jwconvery
Spellsword
Fantastic event, really loved it. Thank you to Chris, Brigit, Cory, Jared, and Bev for putting on a really solid event in really terrible conditions.
Getting this out of the way early, the heat was brutal. I think anyone who was at the event, or checked the weather knew that was coming. It certainly made everything a little less good. So, for my feedback I am going to focus on the things within Plot's control. It was a great event, made only good by weather, but from Plot's standpoint I really loved it.
Jared (the NPC, not the Plot guy): Great job building a villain. He was a sweet mix of punch-able but understandable. I liked him being called the messenger, that was clever. I also really liked that he didn't BAMF away to just be a constant thorn in our side. Sure he BAMF'd, but the was an opportunity to pursue. if the PCs wanted to. Great hook/Intro.
The Vronti rescue mission: Well, that did not go as I expected it, at all. However, it was pretty fun. I don't like how often the tiple bounce is coming up in the various games I'm playing in, but it is what it is. I really liked the scene of Real-Vronti meeting up with Golem-Vronti. The RP in general with Vronti was real engaging. That was a nice scene.
Went to bed early, because... well heat. Which is real unfortunate, that full-ish moon lit the place up very nicely. (we should schedule around the lunar cycle ;P ) I liked the addition of the hanging lights in the forest as well. Just enough light to fight safely, and it still be darkish.
Saturday was the busiest day of larping I've had in a while. I think I did 8 mods in a row? All different but working towards a goal. I was really happy to see that saturday day, Plot was able to keep everyone entertained who wanted to be entertained. Water mods to cool off, solo stuff, RP, town saving combat. There was a whole bunch going on, at that's not including the stuff I was doing.
Plot, you guys put in real work on Saturday. Mad props. That would be an active day in the best of circumstances, coupled with the heat it was crazy. You guys drove me to keep going. Whenever I was getting tired, here comes Thetford with the next step. Collectively pat yourselves on the back. You guys did great.
Really glad I got to talk with Sunseeker. Previous to this event I had always treated him as kind of a Narc for the Empire. Now I see him more as a potential ally. All from one conversation. Also glad to see Arai finally use his assassinate, excellent inaugural killing. Many firsts for Arai on Saturday.
Carnival games. I was skeptical at first, but similar to dodge ball I'm glad I went with it. Sure they were silly, but we got some great Larping fun and memories from them. So, I guess that's the point. I'm hoping Arai versus trees, keeps getting told. Too funny of a story to let die. (trees won)
Tree Frogs: I can say I'll ever enjoy magic immune guys, but the mod was cool, and I got to remember how it felt to not be able to solve a problem with Birdseed. The little skill challenge interludes were cool. Nothing super fancy, but nice breaks in the combat. (glad we used the right thing each time. Had we not.. I dunno man. Next time give a hint or something)
Death Knight Cemetery: That was fun. I loves riddles, and I love that we could neutralise the DK with some forethought. Also none of the riddles were complete vague BS, so that's good.
Gnolls: I have never worked so hard to not kill someone. The searching was a little weird. Describing search on a non-repped thing was awkward. We got there, so it's cool.
Boat Warfare: Not my jam, but people really loved it. Kudos. I'll always support trying weird mod/rulings especially if you give people the option to just watch.
Somewhere in there we had lunch. I think having lunch in town is not worth the mess and hassle of moving lunch. But it was also free so, yeah. Do whatever you want, I'll take free food however you want to deliver it. I didn't have dinner, did it work in MC? It would certainly cut down on the sitting and chatting though, which is probably a downside.
Thank you Brigit for going and getting Popsicle/ ice cream sandwiches.
