August 2014 Highlights!

I've been playing for 12 years Storos...Fight me!

Seriously Heroic Racketeer...YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.

Heroic Ronin...Matt Calo is the man

The rest of the event was kind of a blur because I really reallly reallllly love running those Heroic Mods and they're the absolute highlight of my event to make you guys have a great time.

I actually had an exceptional event, though you wouldn't guess it from how much time Tris spent crying Saturday and Sunday. It all came down to some fantastic RP, especially with Thalia, Typhon, and Gideon. Thanks, you guys!

A lot of my highlights are actually really strange, since they're kind of tragic for Tris, but I loved them because they made so much RP happen.

-Having my totem illustrated by a total stranger to Tris, despite how little she wants to talk about what her totem is
-Taking notes at Chronicler mass for all of Kaladonia because Gideon overheard that I planned on going (and actually getting listened to when it came down to sharing my notes)
-Finding a morlock that had killed itself when it felt its family die, and trudging around the battlefield looking for a Galladellian priest to give last rights, then crying on and off for hours every time it came up (or every time someone asked if I was okay) because Tris was not emotionally prepared for this sort of thing
-Teaching Gideon Lore:Forest on Sunday morning and finding a toad in the clearing where I was teaching, and using it to help teach
-That toad was too cute to be just one highlight
-Meditating Sunday morning; opening my eyes just in time to see across the field Clytie's arm pop out of a teapot and smack the person holding it (I'm very happy I was just within range to hear May's description of what happened; I wasn't even trying to listen, I just happened to hear it)
-Last but not least, silly OOG impersonations of Grim in the kitchen when Bill left his helm in there after main mod

I won't be able to make September, but here's to hoping October will be just as enjoyable!

Another month where kudos have to be given to new, enthusiastic players and npc's!

Another Friday of being distracted from planned events. Pleasant shenanigans!
Caldor introducing the first student Imrahil will teach more than one technique!
Lot's of subtle rp sessions. Aldric and Thalia get some serious points on theirs.
Finally being a link in the bringing a plot point to light!
Not sure exactly where I jumped from 10 second duration displacement meatshield to able to handle a few combatants at once.
Zathir - "I don't know what this is, but I'm consecrating it."

Saturday started slow and climbed to a boil through the day.
Training drills and roster updating at the barracks.
Became a lesson for a new-to-Travance thief in the importance of subtlety.
OOG information shared by a new player asking a guard for escort showing I just got duped... Nicely done Zatar!
Nice little micro-scale interaction with Leslie's new character. I don't get too many of those.
Training with Quan Liu, Gilthu, and Raxas.
Feast prep crew - respek knuckles. That was the smoothest going feast I've been on. Abby gets a special shout for facilitating the communications between the kitchen and the servers.
And no, nobody in the kitchen poisoned the toast!
I've never been so busy on main mod. Between beating back encroachment, seeing people to healing, confining the dominated, retrieving weapons, and assuming flanking positions, I was kept on my toes.
Taking a refugee Morlock into protective custody
Trying to ease Typhon's pensiveness.
Introducing myself among the rangers.
General pre-bed shenanigans.

Awakened to calls of "Help!" Actually able to do something about it. Unfortunately nobody around who could communicate with the hungry spiders...
Ratperson attack at the barracks. Apparently they didn't seek a peaceful resolution.
First ranger lesson; careful, you won't get away from Imrahil so easily now!
A second lesson to the same player over the weekend, and some good rp with it delivers my first dedicated student!
The gem thief encounter.
Master warrior lesson from Grimkjell proves to be nothing I, nor Imrahil would have ever expected! Asked for a little clarity, and Grim stayed stoically cryptic. Great consideration of target, Bill! Still noodling it now. My MW teachers so far have done a good job of challenging Imrahil's mindset.

I'll miss you folks in September, but should see anyone who makes it to the FFF!

Friday:
using my ShatenJaeger teir 2 power for the first time on the body of one of the demonic Psionic invaders. Can't be a scholar, but can help this way. Differentiating the demon blooded from the merely dominated.

the long conversation with the captured non-demonic invader. Having 3 different people use mind control severing abilities to break the domination on the man.Learning a lot of intel regarding their people, the situation regarding to the families in their community being used as leverage, and their abilities. Offering a safe place to stay (jail), and him accepting.
Taught Marika witch hunter stuff - with fresh examples to help. I loved teaching the info gathering skills.
The demonic ones - killed a few.

