I had a fantastic time. Let's get that straight from the beginning.
Thank you to all the runners and staff who made such a great event happen.
The overall event was much smaller in numbers. Big thanks to plot for allowing small pc groups to go to things. I saw many 2's and 3's groups going out. Great to see that we didn't have to bring everyone to everything. Plus wait time was kept very reasonable, big thank you. Largest wait was before the Shadow Dragon-ish thing, but that was mostly cat herding rather than true waiting.
The site felt more utilized than in previous events. Which was cool. Didn't realize how awesome those woods are where we were doing Dwarven mountain stuff. Other times some troubles telling what was on a mod, versus what was being run nearby IG. Mostly when it was dark out. Overall a small thing, but something to think about moving a bit farther away from the 'tree ring.'
I really felt like I got to talk to a bunch of people/NPCs who came into town. Traverse plot has some great character acting skills. Thetford's guy who really wants to die. (that we should've but didn't kill) Brigit's new Queen, The Pair of Drakes devolving into some light comedy after the killing. Pyke playing a pig scavenger and committing to it. (I should've asked for a bacon tag.) Tinker Tabby is always welcome in town. PC's just remember to actually bring the stuff you buy on the mods. In case, you know, it's important. <cough> ghost touch coatings <cough, cough> Cory basically having to play both sides of a battle of information is pretty funny to me. cheers for keeping that straight. (Riser/Sunseeker)
While I personally didn't like NPCs coming and looking for missing PCs, I did like that it drove home a point of actions have consequences. Also, we weren't punished for their absence, which was good.
I like that I had to eat crow on all my saltiness. I love that I failed as a PC on many levels. Well by loved I mean hated with burning fire of a thousand Salt Suns, but then came to terms with failure, and a resolve to be better, and THAT I loved.
I had a great time feeling like a boss against those Bullette's. All praise to the All-Mountain.
I like the new fire rule.
I love having special packets that get returned to me. Best color choice ever!
I really liked the Library Golem. That's a great cost/benefit exchange. Make the PCs think about what they want to do.
Big weclome to Taed. Always great to see new faces, and you jumped in head first to everything. Solid RP, well done for your first event. Looking forward to seeing you around more. Let's get you some goblins to start blanketing. (also I recommend the wide based pyramid for new Earth Casters, but that's just me)
Still haven't solved that puzzle. You got me a good one Chris. :cheers: Also thanks for your QoL pivot during dinner.
Stuff I didn't like so much isn't too bad.
Tent larpign is not ideal. I guess Grelic is an expensive option. Is that something where you are going to say "Hey we can Grelic if people pay X" or are you just going to go for it when we expect a larger turnout. Grelic isn't even that great, but I guess not tents is pretty good. Any perm site news?
Logistics took a while to get started, but felt efficient once it did, so nothing really bad there.
I don't have strong opinion on the re-mem thing. Willing to keep play-testing it more. Initial impression is it seems fine. Gives more flexibility to players, which I always love.
Biggest complaint would be the boulder mechanic on the shadow mod. Looking for tiny balled up tabards, and then having no way to tell, or reverse, partially moved boulders made for a very frustrating situation. Not sure what I would have done differently though given the circumstances. Maybe have the initial move of the boulder be much more difficult, but permanent. You wouldn't be able to spread the town out as much then though. It'd be a giant ball of protect the boulder-guy. So I guess in the absence of a better idea, given 3 days to think about it, I'm sure it was fine. As a town mod to keep varied levels involved, 10/10.
Overall I'm really having a great season. I love that each event I have more questions, but that doesn't mean I'm not solving or finding things, just more layers of the onion being pulled back. So progressing, and still realizing I have much more to progress.
Looking forward to Sept!
-Joe