August 2014 Highlights!

ALL THE DRAGON BODY PARTS!
-Enjoyable mod right off the bat Friday night, thanks Garret!
-Dozens of Morlans surrounding me, using Time Stop + Harvest Your Soul and walking away from a satisfying large pile of bodies
-"Oh, there she is... I'm gonna talk darkness at her." "Who?" "Hey Swift!" (Fun talk was fun)
-Having my Monastery shenanigans solved in minutes, probably did not hide the thing well enough. At least the guy who put it there didn't get caught doing so (dun DUN duuuuh)
-Dessert Contest, and particularly the horrible jokes made about eating tiny bluejays.
-All the wonderful smithing RP
-North North sparring with Keevee
-Soloing a horde of undead, nearly dropping to minimal damage
-Being completely spent, and then seeing Horus walk in (Bluff, counter bluff, double bluff
-All the wonderful anniversary cakes (particularly mine, thanks much!)

-Flat out leaving a mod when things got too hot, cause damn that gypsy role play requirement!
-Grilling fruit sunday, and having people almost frothing at the mouth to get more
-Really intense totem meditation, that I later realized is a perfect reason for Arza to take a bit of a break from the proper, considering everything else that happened this game)
-Secret lessons with a secret person, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
-People at the Pendarvin cookout were really nice and gave me the first thing I'd eaten all day, thanks again!
-Alchemy talks with Clytie
And lastly, but totally the best thing this game
-LITERALLY EVERYTHING I DID WITH TOBAR
Seriously, from my first (and final) fencing lesson with him, to all of the conversations about his leaving, me saying what needed to be said, it was all perfect. And what a sendoff! Drinks in that one bar (I forget the name), drinks in the Dragon's Claw, drinks at Kaledonia, all the songs, all the jokes and stories. And Tobar's final song, just.... doof. I cried a lot, and I still have that rose he left me.

ALL ON ARZA'S (possible) DANG BIRTHDAY, TOO
happy birthday to me, right?

Great game, overall, though!

-Calder

Tobar's song. Damnit.

SCIENCE! with Tobias & Illana. Both of you really inspire me to step up my game doing physician things. I may have spent most of my time at work on Sunday looking up antique medical tools.

Goggins being Goggins in what has got to be the most awkward, bizarre relationship ever. So frustrating IG, so hilarious OOG. Also, trying my best not to start laughing hysterically while bleeding out on the ground and listening to Goggs (stuck up a tree) offer some skeletons money to go away. My very first event, Lois did the exact same thing to a group of gargoyles. Some things never change... Thanks to Caldor & friend for rescuing us!

Mars, your RP late Saturday night was AMAZING. You have given Lois a lot to think about - aside from the obvious "how do we fix it?" stuff, she's really starting to wonder how to be a better friend & person in general.

Bolton, to Lois: "You're twisted." It's a crying shame that it took years for these two to ever have a conversation.

Archaeology mod was great! THERE WERE CENTIPEDES IN THERE, GUS. I HAD TO SHAKE CENTIPEDES OFF OF ME. I hope the information we uncovered will be worth it. Everyone on the mod - Ava, Lucien, Bolton, Clytie, Mordra - was great, too, and I really want to find reasons to interact with everyone who went along more often! And somehow, we were stumbled upon by a McKraegar. Walking back from the mod and realizing we'd gained a Celt was amusing

Mike Smith puzzle mod! Creativity rewarded, and now Londwyn!tent has some new shinies. Apparently we solved the puzzle faster than expected, too, so hooray for us!

Not bad for Lois's first stint as the merchant guildmaster during Market Faire, I think. There was a lot of foot traffic. Next up, getting some more merchants to show up Also? Walking up to Lori/Leslie and seeing her artwork was fantastic. Leslie, your work is AMAZING. Seriously, if anyone didn't have a chance to take a look, do your best to see it next game.

