October highlights

I'll kick it off

You guys are absolutely amazing. The amount of rp I saw was beyond compare, I was extremely impressed. I had so much fun playing sorrow and watching everyone's reactions. Even after my death WITH a white headband and walking into ostcliff they all stopped talking and stared till I pointed out the headband...thats how you know you've had an effect.

I received so much support in and oog it was amazing . Thank you to all the people who repeatedly talked down my anxiety, and conor for really helping me with my skills. It was an honor to do this for Chris who has put up with me for months.

Not to many highlights for tari, but one was a highlight that I think was one of my biggest throughout many years. Thank you to Walter and Will. That rp over Winks breakdown..it brought back friendship that I thought was lost and a closeness no player now could ever touch. It meant so much that I was apart of that

Thanks Steve for another amazing field trip with cennius, and on the back end thanks Steve for playing Corsair and bringing much needed laughter to the event.

Watching jun teach a very interesting spy lesson was also hilarious, I really wanted to stay and see it finish but I was so exhausted

Thank you to all who ran this event! We really loved the little mod put to gether for our grumpy dwarf crew. My daughter loved to get the chance to actually use her skills. The newbie mod we went on with the ghost girl and floating weapons was one of the most balanced and fun mods we have gone on to date. wonderfully done. Must say the most fun Clover and I had was at the Black Bird. Such yummy Butter beer and wonderful conversations. Actually food seems to be the best roleplay times all weekend lol Dinner with my crew and Chet was a blast especially when a man sat near us who litterlly was selling the clothes off his back. so much laughter. Sunday breakfast amazing discussion about religion with father Ephram(so hope i spelled that right) and when Chet and tsula joined us the conversation to a funny wonderful turm. much more laughter. It was a weekend of scary things, much emotion, and so much laughter. we even added to our crew. So glad the I can bring my kids and everyone is so nice to them. Clover and I had a wonderful time and can't wait to retum!

Bit of a slow event for Selphatos- more happened involving NPCs I played ,but I more than definitely enjoyed playing said NPCs. That said...

Friday night spent as the infamous Artist, Doctor Thomas Preston for Mr. Balla's mod. Started out about how I expected it to and about 20 minutes in it was taken in ways I was never anticipating. Like getting personal house visits from EACH HARBINGER all within the SAME hour.
All-in-all I deeply enjoyed portraying a character for the culmination of a multi-month storyline and interacting in such interesting ways with so many players. Yay for liberal use of the word "technically"

Had a /very/ unexpected talk with Nalick that was actually quite serious and emotional- hoping my words helped there.

Our little Sylph was getting a tad bored since she is smol so the NPC coordinator on duty managed to whip up a quick little mod for my group that let the Sylph spread her wings a bit, so to speak. SUPER grateful for this and I sadly don't know who was running things Saturday from 2pm on but WE ALL thank you! Everyone had fun.

The newbie mod run by Will Bartlett was one of the best newbie mods I've had the pleasure to be on. Mind you, there were FAR more players involved than were expected, but the balance was there. The threat was real but not overwhelming. The NPCs playing the sentient weapons were aggressive but not brutally so. The plot and answer to the issue was simple but not obvious. So many different skills got to come into use in conventional AND unconventional ways. 10/10 would run again.

Got to spend more time this event conversing with Father Ephrem than probably any before, which I appreciate as I always enjoy interactions with his character. Also they weren't all clergy-based. In fact only one clergy sentence MAY have been spoken. Otherwise it was just good, relaxing conversation and development so thanks for that

Enjoying longer periods of time in the Blackbird that ever before and finding it is under new management AND new menu options was a beautiful treat. The entire flight of drinks was superb and the butter beer was out of this realm. So much so after we enjoyed it from the sample we went out, gathered more people and brought THEM in to try it while we got more ourselves. The Dwarf Crew may have found a new favorite haunt.

Meeting and recruiting our first member to the Crew that isn't an already known mundane life friend was exciting. Air of Horn is a welcome addition and I enjoyed teaching him some new skills as well. Welcome aboard.

Relaxing in the inn 'round stupid o'clock when the undead came- decided I should try and help when I saw one coming in to flank the primary block of fighters. Got him down to the ground and he began blasting me with trips. When I informed him it didn't work he paused, confused, and asked "...how...?" then, without missing a beat, Grim walks up, points to me with a smile and says "Earth guy." Then slams down a slay. Many laughs were shared.

Sunday... oooh Sunday. my NPC shift. Always enjoy the amount of thought and depth Justin puts into his NPCs.

I played a wild mage, on the run from zealots known as the Purifiers who seek to eradicate chaos and evil in all its forms. I had with me a little girl who was also a wild mage. We had both been tortured pretty badly and we also stole what we thought was the source of the Purifiers power to try and stem the tide of their terror.
Basically a soft main mod for Sunday- the RP I got to perform and react to was powerful and satisfying for me, at the least. I hope the PCs I interacted with felt similarly.
Always nice to see a resolution that is peaceful and uplifting rather than the usual massacre that COULD have been. And boy did it come close to an all-out slaughter.
Except the Purifiers..they got wiped.

Heres looking forward to next event and the upcoming ball!

First time player here who was extremely nervous going in, but wanted to put down my thoughts because it was quite a weekend!

