastery consisting of pies with sauce, meat and cheese on them. I was protected by an angry badger. I turned into a brute demon. I ate a dude. Then I turned into a skeleton and ate nobody. I saw an undead priest of galladel and lazily warned those at the monastery. I was offered the chance to chase after a chaos orb which I kindly refused. I smoked a pipe on the stoop of the inn. I swept some floors then I rolled my way home.

I’m looking forward to my next weekend and am going to take the opportunity to redo some of my character now that I have a better grasp of how the game flows. I would like to especially thank those at the monastery for letting me crash at their sacred place. It was also good to see some familiar faces all the way up in New Jersey!

Pending the heat, I look forward to my next trip. Thank you, all!