08-20-2017, 07:04 PM
MOST EXPENSIVE EVENT EVER. LIFE BERRIES AND LIFE ELIXIRS AIN'T CHEAP YO
Pros:
- The Mortigeist. I am a fan. Not saying that because I don't play an elf. Our cabin got rolled. I like that in many ways Dan played him indiscriminately, but still with purpose. Plus the MORNING-GEIST. Expected by no one. Except those that remember that whole sticky noise ordinance thing. And I thought wake up kobolds were fucked.
-Showing up at game at 4am Saturday morning. Set up. Asleep by 7:30. Uncle Morty wrecking my beauty sleep 90 minutes later.
- BARELY surviving.
- Owlbear-ing with Justin.
- Morality lessons from Grym to a tired and grumpy Oz.
- "So tell me more about Roland" - swapping to Cleric.
- RP with Julia's Faun. "I wish to offer you my companionship.", "Umm... what sort are we talking here? Because my beloved is standing right beside me and she WILL kill me in my sleep."
Cons:
- As I wasn't there Friday night, this Con may be irrelevant. There seemed to be very little continuity from the previous game to this game. I thought the previous game was Whoaaa, we're going to be 100% White Raven in a month, Eeeeek here comes the citadel, Yowzaaaaa new laws and expectations, Heeeey there's some spirits doing some possessy stuff. With the exception of wild elf assassins and the final Sunday mod, I personally didn't see any story progression from the last game to this game, and that was fairly surprising. Again, maybe this happened Friday night. But if so, no one was talking about it.
-Saturday, noon to evening seemed incredibly sparse. The brief interlude with Ice Elves and Umber Hulks was fun, but over quickly. I tried to stay in the tavern and cabin area the majority of the time, but if there was much in the way of mods going on, I didn't see it.
-The newbie snake mod took waaaaay too long to happen. I figure a bulk of the NPC's were co-opted for the Ice Elf attack which explains some of the delay. But I'm a big believer that newbie mods should have a priority to them, as new players become the repeat customers. We older and grumpier players begrudge long waits, but we're usually fairly good at entertaining ourselves with banter and pissing contests. It's harder with new folk.
Overall, I think whatever overall theme you had planned for the event was present, but was completely railroaded by uncle Morty, and to a lesser degree, the Thing.. It changed the feel of the entire event. I know I spent the majority of the time waiting for Shattered Elves to come out and do more rituals to extend his playtime. Because of this I can completely understand how it might make things feel disjointed
Question - Soooooo how long to those contingency life spells last?
Pros:
- The Mortigeist. I am a fan. Not saying that because I don't play an elf. Our cabin got rolled. I like that in many ways Dan played him indiscriminately, but still with purpose. Plus the MORNING-GEIST. Expected by no one. Except those that remember that whole sticky noise ordinance thing. And I thought wake up kobolds were fucked.
-Showing up at game at 4am Saturday morning. Set up. Asleep by 7:30. Uncle Morty wrecking my beauty sleep 90 minutes later.
- BARELY surviving.
- Owlbear-ing with Justin.
- Morality lessons from Grym to a tired and grumpy Oz.
- "So tell me more about Roland" - swapping to Cleric.
- RP with Julia's Faun. "I wish to offer you my companionship.", "Umm... what sort are we talking here? Because my beloved is standing right beside me and she WILL kill me in my sleep."
Cons:
- As I wasn't there Friday night, this Con may be irrelevant. There seemed to be very little continuity from the previous game to this game. I thought the previous game was Whoaaa, we're going to be 100% White Raven in a month, Eeeeek here comes the citadel, Yowzaaaaa new laws and expectations, Heeeey there's some spirits doing some possessy stuff. With the exception of wild elf assassins and the final Sunday mod, I personally didn't see any story progression from the last game to this game, and that was fairly surprising. Again, maybe this happened Friday night. But if so, no one was talking about it.
-Saturday, noon to evening seemed incredibly sparse. The brief interlude with Ice Elves and Umber Hulks was fun, but over quickly. I tried to stay in the tavern and cabin area the majority of the time, but if there was much in the way of mods going on, I didn't see it.
-The newbie snake mod took waaaaay too long to happen. I figure a bulk of the NPC's were co-opted for the Ice Elf attack which explains some of the delay. But I'm a big believer that newbie mods should have a priority to them, as new players become the repeat customers. We older and grumpier players begrudge long waits, but we're usually fairly good at entertaining ourselves with banter and pissing contests. It's harder with new folk.
Overall, I think whatever overall theme you had planned for the event was present, but was completely railroaded by uncle Morty, and to a lesser degree, the Thing.. It changed the feel of the entire event. I know I spent the majority of the time waiting for Shattered Elves to come out and do more rituals to extend his playtime. Because of this I can completely understand how it might make things feel disjointed
Question - Soooooo how long to those contingency life spells last?
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Ostrozne Ghul Zjadacz
Retired Knight of the Blood Red Rose
Battle Priest of Roland