Favorite moments and quotes, Spring 2, 2025

I’ll get us started because I just remembered this:

Lee’s mom, still traumatized by something that happed like 2 years ago: “I ate an INSECT!”
Kael: “I mean, I ate a mouse this morning.”
Durand: “I ate a frog today.”
Kael: “And then I ate a snake.”
Lee’s mom: glares

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Erris’s feels at becoming Knight Erris Bellweather

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That was such a good moment for Eleanora and I it was so special

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The complete and utter distain of the entire Tavern when we realized the bandits weren’t special Oak Harbor bandits, but just regular people thinking they could shake us down.

They had managed to drop Tobias, and I was trying to keep them off him and Lee leans out the window and all I see is a thrown knife and ASSASSINATE and they got one right in the chest and scattered the others

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Me, looking Death dead in the eye after dying and having been asked if there was anything else I’d like to say: I’d do it again.

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Oh man, this even was packed full of stuff.

Winning a twenty leaf bet because of some phenomenal acting was pleasant.

Redacted (Hi Jenna and Ashe) was remarkably entertaining. Got to learn the names of the other members of the circus and that one was very mad at their ex for being a bad kisser.

The pile of letters was great. Meeting the Deathspitter responding personally to an invitation was absolutely terrifying. I am so glad the Casino was open to show off the good side of Oak Harbor.

A nice argument with Zevvi that went a little bit late Friday night.

Oh yeah and that super dangerous thing we fought to recover my new sword. :smile: I hear my former bodyguard was quite annoyed I am learning to defend myself.

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Zevvi, complaining: “Nobody remembers the Umbra dick, anymore!”
Spencer, walking by on his way back to staff center just in time to hear this: stumbles

Getting caught in my bullshit and doubling down with more bullshit. Currently unclear even to me if I’m digging my way out or just making this hole deeper

“Hello, Zevvi”
“I’m sorry; have we met?”
“We’ve spoken.”
“You’ll have to remind me.”
“No, I don’t.”
I think I know who you are, mysterious figure. About time

Being unexpectedly important on Yorick’s mod. In multiple senses.

Gatekeeper: “How did you die?”
Zevvi, annoyed: “ignoring my own good advice and playing hero. We got routed and Durand went down during the retreat. I went back and tried to save him, and then we both died.”
Gatekeeper: “And what would you do differently, next time?”
Zevvi: “Leave Durand”
Gatekeeper: falters “That is… an option.”

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Wait. Also:

Baby dinosaur

Pretending to be a shade

Gets hit on the arm by Eli. Goes down
“Wait! This is Witchwood! That wasn’t a torso hit! I’m fine!”
Pops back up
the Spaige shaped gryndelow that was dead next to me starts silently laughing

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Being told – right before I’m about to blatantly lie about a man’s family history to his face – “Ive got 20 leaf riding on this, make it good.”

The vigor chant during the Treasure fight was so good. That felt like literal magic.

Getting the shout-outs from the front liners. Not being in Triage for much of the Treasure fight was a risky choice on my part and ending up with commendations rather than widescale complaints felt really good.

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Also I forget who it was, but the utter look of bafflement on the face of the person who Erris told with delight that her gift for achieving knighthood in the Order of the Nautilus was a bag of freshly filletted fish was delightful.

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In the final fight, after having dragged Velikah back unconscious again, telling Triage: “Tend her Last” while going back to get someone else.

As she put it: “Roderago put me in time out.”

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The game-on mod with the Golden Acorn was awesome and when Durand pulled out some Battle Weaver nonsense it was just clutch.

Lee’s mom. Holy crap. Words do not do justice. Afterwards Gheist says, “I got you” and runs into the tavern to hand me a dozen roses behind his back. As I take them not knowing that they are, he says.”Now’s the time. Do the thing.” It was hysterical.

Lastly was the graveyard chat. It was a calm before the storm and just brought a lot of peace.

I love getting to play in the woods with you all.

