August 2017 Highlights

Well this was an event to remember.

Literally digging up a grave and releasing a vampire that the witch hunters had to fight was intense. Great mod to die for the first time on! 10/10 would hunt again, although I know Reyna wants a short break from things to get her head in order.

Caldor's unique. That was an intense ritual, and the roleplay from Jason was amazing.

Realizing how important Reyna's shield is to her.

Spending time with Mileof and Kolbjorn. It was great to see a side of Kolbjorn that allows Reyna to relate to her brother!!!

Getting sucked into Kandie mod on the way to bed. So glad I went to see Forest play Kandie, and I'm so glad I used an invisibility potion for it because I could not have done that fight on an OOG level.

Saturday discussions with teachers and learning very important life lessons. Realizing that caring for people isn't a weakness in and of itself and starting on the path to accepting how much she cares for those close to her.

The finale of the goblin new player plot. Jeremy wrote an amazing plot, and I don't think it could have gone better. I still can't believe she got locked in an honor combat with the goblin general and won!! And Wulfgar and Reone's judgment of the general after was amazing.

Mileof never ceases to surprise me despite being one of Reyna's longest standing friends.

I don't think Argyle could have ever shocked Reyna more than he did right before main mod when they walked down to Ostcliff. She's still in shock, but she couldn't be happier.

Experiencing time magic on main mod was interesting, and Reyna is still confused as to what happened.

Getting concussions suck, but this was an amazing event, and I can't wait for the next one!

I don't even know where to begin, there was a lot going on this event...

Achievement Unlocked: Texas Funeral- build a coffin, dig a grave, get buried alive and live to tell the tale.
Coffin Mod: Bursting out of a coffin and scaring the hell outta some people was... "fun" lol, don't worry there's more.
Rich/Peaches Kali Ma-ing the shit outta me, I got the piss beat outta me, crazy sore, totally worth it, would coffin again. Awesome role play Peaches, Kevin aka my blood battery. Thank you all who helped out with that, Forest, May, Jean, Sean, Reece, Ashley and special shout out to Angry Bill for keeping me mostly sane. Also where the hell did my sausages/sean's guts go- I was gonna eat those with people???

Sorry Cade and crew for running late, I'm so glad we got to meet though face to face and talk, you guys were awesome and awesome on NPC shift.

Sweet role play down at Ostcliff, "wanna go for a walk?" Ostcliff shenanigans and whatnot, I miss that land. Wolfgar, Rudolph, Alex and crew very fun back and forth.

Tessa and Blood Spirit roleplay was great, definitely a highlight, next level trolling of Atrus was fantastic; the troll in me salutes you. The late night conversations from post main mod and Lich insanity with Tessa was wonderful, very much enjoyed getting to know the character better and I look forward to more in the future.

Blue Kestrel roleplay down at Kaladonia and later on Saturday, very very cool. Explaining the reverence of Gods, and finding out more about Nyad "culture." Trying to remain semi serious was a tough challenge when talking about your first encounter with the crew. Looking forward to more.

Saturday Night Post Mod:
Walking in and seeing a lich... *Wield faith* nothing... "well shit..." Subsequent talks and the roleplay afterwards. The back and forth with that character as he and a bunch of PCs formed up around me in the barn, I really thought I was about to get McMurdered, then I remembered I had a full card and felt better about the situation, I don't remember the exact thing I said, but there was something along the lines of "embracing the sweet release of death," so as not to deal with Travance anymore, with 'appropriate' levels of snark that surprised me OOG. I thought the Lich and I were going to throwdown a few times, and feeling like I was walking along the razor's edge with roleplay, and rituals was so refreshing. The back and forth with the PCs and the Lich was so much fun.
Lich: "There's something inside you that eats at you."
Atrus: "Well you're gonna have to be a little more f-ing specific than that, I've done a lot of shit over the years! What?! The demon thing was a long time ago- no I didn't eat one, well I did but that's not what I'm referring to, it was Legion it infected me it was a thing, it got handled- the Glomm stuff?! I stopped some of the... like a year ago that's... i don't wanna talk about it- the illithid thing? that was also different-no i didn't eat it, it tried to eat me/brain slug me, whatever, that got fixed, kinda sorta, it was fixed-
Lich: You ate it, the seed...
Atrus: That was like 14 years ago, i'm fine, how do you even...
John OOG: shut up, there was green jello involved.
It came full circle, cuz fate.

