May 2016 Highlights !!!

Man I so often can’t find the time to do event highlights, so this time I’m gonna do this up early,

So first off, I have to give a huge shout out to Matt and everyone who crafted the event. This game was inspired, the different things that needed to happen for negotiation made a lot of them very different, and I hope to see more like that in the future.

So the thing that impacted me the most this weekend was almost certainly Starling getting dropped, and having to get reanimated. Nothing like being on your NPC shift and having your wife’s dead PC be brought over dead and having to stay as the NPC. It lead to a lot of great moments for not just everyone in Winged Victory but so many other characters. For my part I got to play through an amazing character arc as Jackdaw got exceptionally over protective, and more and more anxious as the weekend went on, culminating in him deciding the crew should stay out of the main mod fight, only to get dragged in anyway, and finally having the break through and realize this wasn’t about him, and maybe he should start trusting the people of Travance and not be so detached. It’s a huge character moment that needed to happen, and I was so fortunate that everything played out exactly how I needed it to happen. I wanna thank everyone I got to have amazing scenes along the way; Thalia, Caldor, Kestrel, Lark, Crane, Osprey, Cade, Jun, Rook, if there was anyone else I am so sorry I didn’t catch or can’t remember it was super emotional. big shout out to red Kestrel, Faust, Wander, and Kuan Liu (am I spelling that right?) for prompting my big character development.

And finally Alice/Starling…. oh my god! We have been role playing with for literally a decade now and this was some of the biggest and best stuff I’ve ever gotten to do with you, Starling was such a focal point for so many people, Lilith was amazing! Even fighting you in the woods was amazing! this was absolutely your weekend, even if you spent a lot of it NPCing. I am so glad I was around to see all of it.

(also a shout out to everyone who read this and just listened to me ramble about my role playing character)

Beyond that, this was probably the best NPC shift I got to do, those of you who dealt with our crappy guards, great work. Our friends in the attic, you guys are an amazing team, I don’t know what we did to make you like us so much, but man am I excited to do more with you guys and get up to all kinds of crazy shenanigans. We were trying so hard to make you mad at us. Coast Haven mod was amazing, I’ve never gotten to rob a bank in the middle of battling husks. Again, Andy that swashbuckling style sword duel made my day, everyone on Adventurers guild was so solid, by that point I was emotionally wrecked in game so you guys pulled that off.

Main mod, the win condition of survive and escape was awesome, and changed things up a lot. For those of you on the line, I was running back and forth between the gate and the line, I only got hit once, the rest of the crew kept joking about how little danger they were actually in. If you were on the line, if you got hurt a bunch if you used up a bunch of skills, take pride in the fact that you held, and a bunch of us walked away with barely a scratch because of you. Argyle asked for my sword, and I was like “take it, I’m not really using it.”

Sunday, great role play with Lorelei and Argyle asking about the wytchwood, it was interesting role play that furthered character, and taught me more about the world building of the game which is exactly what I wanted.

Steve I loved bringing crew members over to Aleister and each of them getting to experience interactions with you rather than just hearing about it. That’s gonna lead to some pretty interesting stuff at the next game.
All in all, Knight Realms continues to get better for me, I’m glad that it seems like we’re giving back almost as much as we’re getting. I’m bummed I’m missing week in the life, and I can’t wait to see you all again in June.

So this was my very first game and I really enjoyed it!

I played Blank, the Goblin that liked to take things.

To everyone that took time to rp with me, thank you very much! To those that rped hate towards me, you're awesome. I LOVE conflict like that. Please, hate Blank as much as you want for being a Goblin, or for any other reason

I'm going to be awful with character names and spelling and what not, but here I go with some of my highlights...

Working at the bar was fun. Never been so hydrated in a LARP as I have this game!

The hatred I got from that one Dwarf was amazing. I'm sorry, I forgot your name But I loved how every time you saw me behind that bar you just freaked out. It bothered Blank, but I was having a blast every time you were around.

Being yelled at by an Orc was pretty fun. Don't upset the orcs. Do as they say.

Eating cake with Eli as everyone else is on main mod fighting. Sometimes cake is better than fighting. Actually, all the time cake is better.