Saturday - up after 2 hours in bed, at 5:20 am to get to Grove for dawn meeting. A lot of philsophical discussions and finger waving, but some really good RP regarding ideology in regards to serving Arawyn. Trying to keep neutral, but hating the situation. Hopefully, Kleidin's experience and motivations helped others understand their own.
Discovered the fate of Lord Hellock of Oscliff, and how serious the situation had become in that land

returned to Inn by 815, and too awake to go back to sleep, so helped a bit in kitchen, and had a few conversations in the inn. Asking around to see who would be willing to help Oscliff - how generous people could be. Suggested asking Alasandria for seed grain, their immediate offering of aid.

Baking contest!!!

Pendarvin/Kaladonia BBQ w/leftover tiramisu! mini Nobles meeting led by Sir Victer, and having to walk away due to Lord Hellocks fate still frsh in Kleidin's mind.

Msin mod was fun. Flew in as an Eagle (well I fell due to the uneven ground and minorly sprained both ankles, but got pulled back to my feet, and was able to continue) Went right to Phokus/ritual as we were told it needed to be protected. Illana and Kleidin immediately Posi barriered the ritual. Others joined. basic fighting until the Balfurious murder tantrum.
Mpre great RP.
More suggestions during big meeting with reps from invaders.

Sunday - all the Master lessons! 10 AM smackdown. Ended as I expected.

Highlights:

All of the Politics. ALL of them.

Waking up at 5:30 for the duel isn't quite a highlight, but the resulting RP was worth it.

Druid Training. "OK, does this discussion count as my Druid lesson?" "YES!"

Lore: Forest with Tris. Complete with OOG toad mid-lesson.

Walking past a fight on the porch of the Inn on my way somewhere. Pausing, and realizing I just walked past an Undead. Killing it in one shot while its back was turned to me.

Saturday day - more Undead. Unloaded most of Master Warrior (2 purchases) on them. Gideon's thought as the dust settled: "Man, did I need that."

"Hello... William." "Corsair." "Not playing the game any more?" "Nah..."

Kaladarvin cookout. ALWAYS a good time. Norm's turn to master the infamous Grill of Pendarvin...

Gideon issues a Battle Cry. Five minutes later, feels like half the town shows up. "We heard you yell, which meant it was serious."

Post-Game cleanup. Since I was staying late for Mal's wedding, I took my time packing and cleaning, and it was... nice.

This event was awesome. It made me think, it made me get mad, and it was a lot fun.

I came in at 10 in the morning to get telepathed by Morlins and dominated. All you morlins are jerks. You all just went up to me and took all my gems, especially the ones I cared about, and made me also go ragey the next time I saw you.

Kanas is not good at negotiating. It's kind of hard to negotiate when your enemies search through your mind for your personal weaknesses then exploit them. Also the whole rage thing.

I taught the newer people that we are not mercenaries. We are heroes. We do our work because it is the right thing to do. To all the people that did not get paid because of my actions drinks are on me, or the Pretty dragoon because I have no money.

Break limb is too much fun to use.

The feast was delicious. The poisoned wine was not. I had to spend ten minutes of my time telling a dwarf not to drink the poison wine, and every time he fell, healing him then telling him what he did wrong. Didn't I just explain that the wine was poisoned?

Main mod really got me thinking, especially when Balfurous did his whole "you have failed me" evil villain monologue. It was brief, but intense. It made me wonder "did we win, and at what cost?"

NPC shift was awesome. Helping with the Rogue's guild mod as Prospero the merchant was great. Lord Wellington Wellington the 14th of House Wellington made the mod. I now wonder what the guild is going to do with the Grandfather clock and the cat they stole. Also Arthur is really adorable and I need to see him more often. Then NPCed as one of the Ogres in the Ogre building moving company. I was the one who was kind of shunned by the other ogres, but made the most sensible decisions. People need to listen to Milton more.

I woke up to rumors of a group of Ogres that are going to move the Mages guild to either the bottom of the lake or Alok Malagan. News travels fast.

Tiny Hobbit Shield and screwing around with Clove. Best way to spend a sunday.

Ended my time in the proper with helping Sir Pluvious with a thief and learning Intimidate, which is going to be so much fun to rp and do.

A+ event! I can't wait for the next one!