Atrus to the one who accompanied him: "I'm so annoyed right now, i'm so utterly, entirely, thoroughly annoyed. I'm never going to be able to give mass or preform ceremonies again."

That entire scene was awesome, so thank you to all the players involved, I had a great time. The ritual was cool seeing some makeup stuff a little up close that some players did was really fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed the epic trolling Atrus got, from all sides.

Also thank you to the players who helped out on Sunday and Saturday, I was so out of it between various jobs and getting KR stuff ready I'm more than burning the candle at both ends.

The TZ Atrus showdown/reunion. That goddamned character is going to be the death of me. I always enjoy the roleplay the back and forth and could spend hours just talking about whatever. The reaction to the news of Atrus' departure was great. I always get a kick out of any situations where Atrus is on the receiving end of BS and whatnot, 10/10 will get trolled again.

Magnus and Atrus talking and the subsequent decisions that were made was a really cool bit of RP that I did not see coming at all.

Sunday Ritual stuff with Bryan, Jason, Reece, Alex, and Dave was a lot of fun. Tessas's contribution was very cool, and very appropriate. I hope everyone had fun, I tried to have everyone as involved as possible. Random cookies are always good, the Templar Song was sweet and so totally unexpected; Aldric, time to start a choir! Thank you all for being part of that with me.

All in all had a lot of fun, and we're looking forward to doing more mods in the future.

PS: The skill "Overwhelm," is lame, that stupid table by the smoker's porch is even lamer, although, I can finally walk without limping.

Texas Funeral, nuff said. Thank you to all who helped us make an amazing mod. You want a trust exercise? Higgins let us toss in a grave, and wait for players to dig him up. I sincerely hope that those whom played in that mod loved it as much as I did. John said it, and I will echo him in saying we have only just begun! (I promised not to light anyone on fire. Seriously folks, they made me promise that.)

Steve,"Elf mummy."

Me,"Bruh!"

Steve knew what he was doing when he let me play THAT card. I must have looked it over at least 5 times. I had a blast as that Mummy! The NPCs with me only fueled the passion and each one of you helped make the the scene even better. To the new players, I hope you all enjoyed it.

Kandie, ahh what can I say? You know the villain is a right bastard when playing him makes your skin crawl. In the voice,"I bid y'all a very fine farewell and a screw you sir." Jeremy, what a ride huh? 3 years of role play. To all those whom came out for the final ride, thank you. Alice you are horrible, but a damn fun person to role play with. I won't name anyone else here. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DID!!! I think the ending, well... it's Travance after all, is what I have to say about how it played out Justin, I thank you for your help, I had a blast.

Drew,"you're a crystal."

Me,"I got this."

I fought what seemed like every player awake Saturday morning. Kirsten Lotano gave me an amazing compliment for the role. I tried my best to keep up, have fun, and not pass out in the sun. Damage roleplay was very different from normal so I ran with it.

(Fun Facts with Forest Highlight Edition; Do NOT fight the Baron and his Squad people. I'm kidding, I had a blast with you all. That fight was a ton of fun, and I tried like Hell to role play it up and give you all the best fight I could in that heat.)

Grumpy Dwarf Crew, I still wish I could have done more for you and thank you for all your help. I had a blast with you. You all reminded me what it's all about.

Special Shout out to some Ostcliff players. You too, get to say you also dug up a coffin!

"Jeremy, let me drop off the coffin and I am good to go bro!"

I have loved your new player plot since I heard about it man. I was sad to see it end. Richard, Alex, Drew, Hannah, and of course Jen what a blast. The story isn't over, the Mod is. Well Done Jeremy, we are proud of you, and congratulations on the end of your FIRST sucessful mod series.

Steve RP!!! that guy knows what to say to me folks. I spoke to all the hunters about the "new house" or "mummy house" I could find and still managed to get a few great memories in with Kala fam and hunters. I really did love that scene. SHIT, I FORGOT ABOUT THE CHEESE! Thank you Geoff and Diane. The Argyle coaster is with my card table as I type this.

