October 2013 Highlights

Friday:
Camp set up was fun, especially when James said, "Bill, Smash!" And then i did, shattering several rocks that needed to be broken so we could dig holes for the drow cave. I got out of a lot of aggression.

NPC shift was great! I love getting sent out as a random monster, though sometimes I wish I could get sent out as a more-sentient one occasionally just so I could have some fun repartee with the PCs before proceeding to try to murder 'em A fun highlight was getting so into my role as a Nosferatu that I was chasing a kitiaran healer across half of Kaladonia only to get my butt kicked by Orion after an actual high-speed collision as we charged each other. (everyone was okay, fortunately, but you could tell everyone was pumped as heck.)

Getting killed by Magnus when he was surrounded by 5 nosferatu was also beautiful. STAKE STAKE STAKE STAKE STAKE DONE.

Trolling the light church with dark clergy and living to tell about it by some quick-witted misdirection when I woke up (and some foolishness on the part of the light clergy as they pulled a glommite holy symbol off my body when i was KOed and didn't react to it was amusing). My cleric asked about his friends, wandered about looking confused, then ran away sensibly.

Saturday 2-6 am.
Running around in the dark mostly missing vampires was a bit annoying. Grim understands the tactics of that scout fellow but he finds them annoyingly slow and conservative. But he's a berserker so his approach is always highly aggressive when presented with an overly hostile force.

BARBARIAN MOD TIEM. Oh man this was great. Getting to meet Wulfgar, run around a barrow full of ancient draugr and run into tests of battle skill, honor, and puzzles was amazing. Grim now admires Wulfgar tremendously, and his reuniting with his teacher Lar was a thing of joy for him. They even did this chant as they walked towards the end of the barrow.

Saturday morning guard meeting was a lot of fun, mostly because it kept getting interrupted by demons and stuff.

Lunch down with the Dwarven paths guys was super nice.

Grim's lesson on courage and intercept from Annora was amazing, and he's starting to really enjoy working with his teacher/mentor.

Grim learning 1h edge weapons from Augustus and everyone else was also fun, though we quickly learned he's still a power fighter not a finesse warrior

Following up on caldor's plot with the hermit was fun, even if Grim almost did get into trouble for "disobeying orders" .

Main mod was bleedin brilliant, I loved, loved, LOVED the archer-centric nature of it, though the organizational setup before it was a shambolic mess (until wulfgar showed up and sorted us out a bit)

Post main mod I tried to nap, thought I was hallucinating as undead charged the inn, realized I was not, leaped off the bench and started murdering faces.

The True Warlock in the Blighted Keep mod was a great concept, had a lot of great things going for it, and I mostly had fun. I wish people would be a bit more understanding and calmer at night after main mod, since we're all tired we shouldn't swing quite so hard.

Feast was really interesting and roleplay heavy as Grim held another barbarian prisoner for murder for the duration of it, and learned about the dragon swords from Annora and Croi.

Sunday with Grim's birthday at the Dwarven Path's pavilion was everything I'd hoped. Demons adn Chaos warriors jumping out for Grim to go and kill in between bites of chicken and cake, a really interesting conversation with the head of the mages' guild, some wheeling and dealing with Verrill, and of course more awesome roleplay with everyone, including some hilarious nagging from Aella about grim getting a wife to fight his battles for him.

The brotherhood with a certain doctor and Augustus increased to maximum bro this event, that was great. Blood brothers and guardbros! Getting characters's backstory and talking about our role models was really interesting as well. The moment when grim and Augustus talked about what the witch-hunters would have wanted in a funeral vs. fighting a true warlock was a cool thing.

Caelvan's master warrior lesson was also great, and so was helping to teach gideon slam even if it meant I spent a lot of the time on the ground. Sorry about accidentally getting you in the face while trying to block like 3 people at once with my two-hander, karen, I feel mega-bad about it, hope you aren't bruised too bad.

All in all, great event. Especially all the tag skills as birthday punches that hit me

There are too many things to put here.

Thank you, Judge, for your trust in me as a player and for being the silliest goddamn person I've met in years.

Thank you, KR, for singing along with me. Seriously, every time you do it, i feel like my heart is going to jump out of my chest.

Alice, Dustin, you're both really good at breaking Croí's heart with Angiliana and Jun, just fyi.

Teresa, goddammit that bracelet.....



This game it really really gets in my gut sometimes.

Also, goblins and gypsies agree, Angeliana is a racist. Just ask Winks and Iuzzini.

Winks Sharpthorn wrote: Also, goblins and gypsies agree, Angeliana is a racist. Just ask Winks and Iuzzini.

Say it to her face next time your back is hurting!

(Also, congrats you are now also a racist for calling Luzzini a gypsy)

Oh I forgot to mention all the really cool rp I had with blacktree this weekend. Thanks jen it was really fun.
And jericho finally got his dissipate undead lesson. Congrats my friend but remember, I can still tell you to get me coffee.

There's a lot to put here, but I'll try to make it short:

-Getting to help Matt Defranza hook a cool lowbie-centric mod that I ended up PCing briefly on the next night
-Getting to help Brian Hahn and Norm B with some important RP
-New player mod! You guys were cool - thanks for keeping the 3 NPCs in their toes

-Pesmerga fight. Seriously awesome. And emotional. I feel like this was an important character-building moment for many people, and I know it was for Lorelai.
-Down to one life tag, Whoops.
-All sorts of RP related to the deaths, the people involved in the fight, and those left behind.

-Helping fight demons and various other things
-Caldor's jinx mod and JR's fantastic RP. I was thrilled that I accidentally got to be helpful! And Aella got to use trick shot!
-Squire interviews - can't say I wasn't nervous, but this was sort of fun, and the snacks were really good
-Gazebo fight
-Several important conversations, shopping at DwarvenPaths for DAYS, and a probable new student for Lorelai.
-Getting Orophin(sp? Tim) a gift for his birthday, and the surprise on his face. Next stop: sorcery
-Sneaking Sean on to the camp at midnight only to have everyone be completely baffled by his presence on Sunday - you're crazy, man

-Lorelai and Anhil and their ridiculous inability to communicate
-The light in Erdrick's eyes when I told him I'd learned civil service.
-At least one stupid thing that will be an issue next month
-Broken boots

There is SO much more, but suffice to say, a fun and interesting event. Thank you to Albert, Anhil, Mirwenne (hahaha), Wolfgar and a huge thank you to Lethias, Kwildar, Keillor and Shamis, for fantastic RP and great scenes.