Playing, and losing, card games was very fun too. I forget everyone's names (again, sorry for forgetting names. In time I will learn). Got a little literacy lesson as well! Would love to play again sometime!

Drinking Satyr's wine with a couple of people, turning into a snake, having a baby, eating everything, all while half asleep. Need to do that again

Bothering people for stuff. All the stuff. Occasionally getting stuff for bothering people.

And of course getting to rp with friends in a whole new setting was awesome. You guys were great and thank you so much for bringing me to KR.

Not sure if people friend everyone on fb and what not here, but do feel free to add me if we rped, or talked OOG, or if you just are a cool person that would like to get some rp time or whatever next time!

How could I forget the Druid's meeting. The conclave was well set up, and the badges of office were amazing.

~ Black Bird bar-tending is fun times as D, why do people not listen to her when she says D's private stock she carries in her flask is for D only. Rook, Brigitta, regret trying it still?

~ Stuff I can't talk about except for that; being scolded in front of a decent crowd, and Demeanor's ballsy and utterly truthful but hilarious responses / questions that infuriated the superior but made everyone else burst out in laughter. (Padma thank you for being an awesome sport)

~ Doing a job with a very small crew for Vladimir, almost not being able to get in my sneaky mood, Cade to the rescue (thanks for the headband borrow bro). The following mod was nothing short of brilliant / insane. A half sunken ship you say? LORE SEA! useful? super useful? WUT? YAY. Swam on / in a sinking ship looking for a friggin key. Fighting greater undead. Got my arms hacked while carrying a giant chest out while Merrikh was dealing with the big bad. So you'd think D is screwed? nope. Dragging chest with feet slowly but surely, only to open and find shit squat in it. Uuuh no. / find hidden doors. Marhsalls laugh. Yup that absolutely works. Having to point out the compartments with my nose / tongue. A+ mod thank you Luis / Bill / npcs.

~ No one in this town has friggin perfect cut gems. Until you overpay a Lord and another Lord will stuff your sockets. Huzzah.

~ Papa Gypsy and his dragon card game. Funsies but D doesn't like games where the odds are massively stacked against her losing her gold.

~ Dead man's chest. Baller game. LOVED it. Jack the gambler, keep doing what you are doing man. Loved all your rp.

~ Fighting some gnolls outside the inn with Rook, only to find out we missed out on a job because we were distracted by the stupid gnolls. You know what. Last time D ties something up and hands it to a guard. Wasted my time and made me miss my window. Is what I get for trying to be lawful and whatnots.

~ Setting up for Marketfair and making some good sales. The baby dragon soaps were a hit, I will definitely bring more.

~ Some really good RP with Midori and meeting Mercy's heart. Talks about Andorra and spirits, espers and the Gods.

~ Soul warden lesson with Thalia (romani). I enjoyed that lesson a lot.

~ All of the RP with Argyle, and definitely the cherry on top; baptizing him to Andorra.

~ Some good RP with Chet. Following RP about some skills Angeliana has people didn't know.

~ Very timely RP with Thalia (dwarf) and the perfect prop for the RP I had been holding onto for over a year. Made the perfect gift I think. I thoroughly enjoyed making her smile after she had been crying so much and about to lose hope. I rarely get to use bring hope and instill confidence. Thanks for that

~ Feast was Amazing! A. Maze. ing. YUM. Thank you Diane and everyone involved. Cleaned dishes afterwards to help out.

~ Main mod. Holy hell batman. Buffing the whole town with self control was fun. Joining the witch hunter crew when called, also fun. Being welcomed was nice too. Leading the charge in front of town uuuh I dunno, was nervous, heart thumping, glued to Argyle. Kicked a zillion undead butt until I ran into Will's Vampire Lord. He took my combined theumatergy + battle cast + big heal posi load, ATE it (didn't defend) like we're talking 1000 posi +, RPed pain and started hissing and growling at me. Yup ladies and gents, that's when Angel bolts behind Lorellai. Also, I hate all Entophic blasts for ever.

~ Covering Argyle and I in fake blood because we took true wompings, I mean lvl 65+ card almost GONE. He was SPENT I was like almost spent. Walked into the inn and BOOM queue all insanities. Thank you everyone who desperately tried to fix her Catatonia. Sorry for getting blood on you all.