Robbing Contract Apocalypse. Cool mod. I liked the spray chalk circles. I don't have a well formed opinon on the guys we were fighting. They seemed pretty scary early, then I bailed to go hoop-hunting. (props Tory, great idea to use the shard) I liked that it was another combat with mini goals. Not really a puzzle, more like multiple ways to go about something. I did appreciate that it's completion did not require a marshal, so we could keep one distraction up, while a few of us robbed the place. After the fact I did kinda feel bad about tipping that barrel, I didn't realize people were already diving in it, in previous mods. Had I know that I would have asked for volunteers.
Mist Ritual. WOW. ok lot's going on here. The simple fact you, as a plot team, gave the PC's the choice to change the game world this drastically is pretty brave. It was a real cool moment. I'm very interested to see the fallout. 10 hours in the heat was starting to get to me by this point, so I was probably crankier than needed with the instantly re-popping 20 massive guys. Sorry for that. There were many cool character moments here as well. Saro eulogizes the bones, and really bring a long term plot to a close. It was cool. Kira, I think you did a great job IG, seeing things through to completion over the year and a half you've been working on this. Good job. I also liked seeing Arai actually use his transform. Not sure how much of that you planned, but calling on your ancients in the field was pretty impressive, nice RP.
Then I went to bed. because I was exhausted.
Random Thoughts
It was great to see the Pride in town. Hope you guys had fun for the stuff you were able to go on. I really liked that Lion Healrdy on your tent.
Still a big fan of the treasure policy. I would like to get a little clarification on what plot considers coin/ easily split. You've said, "bring up miscounts", but sometime I'm not sure if compoentnts count as 2 gold, or if they are extra. (I vote they are two gold)
In general, the PC town is trashed every sunday morning. C'mon guys. If you are tent camping, bring your own trash bags. This is not a game were we bounce away like fireman in 30 secs. If you are going on a mod, clean up your water bottles/ trash before you go. Please dont' leave food out/ exposed, we have enough bugs.
Also bring your own camp chair.
I'm sure there is more I wanted to say, but this is good for now.
Great event in awful conditions. Really looking forward to the next one in 3 short weeks.
-Joe
Getting this out of the way early, the heat was brutal. I think anyone who was at the event, or checked the weather knew that was coming. It certainly made everything a little less good. So, for my feedback I am going to focus on the things within Plot's control. It was a great event, made only good by weather, but from Plot's standpoint I really loved it.
Jared (the NPC, not the Plot guy): Great job building a villain. He was a sweet mix of punch-able but understandable. I liked him being called the messenger, that was clever. I also really liked that he didn't BAMF away to just be a constant thorn in our side. Sure he BAMF'd, but the was an opportunity to pursue. if the PCs wanted to. Great hook/Intro.
The Vronti rescue mission: Well, that did not go as I expected it, at all. However, it was pretty fun. I don't like how often the tiple bounce is coming up in the various games I'm playing in, but it is what it is. I really liked the scene of Real-Vronti meeting up with Golem-Vronti. The RP in general with Vronti was real engaging. That was a nice scene.
Went to bed early, because... well heat. Which is real unfortunate, that full-ish moon lit the place up very nicely. (we should schedule around the lunar cycle ;P ) I liked the addition of the hanging lights in the forest as well. Just enough light to fight safely, and it still be darkish.
Saturday was the busiest day of larping I've had in a while. I think I did 8 mods in a row? All different but working towards a goal. I was really happy to see that saturday day, Plot was able to keep everyone entertained who wanted to be entertained. Water mods to cool off, solo stuff, RP, town saving combat. There was a whole bunch going on, at that's not including the stuff I was doing.
Plot, you guys put in real work on Saturday. Mad props. That would be an active day in the best of circumstances, coupled with the heat it was crazy. You guys drove me to keep going. Whenever I was getting tired, here comes Thetford with the next step. Collectively pat yourselves on the back. You guys did great.
Really glad I got to talk with Sunseeker. Previous to this event I had always treated him as kind of a Narc for the Empire. Now I see him more as a potential ally. All from one conversation. Also glad to see Arai finally use his assassinate, excellent inaugural killing. Many firsts for Arai on Saturday.
