~~~April 2016 Event Highlights~~~

This has to be my best event to date. I'm already looking forward to the next event!

I'll open with, great job to everyone that made this event go off. I will say I was shocked to see all the New Players, and it was rewarding to meet with so many of you.

I went from being bored and wondering where everyone was, to I couldn't get a moment to sit down if I wanted to.

Off the Island? The undead sure did pile up fast. We are most happy to help take care of the problem. GREAT JOB to all the Witch Hunters out there, AND fresh meat? I mean, new students, sure...

Gus, Bridget, and everyone else, thank you! From the bottom of my cold, witch hunter heart, thank you all. That was, the best mod I've been on, maybe ever, and that is seriously, tough to say. Well done.

That said, I'm proud of all the players there. Romeo, Jenna, Onca, Liam(dude, who looks serious and has zero chill? YOU) Matt, Will(thanks for the sword Chris, and Will that was the slickest darn rp I've seen you do in a long time) that was intense, and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Bridget, with everything going on, being dragged and beaten on, Sun burnt, to freezing. You never stopped giving that role your all, as a fellow player, thank you. I would ask folks to look at you for more roles in the future. You made my NPC of the month. You earned it girl. It is super hard to beat Goose too, that said, I freaking love Chaiopa, like seriously, if something bad happened to him, Argyle is cutting it down in the cold wet paths.

Stacy, you were everywhere this event, I know, Matt Magnus and I were too. You had everything on your back, and you didn't let of the gas. I can't say what an amazing time I had doing quick rp with you here and there all weekend.

Wormwood bailing out the whole town again even if no one saw that, and saving my Celtic Bacon yet again.

It was great rp with Higgins again, I want more, when your down, I hope we can kill hordes of undead together, it's like barring a body or camping...killing undead just brings folks together.

Caldor, tight mass as always. Thanks for backing me on helping those new players. You and your wife don't always see it, but we love you in this messed up family we call KR.

Always a good time with both of Hines, I freaking love you both. Thanks again.

Shortest lesson I gave in a long time, good job Austin. Your getting faster. Watching your RP grow is something I welcome each event you can make.

The unspoken alliance, goes strong, to the man I've never meet this whole year.

Someone, remind me to pay Dunn please!!!

Jackdaw and crew. I love the zanky awesome stuff you pull. I had a blast with you all, wish I could have done more.

Why does Magnus always seem so darn disappointed in me?

Kardin, Auggie wouldn't bust your chops half as much if he didn't think you could hang. Talk with me more Ben, your alright bro.

Feast was epic, I owe you one Bill F. Damien you killed it man. I didn't hear a single issue, save that folks wanted MORE. Thanks for the help serving James and Rachel. Jackdaw and your crew really stepped up this weekend, thanks.

I threw shady at Fiona? #worthit

So, a bit of an emotional think here folks, I saw a new player trying his best, and helping where ever he could. So offered to help him, and we really got to talking I answered what I could and took him to folks to answer the rest. Thanks to Tim, the Hines, Jason Marion, Stacy, GUS, Aaron, Dave, Tinney, everyone, GINA who helped me give him the Main Mod experience of a life time! Flint is the PCs name. Young Blood, your what this game is all about for new players, you got to be a total hero on a Main Mod, I really enjoyed watching you as I moved around, you got this man. Most rewarding moment as a player in this game I've ever had. I'll never forget it, and a huge thanks again to everyone who helped let me reward a great new player, you all helped make not just his weekend, but mine as well.

Garret, Kristen, Matt, and of course Gus you made me feel like a new player again, as this weekend got better and better. All your work and time means the world to me and I'm sure many others.

Chenjing, enough said.

Oh, and Luis, you do so much for my PC...You weren't even at this darn event, thanks man. If I ever win the lotto, you'll never buy a spice again! That was shady, but so worth the surprise.

I am missing a lot, I'm sure but seem to have gone on and on. What can I say? This was the best event I've had yet as both a PC and as a player. I can't wait to see you all again in May. I'll be sure to break out my A Game again.
Until next time...

How could I forget!

Sunday lesson with newly anointed Sir Zelritch and another gentleman who's name I forget. Maybe Nicholas will know who he is!

Excellent roleplay. Proving once again that the heart and soul of this game is really not in the points, or the special powers or the idea of winning or losing, but in entertaining one another.

Hello everyone! Great job to everyone involved at this event, staff and players old and new! So my highlights...

Sat 10 am - 2 pm NPC shift

Going around with some other new players and one older as "Travance Groupies" was a hilarious way to facilitate interactions between old and new players. That was brilliant, and the comedic timing of the fainting when Poluvius kissed our hands was just golden! Kudos!

20 minutes before the end of my shift, Goose comes up to me and goes "So do you wanna play a unicorn?" and I'm like "How is that even a question?!" That mod was totally worth the wait for the ritual to be complete.

As Midori,

Hearing 3 stories at a time from Sindarion and not hearing the end of ANY of them.

Reacting to Felix's assault on Eli

Hearing from Fiona that Mercy was proud of her (I got weepy!)

"Midori, what do you think is the weight of a human life?"

Having a bunch of body guards for main mod. That was cool!

Helping Utgard.

Wow oh wow. Possibly the best event in my history of KR.

first from an OOG perspective the number of new players was incredible. I tried to play with as many of you as I can (even if you were NPCs). Thank you all for coming out and I hope you all come back.

From the kitchens, we really appreciate that some of you stepped up to serve and/or help out with clean up. The more we work together like that the better the game is for everyone. I'm very impressed with how efficiently service was handled.

