December 2015 highlights

So friday night I arrived at camp at around 11:30-12. Nobody was in the inn. Not good.

Proceed to get in game/character and immediately head to the blackbird to find Wili. As I open the door I look to the left to see Sebastien with his sword raised over my head ready to take a swipe.
Wili: "Calven!! You're alive!!!!!

Me: "Uhh, Yah, why wouldn't I be?"

So they proceed to fill me in on the Null, I decide I need coffee if I'm going to be staying up all night trying to survive.

Take two steps out of the blackbird anddddd

"Nether vortex, 20 feet towards me"
Uhh, Negation
"Cool, You're taking another one. 20 feet towards me"
Fade to black

then wake up in the blackbird with Sebastien and Wili plus a few others standing over me

and so sums up the first 20 minutes of my event.

Late friday night/saturday morning when Jack Cypher was testing out his new invention in the Inn, great RP to everyone who was there

Forest, though it seems our RP happens mostly in passing, it always leaves me craving more

Saturday was a blur. I was supposed to tend to family business, but found it difficult to find or talk to anyone that I had to.

Main mod consisted of Brother Cainen and I running around invisible trying to survive, just survive.

Hiding on the road across from pendarvin, we hear Edwin come up and engage two husks by himself, I imagine it looked something like Master Yoda taking on Darth Sidieous. Impressed to say the least.

Herrister Reynolds. Best legal representation in all of Arawyn. Stoked to be working with you. Thanks for the hook-ups

Ostcliff Vassal meeting was really cool. I'm mostly excited for the RP opportunities that it will create that may not have been present before.

An immense thank you to my mentors. You probably know who you are.

Thanks to everyone who made this event possible. Coming up on my one year anniversary I feel like I've found another home and family. You're all an amazing community. Here's to 2016!!!

Calven Tanwyn

OOG: Jared Yampolsky

Wili wrote:
After everyone is healed up, I remember something very important.... Calven had just left the bar to go get coffee. OH MY GOD HE IS DEAD ON THE ROAD SOMEWHERE! Sebastien runs out, scoops him up, and brings him back inside. I try to salve him to health, but fail. He's too far gone. Sebastien goes outside and starts screaming for a healer. Father red sun man hears him all the way from Alesandria and saves his life.... with 20 seconds to spare. Thanks red sun man!

Oh Yeah, I owe you my life Sebastien.

-A suspiciously un Drew-like Drew.

-Ven's sippy cup.

-The return of Cinder
Magnus tearing off like a bat out of hell when told Cinder was back, terrifying most of the inn in the process, as Annora laughs her ass off.

-Paladin things

One of the things I loved the most about this event was how we were sort of thrust together with random people that we wouldn't normally RP with. It was really cool seeing groups mingle as we fled in terror

Being hidden for safety by Magnus in... Jed's shack, of all places. The RP as Lois, Ketryn, and Aerena sat there calmly talking with Jed while the sounds of battle echoed up the road was great. Lois was grateful she was able to provide some counterpoints to Jed's silver tongue to Ketryn - after he left, of course (What? He was letting us hide in his house! Lois wasn't about to start disagreeing with the guy who was keeping them safe.)

The effectiveness of Jun's non-magical Feign Death.

Saved from death with seconds to spare so many times! And I know I'm not the only one. The way everyone came together to help each other out was really awesome.

Being nearly manic with glee at the Big Reveal. Lois is not a particularly nice person, and enjoyed the bit of turnabout after all the insults heaped at her for not being a believer those long years ago (To be clear, it's all IG. No *player* was ever awful to me, and I sincerely hope that everyone can find a way to enjoy the RP that will come of this giant metaplot.)

After the glee, helping Belegchand.... reaffirm his faith? That's irony for you

I... AM... VIM.

Many thanks to Angry Bill & Jason F. for finding me sleeping things when I was stuck in the Barracks on Friday night!

The cheesy potatoes. OMNOMNOM.

Sunday morning tea aka casting Summon Londwyn It's the end of the world and we, of course, still find time to sit down to tea Sarah deserves a prize for dragging actual teacups around with her!

Many thanks to the ST team. As much as I hated running around so much (my out-of-shape butt can't really keep that up for very long), I know that they were doing it for longer. Knowing that they're all working together makes me really excited to see where everything is going to go in the future!

First off, thank you to the ST's for throwing together an event that really made me feel like I was back in the classic days of early KR. Well done on all fronts.

Now for highlights, in no particular order:

1) Husk fight Saturday was crazy. James is a tornado of hair, coat tails, and swords. I was fighting in bedroom slippers, that's how desperate the weekend was making me at that point.

2) Saving a ton of lives w/devastating ninja healing techniques. Seriously, at least two dozen people should've taken deaths, but I got to them first.

3) Seeing Orias painted for battle reminded me of an earlier funny moment we experienced years ago. Long live chaos corn.

4) Coordinating efforts with Caldor to make sure people were able to be healed from crit again thanks to Restoring Light.

5) Hiding in the woods just outside the barracks until the Phokus retrieval group got there, and then surprising everyone by showing up.

6) Smuggling the Phokus out of the Proper during the longest escort mission, while eluding both PC's and NPC's until we were nearly to Winterdark.

7) Nalick's "Forgiveness" debacle, and his later Death Wish lesson participation. You sir, are a constant source of hilarity and fantastic roleplay.

RP w/Fenri, can't wait to see how this character develops further.

9) Getting to resurrect a friend I brought to game only a few short months ago.

10) Hearing that a select group passed their tests with flying colors. Congrats again!

11) Actually slipping away to meditate as my PC, and dwell on the fact that my mission would no doubt lead to my demise, and coming to terms with that.

12) Captain Jun: "It's a race!" *blunderbuss shot right next to my ear* Me: Cure Sensory Ailment "Really Jun?"

13) Cat(Kat?) Bordello, the swiftest and most silent addition to the Phokus escort mission.

14) "Therion's the snack that shivs back." Damn it Zipeto, was trying to be serious while facing down undead on Sunday.

15) Sitting in the woods w/Liz R's PC after she had been struck down for a good half hour while hidden. Along comes Sir Danny, who assesses Liz and gets "serious, but not bleeding". He calls a detection skill, sees me, and says "Oh, that explains that." I healed Liz and we were off and running for Winterdark again.

16) Nigel and Illyrin's science bubble.

17)" I-LA-NAAA" hand puppets. Sorry Mars, you can hate me for that.

18) Soups and garlic bread, tastegasmic.

19) Sindarion's flute playing saving lives, and his amazing catch of a spell packet on our march with only two fingers.

20) Being sad at missing the opportunity for peppermint tea time at the Blackbird.

21) Investigating the buildings at Valdalis, and finding snacks plus floorboard whiskey.

22) Resurrecting Caelvan, and the shenanigans that ensued.

23) Drega'Mire's subjects coming to the aid of Travance w/a care package. Give it up for the tiny town of Stortmouth!

24) All the lessons being taught. So happy to see that they are paying off for a lot of people.

I'm glad y'all got a taste of what we used to do years ago when the game was 1/3 of the size it is today. Seriously, it was great to see everyone scrambling around, and desperate times leading to desperate measures, and stoic heroics, and so on. See you all at the banquet!

OH MY GOD.

Caelvan's resurrection. That was the FUNNIEST thing ever. It was such a tension breaker too. Like, amazing. lol