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“Bzzzzz bzzz bzzz bzzz bz bz bz bzzzz bz bz”

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Caldunes Moral Compass as an aftermarket upgrade.

Astrophel noting that a dirty koala being opened up dead in the tavern wasn’t sanitary-

Me -“Well, obviously not RAW”

The whole final fight was great, i love how every staff went over the top with reactions and trying to stay aware of safety.

Special shout out to George for falling over spread eagle to a water Dart.

It was very satisfying that my “Fumble - GET HIM” strategy gained so much traction on isolated npcs.

Fire lesson with Anatoly, Mar and Yorick - the reactions from the students were exactly what I was hoping for, though I’m sorry Anatoly snorted out his candle at “Natalie”.

Heartfelt conversations with Enki.

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The Casino with the MAD-Lads, and the Casino Song!

Anatoly asking me to keep an eye out for a Peleset, with zero description of what they look like other than a name. . . .

Singing “Leave Her Johnny” and being able to hear others join in.

Banjo made it to Oak Harbor!

To Lee “Did Kellis make a new friend?” Lee: “That’s my mom”

Erris bringing me to Mycordia to play music, only to realize when I got there I forgot my Songbooks.

Making my first big questionable decision and signing a contract with Noren.

Although exhausting, Treasure fight was amazing.

Finally seeing Vigorish Spellsinging in action!

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That was Zevvi

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Getting taken to triage, and not seeing a line between me and it, and thinking “fuck, has the line fallen all the way back to triage?” only to realize that no, that’s just triage. There is no line. Basically all the melee combatants are down. Weird that triage isn’t being overrun, then. What?

I look back over my shoulder and see Mo, the single melee PC still standing, holding off six drakes at once on the opposite side of the field.

Holy shit, Mo

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MADlads/HOA casino night was a blast and +1 to Tobias’ new hit single “Casino!”. The amount of lothlans in there talking shit about bearstomper was a very fun cultural moment. The NA beer and mocktails were such an amazing touch and I love getting to RP being drunk and then hung over.

The MADlads finding AN ACTUAL DEER LEG on component walk and all of us initially saying “dang staff really has gone all out on making props look real” only to realize it was not a prop. All of the theory crafting that came out of this by all who saw it as to how it could even have happened was also nuts. Combine this with the rumor about finding body parts in the woods. Serendipity is weird and cool.

Realizing we left Nathan (our lovely NPC guide) in the corn maze after the feldgeisters were dealt with. Then deciding to burn the whole corn maze down.

Zevvi’s umbral dick comment and Spencer’s reaction :joy:

Saving Zelai and having people follow a plan :pinched_fingers:

Getting a kill with a thrown weapon felt amazing, as did getting to fight with a polearm all weekend.

Vigorish spell singing and everything that was the treasure fight. Realizing i had a death shield on when the BMV death came from the metal head was icing on the cake. I was fighting with 1 vit for a lot of that fight and somehow made it out alive, and realizing how lucky I was.

Being a part of Yorick getting his Sword of Legend :heart:

RP with Kael and Shrub Grandmother are always some of my favorite moments.

Lastly, the shortest and most productive town council meeting in all my time as Captain :pray:

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Also Locus of Compulsion gambling and BANJO! Steve is a fantastic human and an absolute joy to interact with :heart:

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#1:
Ducky: (dressed like an alpine yodeler) “okay, chaps, your money or your life! :wink:
I hit him with a slay and he drops like a cartoon cardboard cutout
#2: negotiating with the robbers over the legality of killing them, asking them for id and george (aka lex) pulling out a cheese cultist paper by mistake and almost starting a diplomatic incident
#3: archer v archer: i used to be an adventurer like you, but then i took an arrow to the knee, repeatedly, from all the archer drakes. What did i do to you (other than eat your friends)?
#4: finally getting to use herbal spirit shard
#5: The Heatstroke Song and also team tending someone who was dropped at triage as a potato
#6: Going Champagne Supernova when i ate the big blessing mushroom honestly that was wild. Still fighting the urge to scarf down some of the dyscordia blessing.

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