Deference to Retaliation - September Event Reviews

[Ishmael Khalid]

Great event! It was my first full event at Ralinwood. Although most of my fellow fire elves were missing, it was cool how it forced me to interact with people I might not have.

Pros:

- Non-stop action. Still the best thing about Ralinwood. There were times when we had a backlog of 4 things to do. Constant crunchies.
- Good treasure distribution. Even animals had RM tags.
- Self-serve coffee. 'nuff said
- Staff and NPCs are always friendly and happy to answer questions.
- I think I heard one "hold" all event, and it was far in the distance during a big fight.
- Weather was close to perfect for larping, minus some rain on Saturday morning.
- Good use of different monster abilities. I was blinded, hamstrung, sucker punched, dodged acid, infliction, etc.
- NPCs seem to really know the site by now, they're making the ambush-alleys very deadly.
- Good costuming on NPCs, rarely we had to ask "what do I see?"

Cons:

- Lots of acid. Our camp was attacked 3 times in a row by different monsters who all threw it. "8 acid" is a lot for level 1-3 characters, when it goes through shields and armour. This was probably just bad luck, though.
- Dustin is a jerk.

See you in Oct!