May Event Highlights

Lowlights:
-OOG almost losing my cool as someone who had been repeatedly annoying me grabbed me by the collar and started tugging/choking me in order to "save" me from lizard kin. For said unnamed person, do me a favor and keep your hands off me. 
-Being unable to attend a lot of the plot on Sat because I was too low level

Highlights: For both me and my character, good RP always comes before good fighting That being said, there were some great episodes of RP that kept me grinning the entire weekend. Below are some of the major events that stuck out for Balthier.

- Acting as a voice of forgiveness and reason during most of the skirmishes and then watching that calm rational vanish when Balthier was surprise attacked by a nightblade minion to the point that while interrogating the minion's master he bit off the man's ear in rage and frustration.
- Saving the Count from decapitation while everyone outside fought with the one nightblade guard.
- Main mod and impromtu main mod as Balthier was the second to run through the giant portal to the nightblade's home base.
- Acting as a strategist and rat bastard during impromptu main mod: Balthier would stop people from killing/searching a downed bandit by telling them to keep fighting so that he could loot the body
- Great sketchy rp with Asriel and his high elf charge (missed your name man, sorry), as we searched, found and then decided what to do with the ruby mythril. How I wished one of us had the skill Fence...
- Realizing that the Count was going to do a scrying ritual for said ruby mythril and thinking to myself, "Oh crap...oh crap...oh crap... Run!"
- On our way to retrieve the ruby mythril, running into a dark faerie and trying to get her to leave us alone by making overt semi-sexual/gypsy offers. Meanwhile the clock was ticking on that ritual.
- Being ambushed by a pack of wolves, trying to spook them off with bravado and then screaming like a little sissy for help when they began to attack...and who would have guessed what sort of help would come: the dark faerie fast cast dominating each wolf. When all was said and done, in a voice like ice, she turned to look at the three of us and said something along the lines of, "You called for help and I helped you. Now you owe us a favor. We will call you in the future." I hope this develops into something later in Balthier's plot
- Comedic affect of calling treasure sense on multiple occasions (next to Alister, Gideon, while holding the bar of Ruby mythril
- Being warned by Carlos: "Don't cross the Black Orchid company unless you want a bottle of Absinthe shoved up your ass and broken."
- Receiving a hug from Gideon in full armor and while carrying his wall of a shield.
many more

I had a blast playing a mostly naked wild man.

The first mod of the event which brought every new character into Travance was great. I think this should happen everytime there is even one new player brought into town. If the trend doesnt continue while im off in WA I will be dissapointed and will happily volunteer to make it happen when I return.

Two Main Mods; What it means to me:
-Safer less crowded mod sights
-A feeling of usefulness that can be shared by more than 'The old boys club'
-A splitting of more 'domestic' and other worldly issues.*
-Less downtime waiting for the big bad guy to show up.
-More hooks and clues needed throughout the weekend leading up to the main mods.
-More bad guys = more interaction and more intrigue.

If this trend does not continue while I am away I will be dissapointed and will happily volunteer to assist/storytell/marshall or NPC on these multiple 'Main mods'

Lowlights: Portals with level caps on them. This is silly and is a trend that should not continue. If Players choose to jump into something they cannot  and will not survive, that is why the game does not actually cause you to die.  Game rules and guidelines should be put in place to avoid physical harm and  to keep the system from being abused. Not to prevent character deaths.

That is all.

- I had so much fun playing Bocci Ball and had a great partner. Found out its in my genes, Great Grandfather was a champion player
- I had a cabin to myself until Chris got to the camp, lol, glad to have people in my cabin for the first time since I started playing KR
- Those meatballs, num num num
- I never had to call damage as Kier the whole weekend, where were all the monsters? I caught a single Lizardkin with roots
- Teaching Germinate to a young druid as it was taught to me with Colin teaching me of fauna, nice conversation btw
- Seeing Elawyn and finding out the grove may not be lost since she's back
- Watching to see what was up with Rosa
- OOG figuring out what Im doing with this character and what to play for Alt (still no clue)

- Jason

I had so much fun playing Bocci Ball and had a great partner.

Awwww shucks, thanks Jason! Yeah, we were made of awesome. Go us! 

And humble too, as it appears 

Self-made people who adore their makers.