Pros:
The social dynamics of Ralinwood are pretty different to Jericho's in many ways and I find that fascinating and interesting.
Lots of interesting RP between different and potentially rival groups, I am dying to see how this played out.
Suiciding against a bunch of wolves on principle, then being robbed of my items was pretty hilarious.
I really liked how most npcs played their characters true to their role, the massive damage boss at the end was scary but was played really well, as were the plants and spiders.
The mods had a really good amount of variety, allowing players of all types to have fun.
Cons:
Having mods going on in placed where there are large solid stumps i.e last mod can be pretty dangerous. It would be best if it were moved into an area with more clear terrain.
Lots of bad rule calls made, for example no PC in ralinwood is killing blow active at the moment, as per the rulebook, but I saw many of those come out. (See page 16 of Rulebook 5.4.4, Killing Blow Delivery, Last Sentence)
I also saw someone call magic shield against massive damage, which had me genuinely lost. Since first of all that spell does not in any way have anything to do with blocking damage and secondly, as far as I recall it wasn't mentioned that that massive damage also bypasses battle magic protections (page 81)
The cons aren't necessarily a con of the game, but I would like to see more strict adherence to rules, a problem that was also made evident in the wolf den. As someone who died this game due to keeping true to the rules, I would like it if everyone else did so as well.
All in all however, I had a tremendous amount of fun at this event, and although I went in thinking it would be my first and last game at Ralinwood (only because of the time I put into Celeb) after having played I must admit I can't resist it. I will definitely be back as Thorgrim and look forward to exploring the wonderful world you've created.
Humorous aside: Someone literally took their phone out and started texting while sitting in front of the skein gate during the puzzle mod. I don't know what kind of infernal demon doing that will summon, but damn it I want to see it.
The social dynamics of Ralinwood are pretty different to Jericho's in many ways and I find that fascinating and interesting.
Lots of interesting RP between different and potentially rival groups, I am dying to see how this played out.
Suiciding against a bunch of wolves on principle, then being robbed of my items was pretty hilarious.
I really liked how most npcs played their characters true to their role, the massive damage boss at the end was scary but was played really well, as were the plants and spiders.
The mods had a really good amount of variety, allowing players of all types to have fun.
Cons:
Having mods going on in placed where there are large solid stumps i.e last mod can be pretty dangerous. It would be best if it were moved into an area with more clear terrain.
Lots of bad rule calls made, for example no PC in ralinwood is killing blow active at the moment, as per the rulebook, but I saw many of those come out. (See page 16 of Rulebook 5.4.4, Killing Blow Delivery, Last Sentence)
I also saw someone call magic shield against massive damage, which had me genuinely lost. Since first of all that spell does not in any way have anything to do with blocking damage and secondly, as far as I recall it wasn't mentioned that that massive damage also bypasses battle magic protections (page 81)
The cons aren't necessarily a con of the game, but I would like to see more strict adherence to rules, a problem that was also made evident in the wolf den. As someone who died this game due to keeping true to the rules, I would like it if everyone else did so as well.
All in all however, I had a tremendous amount of fun at this event, and although I went in thinking it would be my first and last game at Ralinwood (only because of the time I put into Celeb) after having played I must admit I can't resist it. I will definitely be back as Thorgrim and look forward to exploring the wonderful world you've created.
Humorous aside: Someone literally took their phone out and started texting while sitting in front of the skein gate during the puzzle mod. I don't know what kind of infernal demon doing that will summon, but damn it I want to see it.