October 2013 Highlights

Oh boy.... With as much of a high and low that happened on Friday afternoon for me, there was some worry about this weekend on the fun scale but my worries proved to be groundless.

Lots of tidbits that apply both IC and Out...

- Being the scout on Friday Eve during Creature Hunting and having a number of potent Travancians follow his direction. I might not be the fastest on foot... but I do know how to make a shadow sound noisier than me when scouting ahead and know how to wage open field fighting with limited numbers. The joys of RL experience coming into play for some seriously scary IC activity.

- Watching the Baronial Guard meeting at Birgitta's behest and joining in their runs to assist folks under attack. Got a solid eyeful of how they fight and what they do & don't do when engaged in fighting and not, among other things. That they wonder why they have the image problem they have.... *face palm*

- Some cool RP learning Druid stuff and a bit of Ranger tricks throughout the weekend. Showing skill with sword during a fight that interrupted bastard weapon teaching session... Worth the mad-minute of fighting ( "Aye.. ye obviously know yer business with the weapon; I can teach no more about it...")

- The cool gift from a sword-brother of my Bastard Weapon teacher. As he can no longer use the weapon, he was looking for someone worthy of using it against enemies of Travance. Rest assured, it will be... I just need to find a proper physrep for it.

-Demonstrating to a bandit with a halberd that just cause he has reach with a bit of speed does not mean he can't be avoided, parried and hit for his efforts as I bought time for backup to get there.... All this while having only FOUR body left.
(Of course, Birgitta saw this fight and decided I was doing just fine...)

-Great interactions with various other members of Travance... especially with one of the Dwarves in discussing the lesser points of Goblins and what good they were.

-I did not go after Peshmirga (sp?) and was an NPC Baddie for the Saturday Big Fight... but kudos to Steve for adjusting to player-driven changes in his Evil Master Plan and still making it work. Sorry we couldn't stop them on Saturday, boss... Your minions did the best we could.

-Kudos to the Players of KR for putting to bed a decade-old plotline/headache for Travance.... and mad props to the players who sacrificed themselves to make that happen.


One serious bit....
-Having folks being willing to call for RL medical help when its needed.

"Walking It Off", while a good concept for some injuries, is not always the brightest idea when there can be more going on than you can see and/or feel (through the pain).
For the few folks I helped out this weekend (all resulted in minor treatment being needed and advice on immediate future activity), thank you for saying something when a bit of excrement hit the oscillator.

For the former Combat Medic who pitched in during Friday mod, thank you again for stepping up. I can't be everywhere (the gods know I try!!) and knowing there is others with skills out there is a wonderful fuzzy feeling have and lessens my personal worries. Thank you my brother!

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All in all, a fun weekend and I look forward to the next event!

Damn! That's all I can say at this point. This was a great event, so much tasty RP to savor. So hmmm.... let's break it down into days.

Friday: It was Draven's Birthday so the man decided to get drunk. Drunk Draven is a funny Draven I'll tell ya what.I got in a few drinks myself though after working the overnight the previous night I turned in early so friday was pretty short for me.

Saturday: Waking up with ten minutes til NPC shift then going out as imps as those portals opened was fun. I got to wake up someone sleeping in Ostclif with an Inferno. I will forever be known as the Mark Hamil Imp! I got a lot of good reactions from my imp RP and that was nice. After that I got to be a suit of armor and then a bandit who spit in Augustus' face and told Ginyuki after telling me how I would be tortured to bring it on (Putting that in a very PG sense btw). After that I returned to Alisandria for a discussion about respect with Squire Draven, then that lead to a less with Myron (sp?) on how to read and write. After that I made the vital mistake of listening to Radu and jumping into a water elemental portal in which I lost a life tag. (Number 38 on the death count!!!) After my first trip through the focus, I returned to Alisandria to get another weapon and then to the armory to get a shield made where I learned about the religion of Brozen (Sp?) from Alander, then I got a weapon Prof lesson that was brillant rp wise. From there it was feast. The food was great and the pumpkin pie I brought was awesome! Then it was time for the titan and I killed 4 demons! After which Alisandria returned to their lands and we sat around and ate a while until it was time for the drinking contest. I learned never to bet against Ginyuki.... at least for enigmatic ores..... and also, puking record! 12! and the contest got to round 21!! Way to go Weyland! From there, my night turned sour as I lost 2 more weapons and the shield I had just bought not more than a few hours prior. Being fed up, I went to sleep.

Sunday: Waking up to NPC's in Alisandria that killed me with no weapon, then listening to the heralds of Xuala. The Baroness then gave a speech that made my character want to end some of the disdain that barb's have for mages and had a good talk with Sir Gideon After that! Chicken and cake!

All in All, a couple of things. Judge and Steve Oros is one of the best damned combos when it comes to storytelling, Clove is a master druid by taming a wild field mouse, don't step into puddles, Jonas Cane pays well, and chocolate milk is good..... until round 10..... Also never, ever, ever bet against Josh, he will find a way to win..... Next time Josh..... Next time.

