January 18 highlights

Father/Daughter time with Reno.

Gene amusingly ruining Grim's life with Karl, and presenting him with a demon's bargain to undo his mistake from before. And Grim rejecting it, and in so doing staying true to who he is.

Gilgamesh' ambush, Grim and Seamus side by side or head to head, and the second fight outside Kaladonia where I actually got to fight Gilgamesh and not fold like a wet bathroom towel. It's a nice circular moment from last winter where Gil promptly stomped Grimkjell's face into the snow.

The unrelenting chase of the Wendigo into the dark. Thank you chris.

The joy on the Alchemist Guild's face once they developed their new experimental weapon.

Fighting Luis as his Monk NPC was great fun, I took some hard hits but it was a satisfying boss fight, from grim eating all those throat punches to eventually landing a killing slay.

That look on Joey's face when I kool aid manned into the area with him, and then the smirk as he expelled me from lair

THe mirror match with me and Geoff Schaller's NPC.

Carlos' reading for Grim.

Putting on a shield and parry clinic at main mod as a CR 7 cav. It's been a while since I've been NPCing a random crunchy, I hope everyone had fun with my silent portrayal there.

Watching new players grow and be thought brave and mighty.

Reno's sweet new armor.

The wristband that even I can't read.

The return of the bartenders!

Feast was lovely, and being thanked to be a server was lovely too.

Brother time with Caldor perched on my shoulder. Caldor making a huge difference in a mod with winks.

Grim's magic legs. That joke never gets old though Grim hates it.

Grim and Meander bonding over Tobias Armitage.

Big Z just being really funny.

Nick lookin like Darth Maul.

Airdropped into a battle by a Templar (Thanks Dave)

Life without hope.

"Wait, you were there Midori? Who do you think was healing you?"

Oh, and facing a goblin arrowstorm and just casually bouncing them all like some kind of super badass Samurai or something

Then fighting the entire contingent of Ogres supporting them. That was super fun.

Greeting Lois' late arrival with a joke instead of scary news. She seemed to approve.

Highlights…
A much needed weekend for this po’ Celt. And a somewhat unexpected one too… with all the highs and lows.
What sticks out in no particular order…

Blood Spirits Deep Cover jobs bear fruit and Travance is ready for the Eldritch Coven. Protecting the Count (and the Kingdom’s Regent!!) also means locating threats. Massive thumbs up to the Agents…

School of Nope is present this month despite aches. Friday night fighting that I was there for and the Saturday morning/afternoon mods all went well, with much in the way of fun battles.

Saturday Morning Brazen Mass. Always a highlight but this month a very good one as I had a very attentive (if small) audience. Good message

Saturday Afternoon battle…
Templar Battle Delivery System… or how to being the fight to the back of your enemy with an airlift. Three Templars plus three potent fighters is a Bad Thing to have behind your battleline.

Borrowing a bow from a fellow Spirit later in the fighting, I proceed to check on if I can still hit the broadside of a barn with one.
After hitting no less than three NPC’s on the run and snaking a shot between two players into another NPC, I think I can still shoot. Of the fifteen to twenty times I fired, I missed only three (and one was because he was about five feet further than I thought). Cookie Tree would be proud… and it was nice to have fun with something I rarely use.
- side note: I could only laugh at the shots I was taking when I was stuck on my ass from crippling; The look on an NPC face when I shot him from the ground made me giggle…. And I want to give a BIG THANK YOU to those who tossed me arrows when I was stuck on the ground. It kept me in the fight.

Congrats to Norm on getting the long wished for but never gotten Kensai Duel. Deeply jealous but I imagine one day I’ll get one.

Feast- Food was excellent.
I could not for the life of me figure out why my voice was cracking during benediction... but at least I got the message out.
Travance is Family and getting Work done is what we do- Brazen would be Proud.

Highlight and low light from Sat Night Main was drawing not 1… not 2…. Not three… but FOUR Sword and Board fighters at one point. I hate fighting a competent one and here I had a quartet. I may not have shown it… but I was absolutely crying on the inside. Thank you to you four for reminding me that as good as I can be at times, I am not THAT good…

Anniversary of Rane and Duncan. Some very pleasant talks and celebration all weekend… along with something that qualifies as uber-romantic in Travance.
- Sat Night main, fighting and we get surrounded. She get hammered by NPC’s and I spring to her aid to try forcing them away from her falling form… only to get dropped right next to her.
So we went back to back on the ground and watched/listened to the battles around us, joking that it would be appropriate to die together like this. Because, like… In Travance, fighting and dying next to your love is an appropriate event on an anniversary (or so it seems… )

Some Long Awaited additions to our ranks… along with some solidifying of alliances. Positive news for us… and it was sorely needed.

Sunday Morning… Coffee and Donuts delivery is ALWAYS a highlight, be it a Saturday or Sunday thing.

Sunday…
The morning wakeup crew…. And the Lesson on why you don’t attack a Priest of a WArgod while he’s drinking his morning cup of coffee… Bad day for them got worse as soon as help arrived from in the manor…

Teaching Master Warrior Lesson 1 to fellow clergy and Lesson 2 to a Smith. Excellent use of time and solid discussion… No fighting due to conditions but not all lessons require fighting.
More religious teaching to fellow Brazenites Priest. We help each other and this makes us stronger.

More as I remember it… as I am still fuzzy brained. Peace all and see folks in two weeks.

Oh yeah....

Reece- Damn you and your hide to a nosferatu hell... I am NOT a witch hunter, much less a Von Ritter... and yet I get all the vampire problems. *shakes fist*

Had so much fun meeting new people! I love watching peoples expressions when Dusty starts talking about her experiments and asks if they would mind helping. lol

I hope I spell your name right. I love how Tari grabs Dusty for things I really should not be doing. One of my favorite moments this weekend was following her to where people were going to the portal after being told not to by Selphatos and Tsula caught up to me to stop me and got dragged along for the ride. Had such a fun time on that mod. kudos to Steve for quality roleplay with Tsula and i while everyone else was fighting. Tsula are you sure we weren't supposed to help stop that? lol

Happy to hang out with the bartenders at both bars. So much sugar and laughter! Chocolate deals are the best!

Someday my making friends with everyone I meet and my innate ability to get lost will probably get me dead, Luckily not this weekend. This weekend was nothing but pure fun! Let's go on an adventure!

I'm WAAY to tired to actually do highlights, but I have a few quick ones:

1) Switching bodies with Jack and Owen was hilarious and absolutely fantastic RP. "Give me the bullets" "Can I play with the gun first?" "Wow... your insults really have deterioriated"
Sub note: Being dominated to kill people, while acting as someone else was fantastic.
2) Enemies in main mod shouting "FOR THE REAL KING" and "FOR KORMEYER" really drove home the story.
3) Kardin REALLY proved there is more to him than many people think this month. It was a true pleasure to work on a REALLY cool strategy and execute it with you my friend.
4) Super-secret Bunny attack to take down a boss? Yes please.
Sub Note: Sergi's silver tongue for the WIN. Chris, as always, you rule.
5) The mechanic on the 'only 3 PCs in the circle at a time' fight was great. And it led to amazing fighting.
6) EXORCISM CIRCLE around a main boss... And the AMAZING RP by matt in dealing/destroying it.
7) Happy Birthday Item Cards. Gotta be the most valuable card for the new item trade in, right?
Even though I didn't go on it, Diplomacy main mod option? AWESOME.
9) Chris and Luis accidentally pulling such a cool martial arts set of maneurvers ending in a back to back and then leap apart, that we questioned ‘umm… they are the heroes, right? That’s a hero move. Crap.”