July 2015 Event Highlights!

Maeve Hesperus wrote: Keola: Satyrs are pretty smart. You should trust this one.

You're going to help me tag team this, right? ? (Faekin Bestkin)

Ilana Darkwood wrote: You're going to help me tag team this, right? ? (Faekin Bestkin)

If by help you mean encourage him in his personal growth and scientific research while I do scientific research of my own to see what things make his face turn as red and hot as a fireball, then yes. Yes, I will help.

Oh, how could I forget the highlight of randomly watching Zero beat the crap out of Kanas (barely) over what Ilana thinks might be a misunderstanding?

It was a rare thing for Ilana to see him go off like that. Also A+ to Justis' RP (and A+ to me sneaking in some physician lessons for someone else as they patched Kanas up)

This event was a pretty interesting one. It was cool to see a druid plot made into something even bigger, and it made the whole event seem more than just an invasion by lizardkin and wild orcs. That was totally unexpected, and a really cool twist.

Coming into game hearing the drums of war, and being the only one thinking that's weird.

Angry elf + Radizeal= Even angrier elf

Fighting the first real attack. Blighted Possession is awesome and terrifying at the same time.

Watching the jail burn down and being totally ok with it.

Confirming with both Lathiel and Magnus that paladins naturally scowl.

Chilling with Goard, and making an important decision.

So many awesome new kids! It's great.

Scouting. So I decided to go scouting to see if I find anything. I go to John and tell him that I and Goard were doing this. He said that he has something planned for that. So we leave, and not 5 minutes later ever single event boss is in a group behind us. We book it, get Brigetta, Trent, and the other Blood Spirit there out as quick as possible, and stay out of sight. The blighters start setting up a ritual, and we get back to town as soon as possible to get a force. So thanks John, I got to do my job.

Blowing up the Underdark. Whoever let Kanas do that needs their head checked.

Ostcliff politics are boring, but I might have done a thing.

Thing was done during feast.

Brokouri the Knight! He needs to remember to carry around his polearm. I have to get it every single time.

Honor combat, and the lesson about pride I learned from it. I need to think more often in fighting. Justis, awesome fight!

Chilling with Takouri and Pox until suddenly Blighters show up, and the chaos that ensured after that.

Sledding with Peaches.

Cyrus drank the bottle of bad juju. I will keep on reminding him of his mistakes.

Vedranne mod. That was intense and I am looking forward to more.

Overall Awesome Event!

I just want to say its been yeeeearsssss since Ive played a new character and every interaction I had was an awesome one! I honestly think my favorite reaction happened on Friday night- Walking into the inn before game in costume and a friend of mine literally didn't recognize me. It made my night

-Friday night

-Did I just hear someone say the jail was on fire? Nah. Oh hey wait the jails on fire! Would this an awkward way to ask to join the guard?
-Being wary of going outside alone. It is a terrifying feeling not having mental defenses for the first time in likely 9 years of playing pcs.
-Drinking! I have a character that drinks!

-Saturday

-Watching the sun on the lake and talking to fisherfolk!
-Running from most of the things!
-Going for a walk of Travance to get my bearings with some other people I met Friday night

NPC

-THANK YOU for giving us breaks. Seriously. Omg. Hot.
-Lauren and the auctioneer voice!

Saturday night

-SINGING!!!
-Can you tell this person something? Uh sure.... who is that again? Oh that guy? Sure!- rinse and repeat!
-I....have no real clue what all happened- it was a big mess to me Sat night. As Mae, that's fine? As a bounty hunter.... yea I ended up doing a bit of nothing for once. It was odd!
-Joining the guard!
-Sleeping. Sleeping is amazing.

Sunday

-Talking to peoples about guard duties. Getting to interrogate someone and getting a compliment
-Getting invited on Adventurer's Guild stuff. Just going over quick to report something to Swyft and....
-Getting sucked (literally) into Maelstrom mod! Yay for happenstance!

Its odd- seriously odd- to have a character that is literally refined for certain tasks (I dont think I have a single offensive tag skill yet that can be used to effect in a battle) when Im so used to being able to at least hold my own in a short fight. It was wonderful to "re-meet" everyone though- I even got to hear someone sing to me! Which is something Mae would never get to do!- and see a different side of things then I normally do. Its certainly been eye-opening and I look forward to it continuing!

My turn…
This was my first foray into mini-main boss portrayal, having done small scenario based ones and one New Player Mod as a boss…. And I must say, it was every bit as difficult as expected and no less fun.

I want to thank John Higgins for the trust and opportunity to play a Big Bad and his believing in myself and Forest to get the scare put into players on Friday…. As near as I can tell, we did not let him down.

Highlights Friday:
The fight on the road for the New Players. Skull (my NPC) was built to fight PC’s that hide- especially those like Sentinels and Emerald Huntsmen (especially as he was an EH). Add in a specific special ability and it’s a nightmare to face… in essence, the NPC was a perfect foil for Caelvan, who was leading the New Player walkthrough- I honestly don’t know if that was planned but it wound up that way.

Our job was not to kill PC’s, it was to capture them and sticking around was a bad idea. *grin*
Grab a bunch then I lone wolf…

(REDACTED by request )- it was a beautiful set up and I don’t think that could have gone better.
Jason, I hope your huntsman enjoys the wine.

By the time we ended our hunting at 2am, there was over 40 Blighted.

Saturday:
By the time we were up and moving as the morning wakeup crew, the count on blighted was reportedly over 60….
Skirmishs in Kaladonia on the road and Ostcliff netted more then it was off to the barracks and an attack on focus.
The Taking of Magnus- I know what happens when he gets dom’d and the bad guys didn’t. The blight now knows this though…

Fighting Edmund then running into Ilana. Cloak Green and Huntsman movement ability…. A break from woodline and her doing Windwalker. Getting away from her only to run into Danny Mckraegor then have Philidin, Arden and at least two others…. Yeah, I am not getting away this time and it does not help I forgot a few abilities (like the travel through trees trick. ) so down I go to some powerful PC’s

A wonderful bit of RP later (Ilana sooooooo gets into her dissection/surgery… She is one sick puppy) and I was now off to be a normal NPC for a bit.

More fighting and Keavy/Dani thank you for the compliment.

Another NPC and a capture during fighting at the Focus. Interrogation by Birgitta then a frantic escape attempt. Attempted ended poorly due to cleave from Birgitta… (Love you, Leslie)

More running around then Feast.
After Feast was main and main…. Was crazy. More sneaking around and captured a few more for the blight then attack on the inn.
Mistake. Big mistake…. And I need more practice fighting with a shield.
After main, it was get cleaned up then brief foray out as Duncan.

Sunday:
Duncan time... and Brazen Mass. Thank you to all who attended and I will hopefully have one for August if I can make it. And it will be on Saturday this time, I promise.

The final battle against the Blighted ones…. Yeah, all I can do is School of Nope against that. Justice, you are damn good.
Phokus Attunement finally- I can now drag folks from the Spirit Realm who don’t want a Light God person to do it.

Three lessons taught which meets the personal RP requirement for the character as a Brazen Priest. Teaching is crafting anothers knowledge....


Trying to find coverage for August event- if I don’t, I’ll see everyone in September!!