This was a solid event for me. My fav's in the order they come to me:
Funniest Moments: Sven and the first Prepare to Die 50 Slay... the prices. Hernando and I just lost it laughing and couldn't stop. RPing with Sven and his buddies for the next few hours on and off. Haggling to get a gas below production cost... and then remarking later to a potential buyer... "He's not kidding... I can honestly state that if he continues slashing prices likes this, he WILL go out of buisness". It was lots of fun. Also, overhearing a Destroy Undead Gas being sold dirt cheap and RUNNING into the tavern to buy it before somebody else did.
On a similar note... THROWING ACIDS. It's nice to see some love for the alchemists in the chapter that doesn't breathe. Awesome idea, I am excited to see what other cool ideas you churn out.
A related fav: Buying wins against Gary with Drenten, and coming up empty. The ribbing was all good natured Gary, honestly it was awesome fighting something that really could only be stopped the way we did it.
Keeping the thought train going.... Interesting Chat with Drenten Saturday night. I really enjoyed the RP, as I'd never really been able to talk candidly with you IG like that before.
Feeling better when I found out I wasn't the only one who almost fell asleep during the LATE night mod on Sat. Having to lay down and hide on the ground, and be quiet, at 4am was the same thing as telling my body to goto bed, so I had the added challenge of fighting fatigue to follow that plot line.
George as Alliance's version of V. I wish I'd been more involved in that arc as it seems REALLY interesting.
Casting the ritual to build a bastion... that fight was amazing sounding... I wish I'd been able to participate more, but realizing about 2/3's of the way through that as each person dissipated, the chances that they could corrupt the circle and insure the dissipation of all casting the circle grew... it was truly scary.
Hearing Kienan charge his battery and the side discussion amongst the ritualists of why he did it.
The willingness and pride so many new adventurers had in sacrificing themselves to insure the casting of the ritual. We have a good crop of new adventurers IG and and even better crop of players OOG.
DWARVEN 2 HANDER.... and the hilariousness that it created. That was one amazing hammer rep... don't change it, it's amazing looking. (Just build a new rep for actual fighting)
Handing off my short mace to said Dwarf for his sparring with Amaranthus. The look on his face when he actually realized how much it weighs, or doesn't weigh.
Pantzike's first 2 complete games of chess. And OOG the first 2 games of chess I've played in a few years. Thank you to both my opponents. And a related thank you to Mike and Jenna for having a chess set in the tavern. AFter last event I noticed it and that I hadn't used it... so I made a point to prearrange a chess game for this event and left the set out after we finished...
Thank you to the tavern staff for making something out of nothing and having refreshments available without an actual kitchen to work with.
Thanks to Joe for his contribution to my dinner too
Giving Eldarian my elemental research. I hope it is useful to you at some point Dave.
Healer's guild meeting. Having a good crowd and some good discussions. I put a lot of work into the Charter and its been well received by those I've shared it with over the last 2 events. I unveiled the "final" copy this time. Also, during the quesiton and answer portion of the meeting, having candid discussions about tactics with Thrace. I'm looking forward to seeing Steph come out of her shell over the next year and become a powerhouse backpack... I know you can do it you just need practice.
RP with Nicodemus. Realizing that I may not be able to just dislike him and move on after all. After I encouraged him to come to the meeting he informed me of a mutual organization we were in... that spun my world around.
Ryan/Hernando. You had a rough week before the event. It made me happy to see you happy and know I had at least a small part in it.
Ansgar chomping at the bit to take down Skylar... this Barbar is going to do great things as he comes into his own.
Discussions with Ansgar about the potential downsides of Lycanthropy. Seeing flashes of sad realization cross his face, then seeing flashes of glee about the potential damage he can do to his enemies. A truly interesting plotline... glad to see it out there.
SAM! Seeing her at the midday battle on Saturday, and having a casters duel across 4 lines of fighters was pretty awesome. Using my skills at storm dropping during said fight to drop or distract quite a few of them.
Sam's pookah later that evening. I'm glad I got a chance to interact with you... Pookah are my favorite type of fey.
Great RP with Amaranthus at several points during the weekend.
OOG watching Kienan pulling out the stops to try and get be back after I was engulfed.
Warding a building in a pinch. Old trick to many, but I'd never done it myself before so it had the new trick scent. Sadly it turned out to be not as needed as I'd hoped... but it was good practice.
Meeting the Governess. Having a chance to talk and share some ideas with her. Sadly I doubt I'll be able to follow up with any of them due to the nature of travel to her city.
Teaching Meave magic. It's not a good weekend for me lately unless I get at least 1 lesson in.
Being "teacher" throughout the weekend quizzing potential healers about what to do when you find a body on the ground. Watching the repetition start to take hold as people got faster and more sure of the answer. Made me proud for my students.
The RP that will come out of Nicks OOG mistake.
Watching Wynn experimenting with town tactics... they didn't all work great but it's nice to see the attempts are being made, as it shows the town it's strengths and weaknesses.
Gary's description of "You get halfway there... Craig does some math... and then you go back"... it made me laugh.
Trying in vain to learn to be a backpack. SOMEDAY I'll get it right. I just can't follow people around very well.
Explaining Scourge to Kienan... and us realizing the problem we'll have next time Kienan is in town.
Asha and Masha. Various moments throughout the weekend, always a good time.
Taunting the darkness... then regretting it.
That's all I have time for now... it was great having so many favs come out of just over a day of game. See you all in September (or sooner in other chapters)
-Craig aka Pantzike