Carnival games. I was skeptical at first, but similar to dodge ball I'm glad I went with it. Sure they were silly, but we got some great Larping fun and memories from them. So, I guess that's the point. I'm hoping Arai versus trees, keeps getting told. Too funny of a story to let die. (trees won)
Tree Frogs: I can say I'll ever enjoy magic immune guys, but the mod was cool, and I got to remember how it felt to not be able to solve a problem with Birdseed. The little skill challenge interludes were cool. Nothing super fancy, but nice breaks in the combat. (glad we used the right thing each time. Had we not.. I dunno man. Next time give a hint or something)
Death Knight Cemetery: That was fun. I loves riddles, and I love that we could neutralise the DK with some forethought. Also none of the riddles were complete vague BS, so that's good.
Gnolls: I have never worked so hard to not kill someone. The searching was a little weird. Describing search on a non-repped thing was awkward. We got there, so it's cool.
Boat Warfare: Not my jam, but people really loved it. Kudos. I'll always support trying weird mod/rulings especially if you give people the option to just watch.
Somewhere in there we had lunch. I think having lunch in town is not worth the mess and hassle of moving lunch. But it was also free so, yeah. Do whatever you want, I'll take free food however you want to deliver it. I didn't have dinner, did it work in MC? It would certainly cut down on the sitting and chatting though, which is probably a downside.
Thank you Brigit for going and getting Popsicle/ ice cream sandwiches.
Robbing Contract Apocalypse. Cool mod. I liked the spray chalk circles. I don't have a well formed opinon on the guys we were fighting. They seemed pretty scary early, then I bailed to go hoop-hunting. (props Tory, great idea to use the shard) I liked that it was another combat with mini goals. Not really a puzzle, more like multiple ways to go about something. I did appreciate that it's completion did not require a marshal, so we could keep one distraction up, while a few of us robbed the place. After the fact I did kinda feel bad about tipping that barrel, I didn't realize people were already diving in it, in previous mods. Had I know that I would have asked for volunteers.
Mist Ritual. WOW. ok lot's going on here. The simple fact you, as a plot team, gave the PC's the choice to change the game world this drastically is pretty brave. It was a real cool moment. I'm very interested to see the fallout. 10 hours in the heat was starting to get to me by this point, so I was probably crankier than needed with the instantly re-popping 20 massive guys. Sorry for that. There were many cool character moments here as well. Saro eulogizes the bones, and really bring a long term plot to a close. It was cool. Kira, I think you did a great job IG, seeing things through to completion over the year and a half you've been working on this. Good job. I also liked seeing Arai actually use his transform. Not sure how much of that you planned, but calling on your ancients in the field was pretty impressive, nice RP.
Then I went to bed. because I was exhausted.
Random Thoughts
It was great to see the Pride in town. Hope you guys had fun for the stuff you were able to go on. I really liked that Lion Healrdy on your tent.
Still a big fan of the treasure policy. I would like to get a little clarification on what plot considers coin/ easily split. You've said, "bring up miscounts", but sometime I'm not sure if compoentnts count as 2 gold, or if they are extra. (I vote they are two gold)
In general, the PC town is trashed every sunday morning. C'mon guys. If you are tent camping, bring your own trash bags. This is not a game were we bounce away like fireman in 30 secs. If you are going on a mod, clean up your water bottles/ trash before you go. Please dont' leave food out/ exposed, we have enough bugs.
Also bring your own camp chair.
I'm sure there is more I wanted to say, but this is good for now.
Great event in awful conditions. Really looking forward to the next one in 3 short weeks.
-Joe
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but Cory mentioned as we were walking to monster camp that I wouldn't be penalised if I had to wait on a personal plot hook, as long as I didn't wait months and months. Presumably something everyone else knew, but I hadn't realised, and it relieved me a great deal. So, thank you for that.
Having an active GM again should help that process.