Ok, first of all I would like to thank all the wonderful people of Travance who made my 10 year anniversary event as wonderful as it was you guys are awesome!

Friday:
- NPCing as a Glommite Warrior Priest knocking on the door to the Monastery and telling Qwildar Glomm says hi only to have him shut the door on me.
- Mist Watcher, I love those things
- Barbarian Mod was awesome and the rp was great you guys rocked.

Saturday:
- No sleep at who knows what o'clock and watching some good old fashioned pvp, I really missed when KR wasn't a safe place
- Grilled Cheese, Chase you are my favorite
- Seamus and Wyen killing 15 demons in two and a half minutes...oh yea it was bad ass just ask shane.
- Hearing that all the old hunters died made me so pissed I punched Verrill in the face as hard as I could. Sorry bro lol.
- having a talk with Blacktree about becoming a Hunter and giving up some more delicate parts to my back story.
- Breaking KR odds by having Blacktree making me a Hunter and winning the 100 dollar gift card all in a span of 5 mins.
- Hearing the Baroness talk about the dead hunters, I almost cried for real I think this actually is breaking Wyen.
- Main Mod, Tork and Wyen protecting the entire back line...we are that badass!
- Seeing a nyad cry and helping her through a tough time...wow the rp from that.
- DWARVEN CREAM ALE DRINKING CONTEST! I got third, good job Waylen.
- Finally some sleep

Sunday:
- Hearing Takouri was taken and telling everyone I was gonna kill Xualla to get him back...no joke he would have been a dead demon.
- Telling Clytie that Wyen was attracted to her and mutually choosing to get to know each other as friends before committing to anything rash
- Rp with everyone I missed all weekend.

This has been the most emotional event I have ever been to. I am so drained and would have it no other way. Steve you rock and I want you to know you seriously did a great damn job. Judge, I so want to find Pesmerga's body and just keep hitting it. To everyone else who made my weekend great I love you all and thank you.

OH MY GODS STEVE OROS IS ALL OF THE YES!!! Not only did steve create an epic weekend of awesomeness but with all the roleplay going on it was a truly remember able event.

Friday: Ending of the Pesmerga plot and the ending of 4 great witch hunting masters. The amount of sadness and pain from every character at this time was more than palpable. It was one of the greatest scenes that was far greater than anything I could have imagined. from The night ending for Dominic falling asleep at Kellors bodys feat. The death of the masters having a greater effect on Dominic than even I thought.

Saturday: Lots of follow up rp the next day with everyone. Main mod was an epic coordination of everyone.

Sunday: Ending the weekend with more rp and even helping with a lesson.

Overall: This entire weekend has been filled with great rp moments getting Dominic to start walking a thin line and his alignment in the future to be shakier than ever before. Not even I know whats going to happen with Dominic from now on but it will lead to some glorious rp.

In the death of the master, a new enemy for his students is born...boy am I glad I asked for her name.

Had a great conversation with Mixolydia on Friday night. I wish I got to spend more hang out time with you Jen!

Thank you Judge and Steve for everything that you did this weekend.

Also thank you to the incredible bad assess that were up on that roof during main mod! I was never more jealous that I wasn't an archer!

Somber Tobar was terrifying.

I'm so happy that Kate and Mark were able to visit, watching my old uncle call all the nice people of Travance racists, like Angeliana.

Friday. Getting into game. The whole ride up was depression from loss of my job. Again. So getting into character was hard...until I got to see people who carried me along with such companionship that the real world was swept away. It's amazing what atmosphere and loving peeps you haven't seen in forever will do. Friday night itself was RP awesome talking with a particular scribe about winter dark ball. Deep relationship RP was awesome. Fighting wandering bad guys even better. Multiple escorts home successful. No encounters...lucky?

Sat. Morning meeting of the Guard hound have been 15 to 30 min but you really ant get that with constantly hearing attacks from demons devils ogres etc etc etc...oh and it's just a goblin ringing a bell... Again. Trying to recruit for the Guard. I has good peeps for this and you know who you are...run with the guard see te world...kill the bad guys again and again and again.

Sat afternoon rinse and repeat in guarding the portal place and small battles... SMITHING! Learning many skills and actually smithing. The horseshoes I brought make real clanking sounds at the forge. I was so happy to see thm used. My farrier will be tickled to know this. I also got to teach in return. Loved that with all solid RP.

Sat feast. I want the recipe still Luis and you need to find me on Facebook!

Sat NPC duty. Having really fallen and yes busted blood vessels in my leg on the rocks in the road. I was not up for fighting... So goblin mother victim of kidnapping for me. Oh and torture! The TORTURE! Damn but its hard to scream like you are gagged when your not. Lol. Good times.

Sunday morning good RP and small fighting leg better but still hurting. Epsom salt soak last night and his AM has helped.