The "fight" my cell died in the start of the 4th round. I never wanted to go back to bed more than when I found out. Thank you all for letting me sleep. I bailed out of Matt Defranza for a second time, so I want to publicly say that I will make it up to you. I did drop a coffin on my foot...

Evin and Andrew, simply put, congrats and I want an invitation. Yup, I'm that guy.

Feast was needed and wanted.

Sunday Funday, coffee. I don't even remember who got me it. Chelsea it was YOU, thank you. I had an easy pace of cleaning up and helping here and there. Cleaning up the Encampment was made all the easier with the help of new players and some old friends. I think I can speak for all of the Blood Spirits in saying thank you, for having a good time with us.

I hope to see you all at the Renn Faire! Higgins, it's on man!

Until the Next Episode; "The Eden of the World and a father's love." (That's MY title NOT Matt's.)

Quite an end to the event on Sunday with the ceremony that Atrus organized and brought to life. Even better than what I expected, which is already saying a lot.

Finding out what Pie-Mod is. Kaladonia you put on a good spread. To those who joined later, just remember no melting marshmallows for s'mores over the citronella candle..... or was it? It's just unfortunate that I was too tired to take part in the festivities and the subsequent RP afterwards. Heads slams in the outer circle - jeez....old people dropping like tsetse flies.

Valos brownies on Sunday. Thanks all for the interactions with them. Hope you enjoyed. However, a gift of Miw's brownies at the bar on Saturday night was even better....ahhhh, chocolate!

Grumpy Dwarf always coming up with great ideas and phys reps - not just weapons and armor, but a lot of the little things that help the game so much.

Had to go green head band this past event, but was glad to offer assistance to all the battlers before the battle. Main mod especially. I finally was able to give a few people Blade of Victory after piling up build into faith points recently. And what happens? Everything gets refreshed twice during the battle!!!! Yaaaay! If only I hadn't tested out that Chaos field and got blasted with 300 body. Always someone there in Travance to help, though. Thanks, to whoever pulled my unconscious body back to the healers before I even came close to crit.

Reading the tale of Valos and Andorra right after Mouse described her own vision of the marriage; almost had this Italian OOG in tears with her account. Great role play. Unbelievable, that what she imagined it to be had just about matched the text that I had written up for the event. Incredible...incredible! Much thanks to all who participated in the IG holiday. Collecting alms (Midori, "What is an alm and where can I find one?"). Reading the tale. Not to forget: trying to get Caldor through the ceremony after he had imbibed some Satyr wine. That was a hoot! Especially after seeing the Lamp of Valos thinking that the Inn was on fire and telling him to run! (Sorry Jason, it was just too tempting)

Knowing that Drew did last event, not knowing that he stepped in last minute, and greeting him in the AG on Friday evening with. "So..this one you could relax a bit." Amazing that Drew, Steve, Alisia (apologies if I missed anyone) jumped in and did such a fine job. Kudos to all of you. A big thank you to the Bentons - pictures, food and drink. You guys are great!

Fun NPCing non-combat as a merchant. Lots of enjoyable interactions. I just hope I didn't undercut some of the PCs' prices -ooops and sorry if I did. That was a great way IG of buying some items that PCs have been holding onto and finding no use; then other people finding them useful and buying them. I'm glad I made some coin for logistics - let the economy of Travance not inflate!

I'm thrilled at seeing new clergy characters coming up. Being relatively new myself, somehow I still seem like the "old man"....well, then again...yeah.

Big highlight: via random carpooling request in the Forum, bringing Stepan, visiting the US from Russia this summer. "Knight Realms, an international live-acting experience." I'm glad he made it to Buffalo safe and sound...by bus (yaaaay). Enjoy your adventures in America.

After the event, hearing from my buddy Zach about the cookout he hosted at the Baron's Manor that His Excellency himself benefited from Nalick's "missed steak."

Most of the event was overshadowed with my brakes freezing up as we drove in... And I want to give a HUGE thank you to Forest for going above and beyond to try and get us the help we needed to get home. Also happy to add OOC.... Not often you can tell people you dug up a coffin over the weekend..