I'm sure my sleep-deprived brain has forgotten about a million things. All in all, a good event, even though I had to leave Saturday night.

First off, thank you everyone I interacted with for a fantastic weekend. I cannot think of a single conversation I had all game where the level of RP was not exceptional. That being said, I'm going to limit my highlights to my top 5, in order from fifth to first:

#5 - Ilana's post-Main Mod panic. Seeing her storm into the Inn to confront me and then managing to actually calm her down was an exceptionally fun scene to RP as it had actual meaning to it. Also, after all of the serious talks, the funniest ending had to happen: as we are wrapping up the impromptu lore lesson, a ghoul shows up out of nowhere and tries to paralyzing touch both of us. All that is heard is (Belegchand) "No effect, intercept no effect." (Ilana) "Tsunami."

#4 - Lore: Divinity lesson with Illyrian. I could not tell you how long we sat outside near the Inn and chatted about everything Chronicler, but it was one of my absolute favorite lessons I've given in a long time. It's been a long time since I've actually had a full discussion about faith IG, and it was such a pleasant one.

#3 - Getting to interact with Horus. After hearing many many stories from the dragoons about him, it was a pleasure to actual be able to be, well, useful in dealing with his most recent visit. While I'm certain the aftereffects of that encounter will not end with this event, the fact that I feel I played so true to Belegchand's character in dealing with him is what made this such a great part of the weekend for me.

#2 - Heroic Ronin encounter. All of the PCs for this were top-notch in their roleplay, and truly embraced the purpose of the mod. The meaningfulness of each and every conversation was clearly present. Special shout-out to Norm B. for a truly wonderful chance for teaching. This was one of my favorite times NPCing in my entire time at KR.

#1 - Chroniclerite Mass. This has been something that I as a player and Belegchand as a character has been working and hoping towards for years. From reading aloud from the Tome so people could gain as much useful knowledge as possible, to the sermon regarding Individual Fates, to Illyrian being annointed as a fully fledged Cleric of Chronicler, every part was just what I wanted it to be. I want to thank each and every player that came out, and to say that I intend on trying to do the same basic set-up in the future.

Again, thank you to everyone, and I cannot wait to see you all in September!

First off: special shout out to all of our new players, from the awesome crew of full time NPCs to our new(er) PCs. Kit the elf, for her stunning representation of the consequences that arise from a 10 gold experiment, and our new smith with his massive, bulging decidedly not human arms, deserve special recognition for ignoring the warnings and bravely taking the plunge into the deep end.

Storyteller: You're going to need cards for that.
Me: *happily hands over cards*
Storyteller: why do you have a pair of cards that specifically state "left" and "right" demon arm?
Me: Bolton's fault.

Lady Blackthorne concerning science: "First it was not on the table. Then it was not in the Statehouse. Now its not in the area. The radius [of unacceptable places to conduct experiments] is growing." What is a poor Dr. DuMourne to do if he can't conduct his experiments without getting scolded for them? We really need to clean the things out of Bolton's workshop so there can be a place to do these experiments.

Mistress Jade: He's pulling a smart Markus.

Marcella to me: You have no clue how long Illana's been looking forward to getting a look at Bolton's headspace.

Getting to help out with the True Lycanthrope hunt was a lot of fun.While I didn't get to see its conclusion I'm glad to hear the witch hunters all banded together to catch and dispose of the pack of them. It was a lot of fun running around all over camp throughout the night, not knowing if you were the hunter or the hunted.

Hearing stories about Gregor's unfortunate maiming at the claws of one of the werewolves. This is why there are no bathroom breaks on a hunt.

Discussing the sport of hunting negative energy creatures with Buckles and the unexpected analogies between thermodynamics, physics, and the reasons why negative energy creatures hunt the living.

Various talks with various Northern Londwyns (its almost like you guys are convincing Bolton NOT to hate the Northern peacocks).

Many more, which would either take too long or too much space to mention here.