Side props to Damian for some how cooking for that many people. Seriously. That's a LOT of food.

IG lay on was pretty tame, which was good because it gave time to mingle.

Was very upset I missed the chance to see Andorra. I couldn't have been on the mod, but Caldor is so close to having seen all the gods in person, and she's going to have to stay on his list a little longer. (For those wondering, the only ones left on his list are Glom, Andorra, Valos, and Enax.).

Midnight mass was amazingly fun. Huge turnout, and a great crowd. Thanks all. It is most often my favorite thing to do.

Telling Tari I couldn't survive something without her help - turns out I was more right than I knew.

Ended up really, really late, though not entirely sure why. I know I did stuff, but its all a haze.

Sadly couldn't justify Caldor going on the Druid mod, but was glad I got to hear what happened.

Saturday was a load of fun. Did a lot of talking and planning.

So HAPPY the church meetings went so well, and that we seem to be back on track to getting things done and working with the town. Really excited about the new Valosian cleric I met Cal. We have to be Cal buddies.

Main Mass was Awesome. I've never been quite so thrilled to have Benediction as when it can be used to save mass.

Grim Guardian/St. Astrid's mod was awesome and fun. Midori really made me happy when she tried to make friends. The town was so cool with "umm.. can we do this without fighting flowers?"

SO MANY AWESOME NYADS, DRYADS and SATYRS.

Loved the Lizard Kin who showed up in town. Caldor wants to hang out with her when the world isn't ending.

I'm really sad I missed all the collection plots. The chalk, unicorn and stone mods all sounded awesome.

It was really painful OOG to have to turn down a position in the carving/painting part of main mod, but its what Caldor would have done. I think the people who did it were fantastic. The design of that mechanic was excellent, and so inclusive. I'm very much tipping my hat to the ST's for it.

As grumbly and foul mouthed Caldor gets about the Baron's methods, I hope Damien never thinks its an OOG complaint, and understands how much I OOG think he's awesome.

As I told the STs, I was bored in main mod in THE BEST WAY. because of other obligations I had, I was only using spell cage and then Gift of Light/Restoring Light if needed. And they were never needed. People did such a great job that those powers didn't come up. I ended up doing more "first aid assess" than anything. It was so good to see people of all levels equally participating.

Favorite moment of the fight? Raxas uses Dominate on Josh Labar's monster, and he violently growls "I'M TAKING IT" in the same voice he calls his defenses, and then goes docile and servile. Hilarious.

Transporting the stones back was fun... though it was about halfway back when I heard "NOBODY SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF THE SHIELDS" and I realized how far ahead of the town I had walked.....

The Fire scared the crap out of me. From the angle I was looking I thought it was either teh Pendarvin or Kaladonia Statehouse. I'm glad it got under control. Fire Downtime gave me a chance to work on rituals.

Kaladonia grilling is the best way to spend a night. Hanging out with the 'villains' of the next days mod was kinda cool.

Working with Tris and Keavy on rituals was really really cool. We all have such different styles, which made the three rituals so cool together. I took Gideon's advice and ran my ritual past Xod... and sure enough he found a flaw. Talking with the marshals the next day, I found out that had I not fixed the flaw, it could have been bad for me.... go xod.

Sleep. Blessed sleep.

Kaldonia mod was utterly incredible. The teamwork of the players, the RP of the NPCs, the set up, the story. I could do a whole post just about it. Instead, I'll just do biggest highlights.

Christine Beard Crying can make you feel bad about saving her life. True Fact.
Blowing: Over 300 Career Points 2 prayer Storage, 4 Druidic Storage, 4 other Elder Runes, 1 Rank V scroll, 1 Rank IV Scroll, 3 Rank 3 Scrolls, 2 Clarity Bombs, Benediction, and pretty much all of Tobias' physician skills on the ritual was FUN. Extreme thanks to Elric, Xod, Amalthea, Tari, Tobias, Almat, and Dimitri for risking yourselves to be part of my mad plan. I've heard how bad things could have gone if we screwed it up, and I thank ALL of you for making sure that didn't happen. Also heavy thanks to Typhon, Maralas, Dimitri, Belegchand, Nalick and anyone I'm forgetting for providing the various supplies for the plan.

Tobias Making it Rain germinate scrolls
Wife telling a flower to 'man up' and grow!
Watching each person's personal RP during the ritual was powerful. You really get a feel for each person's individuality.
Dire BUNNY!
Only finding something b/c I was playing around in my totem form puppet.
Wife drawing her bow on us when I hugged the Spirit we just saved... and nobody trying to stop her...

Got to teach Kleiden something. Given how much she taught me when I was first starting, it always makes me feel some pride when I can offer something back to her.

Amazing RP of lessons and not lessons with various people.

I'm sure there is a lot more I want to say, and I will if/when I remember.

Since forest forgot to add it to his post, and he can't log in right now, I'll add a highlight for him-

undead creature walked up to Argyle, went to attack, he goes "hold this", hands the creature his drink, destroys it, and catches the drink as the undead poofs. His most epic kill ever.

Biggest highlight was the surprise of being knighted and all the congratulations that followed. Haven't been that happy at a game in a long time. So big thanks to Larry for that.

The little bit of Homunculus plot was great.

Alchemy being instrumental to the main plot once again is great and I'm really enjoying this trend of getting alchemists involved in plot.

Getting to see the process by which other alchemists made their secret recipes was interesting.

The dissect lesson with Lake and Heimriel was some really enjoyable RP.