02-24-2019, 01:00 PM
I had a bit of a rough event this time around but I'm still hyped for the rest of the season. Thank you to the shapers and NPCs for all their hard work leading up to this.
The Good
• I went fishing and it was delightful. Rachel tossing out the occasional random low value tag as we sat around dangling weapons with strings at the end was hilarious and added a fun “yes you are in fact by the ocean” element to the night.
• The level of costuming for most of the NPCs was quite nice. The Aja especially.
• I got to have some really good interactions with a few people. Zia is always lovely to chat with while she knits, Nira is a riot (in a good way), I got some great elf interviews, and Vadoma’s tea party was delightful. It’s always lovely when PCs host IG stuff like that and it was extra nice because it was a bar-themed tavern night and Ori doesn’t drink.
• Wally will forever and always be the best Cassandra follower ever. He just flat out burst into tears over a dead NPC teen and it nearly set me off too. What a guy.
• Rachel humouring my concerned run around the farms to make sure none had been mauled by elementals and/or struck by lightning was really sweet and informative. 10/10 would fret over broken fences again.
• I’m glad we’re moving away from thresholds on everything.
The Neutral
• I am really glad my fake blood capsule apparently looked SUPER realistic but please, guys, I would not just stand around with an actual bloody mouth wound and chat to people. Your OOG checks that I was actually ok were sweet but really immersion breaking while I was trying to be as extra as possible.
The Not So Good (some of which I’ve already addressed with shapers)
• Combat felt really sporadic. Like… there’d be an hour or so of nothing but RP then BIG BATTLE then RP again. I get that we were supposed to be investigating stuff during the down time but that wasn’t really a whole town thing other than people saying “ok guys, be vigilant”. More crunchies or something would have been nice. This was hyped as a big combat event compared to the last one but honestly it felt really sparse.
• If you’re going to change the “outside” mod space to no longer be water + docks but a closed off separate thing please put up a sign or something so we don’t see stuff happening out there, come out, get told we can’t see any of the stuff, then awkwardly leave. I might have popped over before they could close it off entirely but a bunch of us had to ask if some animals were in game and then find out the area was suddenly repping another room.
• If effects like venom are going to be a big part of the night then explaining what they do before event is really handy. That’s a rare one and it became very important to know very fast.
• I might be captain oblivious and just missed them but I saw like no merchants and only one or two people doing games. Whenever there's "tavern" or "docks" themed stuff it is an ideal opportunity to send out people to trade with but the only way I got tags this event was through the aforementioned fishing.
I'm looking forward to the upcoming day mods, see you guys there.
The Good
• I went fishing and it was delightful. Rachel tossing out the occasional random low value tag as we sat around dangling weapons with strings at the end was hilarious and added a fun “yes you are in fact by the ocean” element to the night.
• The level of costuming for most of the NPCs was quite nice. The Aja especially.
• I got to have some really good interactions with a few people. Zia is always lovely to chat with while she knits, Nira is a riot (in a good way), I got some great elf interviews, and Vadoma’s tea party was delightful. It’s always lovely when PCs host IG stuff like that and it was extra nice because it was a bar-themed tavern night and Ori doesn’t drink.
• Wally will forever and always be the best Cassandra follower ever. He just flat out burst into tears over a dead NPC teen and it nearly set me off too. What a guy.
• Rachel humouring my concerned run around the farms to make sure none had been mauled by elementals and/or struck by lightning was really sweet and informative. 10/10 would fret over broken fences again.
• I’m glad we’re moving away from thresholds on everything.
The Neutral
• I am really glad my fake blood capsule apparently looked SUPER realistic but please, guys, I would not just stand around with an actual bloody mouth wound and chat to people. Your OOG checks that I was actually ok were sweet but really immersion breaking while I was trying to be as extra as possible.
The Not So Good (some of which I’ve already addressed with shapers)
• Combat felt really sporadic. Like… there’d be an hour or so of nothing but RP then BIG BATTLE then RP again. I get that we were supposed to be investigating stuff during the down time but that wasn’t really a whole town thing other than people saying “ok guys, be vigilant”. More crunchies or something would have been nice. This was hyped as a big combat event compared to the last one but honestly it felt really sparse.
• If you’re going to change the “outside” mod space to no longer be water + docks but a closed off separate thing please put up a sign or something so we don’t see stuff happening out there, come out, get told we can’t see any of the stuff, then awkwardly leave. I might have popped over before they could close it off entirely but a bunch of us had to ask if some animals were in game and then find out the area was suddenly repping another room.
• If effects like venom are going to be a big part of the night then explaining what they do before event is really handy. That’s a rare one and it became very important to know very fast.
• I might be captain oblivious and just missed them but I saw like no merchants and only one or two people doing games. Whenever there's "tavern" or "docks" themed stuff it is an ideal opportunity to send out people to trade with but the only way I got tags this event was through the aforementioned fishing.
I'm looking forward to the upcoming day mods, see you guys there.
Ori Moran: A purple feathered Avian with a red hat who carries a black and white shield. She has three Shadow Marks over one eye and a scar through the other.
Nelinha: Some asshole Ice Elf. Has a bright red hooded scarf and a black winged brooch.
OOG: Alex Heintz - NPL - Official Ralinmeme Maker
Nelinha: Some asshole Ice Elf. Has a bright red hooded scarf and a black winged brooch.
OOG: Alex Heintz - NPL - Official Ralinmeme Maker