Event Review - The Issue at Hand

[Dr. Moran]

Pros/Good Memories
• NPC camp rewarding player agency did a lot to make this a really amazing event for me. Talking with Ariande with only one other NPC with me (while she had all her Witherwing guards) was probably one of the most stressful but ultimately rewarding moments of my game.  I got told I had wasted my time and was an idiot for trying so when I saw her standing in the woods for the final mod I nearly started crying.

• “Please inform the resurrecting man that every circle I am in proximity to is hostile.”

• TINY DOCTOR MORAN TRICK OR TREATER! Seeing Jen running around with a floppy hat interviewing elves warmed my heart. Having to CPR Kieran in his full Lilith get-up complete with wig, purple lipstick and bright red corset was IG super serious but OOG I could barely do my count.

• Use of walkie talkies was great and I appreciate the amount of coordination you all had. Beeping was minimal and the smooth relay of information made it totally worth the occasional weird sound.

• The Grim, to Blank, who had just saved my life: "YOU STOLE MY BIRD!"
Me, in the smallest voice: "Um, ma’am, that’s racist."
The Grim in general was really well executed, I’m sad the guitar wasn’t more audible but Cat did great and 100% tricked my stupid bleeding heart into leaping out of a safe, warm cabin to blow two life spells on already-stabilized folk.

• RP was top notch this event. The Grim goading me into a suicide run, PC’s reactions to Ursel, the various remaining Cosantoiri NPCs, the poor stressed regent, Blank/Void’s dynamic, Zia trying to comfort Ori in the cabin, Mason’s Masoning, I could go on for ages. Everybody did amazing.

• NPL’s and medical marshals getting cool armbands on top of the normal red Hallows ones was lovely and appreciated and I was way too excited by them.

• Escaping from the Grave/Death/Whatever Rogue with Moallie was stressful as hell but in the good, immersive way. Loved it. The two of us kept running and being hunted down until I just dove into the ocean after her corpse and then got away after tricking the Rogue into thinking I was giving her a funeral.

• “Can’t kill me.”

Cons
• If a shaper makes a call that is incorrect and IG decisions are made based on it then I feel you should really just roll with it. Dan saying that the undead no longer had their thresholds followed by Barber saying no, they still did, was really confusing for us. Cat coming out with a clutch second song of heroism was a good save though.

• I get that sometimes town mods will have to cross the stream on site. If you have to have them around there at night (please don’t) could you have a designated marshal or set up some lights so we don’t have 4 people trying to hold up their lanterns/liquid lights for those crossing?

• An NPC looked me in the eyes while I held out my hand to catch the loot they were about to drop on a leafy, muddy path in the pitch darkness. Then they just dropped the coins on the ground. It was a tunnel fight type mod so I couldn’t stop to grab them without holding up the mod. I’m still kind of miffed by that. As far as complaints go it's pretty minor though.

One Other Thing
• Coming out as Ursel Saturday night was a lot of fun for me, so thank you to all involved for making that possible. We had no idea what was going to happen or how town would react to our group so the fact that it ended in my arrest and subsequent witch burning was entirely out of left field. It was probably the highlight of my time in Underworld and I DIDN’T ACTUALLY OOG CATCH FIRE THIS TIME! Kyle Fair, Will A and Sullivan’s RP for that was absolutely phenomenal.

• Somebody in camp: "So Lilith is going to save her, right? Like, when she starts to burn?"
Cat: "Nah. It's funnier this way."
Me: "Yeah, that's fair."

Thanks to everybody who put time into making this event possible, it was seriously one of my all-time favourite Underworld events and definitely my favourite Hallows.