~ Private audience with his grace the Count. Apologizing, thanking him. Then offering a side plan which I am not sure was mentioned before as a contingency plan along with other plans instead of a replacement. He liked it.

~ Alander, Billiam, Papa, Caldor, Chuck, Tsoli, Bjorn, Jack and all the damn games. you all. ROCK was hilarious too. I will never forget calling stone fist when the rock hit me, Alander saying but it hit your boobs. "OK, Stone boobs." ... His face is like frozen. "Don't kid me with that... For REAL?!?!" Priceless. Welcome back Remy.

Thank you all KR family for some much needed stress reliefs and laughs. See you soon.

This was a weekend of really exciting firsts - first time my character hit Critical death count and then very shortly thereafter first time my character ENDED Crit death count (whoops, got hit with Garotte in a cave, it's all because Dark Elves totally stink, they're the worst, you guys). First time getting reanimated! First time I actually remembered to call a defense instead of remembering like 5 minutes later that I had one. First time bringing someone through the Phokus. First time at Main Mod NOT just hanging back with a cluster of Healers.

Everyone I talked to on Friday Night after getting reanimated, you were great. Crane, Chet, and Jun: sticking by Starling and getting her back to Travance to get reanimated is forever appreciated. Lois' actual reanimation RP was great and I'm only a little bummed I didn't get to do anything but lie there until the end! (On the other hand 15 minute rest break yes!) Reactions from Thalia and Rook were hugely touching in their own ways; getting to talk and process with Grim, Valenye, Lord Silverbow, and Caldor - all of these conversations were awesome pieces that changed up parts of my character and are leading to interesting places! And huge appreciations to the whole crew of Winged Victory: Jackdaw's reaction was so intense he literally almost bowled me over, Kestrel actually cried and Lark displayed depth that hugely, incredibly surprised Starling in the best of ways. Osprey, I'm glad you didn't tease Starling about nature as much as usual.

Bringing someone through the Phokus for the first time was something I was really nervous, OOG, of screwing up, so thanks to everyone for dealing with my first-time-out attempts! It all really (accidentally) hit Starling where she lives.

I spent most of Saturday NPCing, so Starling went to get her hair done by way of emotional recuperation. (And i'm sticking with the new hair IG, it's cute as heck. Thanks for the bobby pins, Rachael!)

Thanks to EVERYONE involved in the talking side of Homunculi mod, playing Lilith was 200% fun, and you all kept me amused enough to not want to leave! (Special shout outs @ my major interactions with Lord Silverbow, and Sorry I Forgot Your Name But You Kept Showing Her Neat Things Like Raveswarm, and Annora for giving the homunculus a chocolate, and everyone who did a double take at the eyes!)

The other mods I NPC'd on were fun, and I feel good about some improvements in my ability to function in combat.

Main Mod was really fun! There was a sense of real urgency and fear out there, and our group was so fun. Red Kestrel, love the speech about the sword in your heart, even if Starling is still highly skeptical.

Sunday was delightfully chill. It appears to be becoming "beat up on Crane to learn things" day. Good stuff.

Overall: loved this event, thank you everyone, you all are so cool.

Wowza! This game was great! I had so much fun and felt like I hardly had any down time because of everything I was doing! Whether it was mods or just conversations with people it was great!

-Getting called Feisty when yelling about things Leliana doesn't like. Listen She's a teenager and she definitely knows better than you.

-FAMILY. SO MANY FAMILY. THIS IS OKAY AND DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE PURPLE HAIR.

-So many questions on my hands. So. many. different. given. answers.

-Cy is definitely the leader of us all as she is the only one who can keep her cool.

-Main Mod. Let's just say, OOG lots and tons and so much fun!

- The idea of making an Egyptian Litter to be carried around on is a good one. Thanks Tori

-Trying to marry various people for their money.

- Getting TOO excited about Father's Homonculi and accidentally insulting some of the perfect ones. Listen, it's nothing against them, but Leliana needs to prove that she can do better than whatever anyone else who makes beings can do so like....that's a goal.

-Complaining to pleasant company about having to do things herself.

And lots of other interactions that I can't quite remember but I just had a super blast that I could only rest for a few hours before becoming too restless and had to go back into game!!! Can't wait for WITL