First and foremost, the entire game is incredibly impressive. The dedication to costuming and ambiance and immersion is amazing. It took me until Saturday morning after the trauma of the Harbingers terrorizing everyone to even notice that the Inn had normal building exit signs (like a building should), and that was after spending probably sixish hours in and around the building.

I didn't engage anywhere near as much as I should have or wanted to (I got more nervous than I expected) but I still ended up involved in plenty of things.

- After spending most of my first night fleeing in terror from the Harbingers, I encountered the Bloody Queen on the way up the stairs of the Inn to the attic to go to the bathroom/bed. Oops. In retrospect it was probably the best thing to happen to be because it gave me something to talk about and motivated Ian to actually go on the Sorrow mod which he probably wouldn't have otherwise.

- The Sorrow mod was a ton of fun. Very chaotic, very creepy, and lots of being mind controlled into attacking friends. It was a good introduction to combat, which is more than a little intimidating, but seems very fun and worth learning further. Storyteller Chris did an amazing job of making ambiance and generally making for a very creepy, unsettling feel. It wasn't difficult to roleplay that given that fear was also somewhat legitimate.

- I only managed to get on one new player mod. The whirling weapons were a nice touch; going in, I expected something significantly simpler in scope, but it was a good way to show off what can happen in game, and was more interesting than a battle against bandits would have been. I was also impressed with how many different roles there were for people in the battle - there were chances for people with certain abilities to shine, and I saw several different people stepping up to play major roles as they realized that what they could do was vital. I also got to roleplay being stitched up by a physician with no anaesthesia which was a fun (and throat-hoarsening) experience.

- NPCing for Justin was a lot of fun, and also an education as to just how powerful characters in this game can get. Getting to see high level players throw down was pretty cool. Alas, the Purifiers didn't have such a good day, but perhaps one day they shall return in their glorious quest to rid the world of wild mages, chaos warriors, and necromancers (and likely get sent packing).

In the future, I hope to engage with more players. I had a ton of questions about a ton of people, but was too shy to ask them. I didn't get to explore the Lands as much as I would have liked either, but that's all the more to do next time. I very much felt like a new adventurer to a new land - I learned just enough to scratch the surface but there are oceans of depth beneath to explore.

Kudos for a great weekend, and I'll definitely be back in the future.

Friday night NPCing was fantastic. Especially when Julia and Ashley and I wound up being a wandering trio of sadness, anger, and fear. Walking by some players fighting things and hearing "30 body, 30 body!" followed by Ashley going "I don't even have that much body!" (We were out of earshot of the players and just erupted into giggles). We really had such a great time walking around interacting with people. Calling the drinks at the Blackbird swill (which was met with lots of outrage from the guests). It was a blast!

My NPC shift was followed by the rescue mod for my character. Rachel did fantastic as the demon Skyler, and getting to scream and beg for my life as the players tried to reassure me while they fought off her demon minions was fantastic. They finally broke my chains and got me down and Althea was right there, turned to Mars in her white headband who was marshalling and went "I use my portal rune to get her out". So we just dipped while everyone else was still fighting to appear in front of the inn and see Belechand come running down ready to help, only to turn around when he realized that all my wounds were healed and it was just my mind that was broken to which his response was "I can't fix that."

My interactions the rest of the weekend were interesting. People kept coming to check on Khala, except for Dimetri and Peaches, who both reamed her out for her stupidity. It was great and I have some fun things role-play wise for the future now!

Unfortunately this is yet another event where I was severely injured (had my ankle stepped on during the suffering mod), but the way everyone is so quick to help is amazing. People are STILL checking in on me and I am so appreciative and in love with this community. You guys are amazing and awesome and thank you all for being such fabulous people.

[hr]Friday ....NPC shift.....so much fun playing a rager... screaming at poor Rena (hope I spelled that right) and stopping her in her tracks, I hear a timid little voice "but-but I'm trying to help him" ...how I stayed in character was beyond me....second favorite was getting consent from another player to drag him (fear affected npc) with the help of another rager towards a group of PC....his reaction....oh, god this is going to be awesome! Yes!.....and it was

Saturday.... Tsula was totally not avoiding harbingers....sold a few things at market YAY!!
Dusty decided to go shopping....not at the market, because that makes too much sense...went on a long walk to find that store, saw places I didn't know were there, so that was cool.... finally found the store, aaand its bandits hehe..of course....lots of fun, Clover got to learn how to use some of her skills and we STILL managed to keep Dustiria in the dark...muahahahaha....

Wonderful feast! So much laughter, good food, good company, made friends with the barkeeps after....then off to the blackbird, those butterbeers should be illegal...so SO fantastic!! drinking, and making potions, no, did not drink potions....looking forward to going again. Thank you to the marshal for sending out an NPC to help Tsula up her tradeskill!! Having the NPC use actual science to explain about gemstones was beautiful and greatly appreciated! Having a PC (I am so sorry I forgot your name, told you I am bad with names) help me with my other tradeskill was awesome as well! We had a great discussion on garb and material since we both make our own.

Sunday.... started wonderfully! Breakfast with Chet, Dusty and Father Ephram...... "Chocolate cake and dignity go straight to your thighs" - Chet after being asked about the large dents in the cushions at the high table.

Sunday ended with a small side quest for Tsula.....being asked by a frenemy for healing, which led to being temp. deputized into the baronial guard, also getting yelled at and finally getting to actually use a clarity bomb effectively!

Had so much fun! I can hardly wait for the next one!