I just sent a room message of someone being mooned to a person having an event tonight.
I really, really should get coffee before I start working in DR in the mornings.
It may not have been dignified, but I still gotta say it was fun.
If you’re going to e-mail me, or ESPECIALLY if you’re going to IM me, let me know WHO YOU ARE! If you’re going to launch into small talk and your screen name is LuvMe4Evah or something, yeah, I’m probably not going to respond. And if I do, my immediate first question will be “who is this?” Please don’t be offended. I’ve got a lot of couples, and if your screen name bears little resemblance to your in-game name, I won’t know who the heck you are.
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I really find I’m looking forward to the D&D game each week. I don’t have a lot of friends here in town, and the ones I do are in situations that make it awkward for us to get together right now. One cannot conceive, and so our child, I think, is a bit of a sore spot. The other is pregnant, and I think that my presence may remind her that not all children turn out perfectly normal, and that’s a very scary thought when you’re about to have one of your own. That leaves my cousin and his wife, who are going through a very sad and painful separation. So the D&D game is a good outlet.
The count so far: 12 dead kobolds. One dwarf in a pit. One unconscious Blasword. One cleric with a sunrod fetish. One mage on serious drugs. 400 gold being carried by me. Me! Meeeeeeee!!!
Er… yes. Sorry. Got carried away.
So thanks, party guys and DM, I’m having a blast. This is exactly what I need.
And because I have to tweak the Elf (and not in a naughty way):
OnlineHost: (Vaschon) rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
(Vaschon): omg
DRTvini: I’m lovin’ it!
(Tessima) Hah.
(Blasword):lol
DRTvini: holy crap. I’m glad I’m not in front of you.
Cadaya:
Deryka: I throw the sunrod at the kobolds so we’re not night-blind.
Deryka: Did he just shoot himself?
Cadaya: Roll again, (Vaschon).
DRTvini: I’m day blind!
(Blasword): Does the stalactite look sturdy?
OnlineHost: (Vaschon) rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
Cadaya: That’s a fumble threat. We need to see if you actually… yes, yes you do.
Deryka: He lives?
Cadaya: You fumble.
DRTvini: oh, that’s muuuuch better.
Deryka: Bah.
(Vaschon): ::mumble::
Deryka: How bad?
Cadaya: The arrow goes whizzing up into the air, hits the ceiling, and then clunks down right in the middle of the kobolds. They all look down at it, look at each other, stand up, and grab their weapons.
Cadaya: They see you now.
DRTvini: Haaa!
(Blasword): clunks!
(Blasword): do we roll initiative yet?
DRTvini: We are so toast.
(Vaschon): Holds his head in his hand and slowly shakes his head.
Some people asked what was in the storage room visible through the window in my quarters, which were open for the holidays last year. Well, that’s where I keep stuff that couples have asked for for their weddings, and which I think we might possibly use again someday or which have sentimental value.
(Edited slightly)
>look
[ Tvini’s Longterm Wedding Storage]
This room is piled floor to ceiling with all manner of junk and treasure. You also see a mammoth calf who is lying down, a well-built cabana boy, a playful wolf pup, a large ice sculpture of a playful penguin with a stream of ale pouring from its beak, a troll cabana girl, a net-sided crate, a wild jackal, a pack of feral dogs, a large stone fireplace, a wooly white sheep, a silky black short-haired cat, a black wolf, a festive litter draped with tiny bells and seashells, a proud centaur, a maid of honor coffer, a wrought-iron screen decorated with a pattern of musical notes, a gentle nightingale, a wedding cake in the shape of a sleeping drake curled around a magnum of champagne, a nonalcoholic bar with some stuff on it, a gem-encrusted wedding chest, a Rakash and Prydaen type food basket, a giant white piglet, a dragon dancer, a wide wood basin, a large wooden crate, six brawny Rakash, a highbacked chair gently draped with black linen with a portrait on it, (an unclaimed hope-chest), a rattan litter decorated with multicolored ribbons, a festive litter decked with gold and blood-red streamers, a sleek panther, a golden-maned lion, (another unclaimed hope-chest), a bevy of Prydaen beauties, a glossy black shrike, a broken rattan pole held up by two wooden supports, a traditional Rissan drum choir, a four-tiered wedding cake designed to resemble an eclipse, a golden ball and chain, a small mottled turtle, a huge stone hearth, a large phoenix, a heart traced in the sand, an empty high-backed chair surrounded by velvet ropes, a low silverwillow table with some stuff on it, a cloth-covered wooden crate, a cloth-covered wooden crate, an arrow-shaped sign, a chestnut centaur, a mischievous welkin, (yet another unclaimed hope-chest), a white unicorn, a sleek panther, a wooden cutout shaped like a Human man, a wrought-iron screen decorated with a pattern of musical notes, and a formal honor guard.
Obvious exits: none.
And the thing is, that’s still not the whole story. There are layers on layers. For instance:
>look in chest
In the wedding chest you see some rose petals and a tiny Gnome.
>look gnome
The tiny Gnome looks just like you’d expect a tiny Gnome to look – except for the singed eyebrows.
I have the coolest place. 🙂
Tonight’s wedding couple had invited some nobles to their wedding, which led to this discussion.
[NewerGM] Out of curosity, has anyone ever invited Kssarh to a wedding?
[Silvyrfrost] Silvy doesn’t have an escort to the wedding, though, (Koromas). Wanna escort her and watch everyone freak?
[Tvini] Hehehe.
[Silvyrfrost] He’d be no fun. Guy could use a couple drinks and a woman to loosen up.
[Tvini] No one’s invited Kssarh. Cloudspire Keep’s too high up to survive being thrown out the window.
[Koromas] I believe (Vaschon) has passed out on us so Vorcalf will be a no show.
[Tvini] Well, he deserves a night off.
[Jzara] (Vaschon) needs a vacation in a room with four padded walls…
[Tribanin(in the Fallen)] Kssarh has been to a few weddings. He’s just not always the cheeriest person in attendance, mainly because everyone is so mean to him, poor guy.
[NewerGM] But, but, he’s such a nice man.
[Koromas] Tell the truth now (Tribanin)…Kssarh is just a big old queen with a bad attitude isnt he?
[Tribanin(in the Fallen)] He’s got a heart of gold…. plated cold-forged iron…
[Tribanin(in the Fallen)] Kssarh a queen? He leaves that to Mortom
[Silvyrfrost] Yeah. Yeesh.
[Tribanin(in the Fallen)] Though I bet Kssarh’s real disposition is because he’s been wearing the same silk thong for years, and it’s starting to ride up a bit.
[Tvini] If they put a laundry in the tower, he could get that washed.
[Silvyrfrost] There’s a mental image we didn’t need.
[Tvini] Heh.
[Silvyrfrost] You need to get out of TF more often.
[NewerGM] Mortom looks deep within the mirrors to see into something so horrifing yet enthralling that the blackest of magic can not compete. Unfortunately, no one ever told him his apprenticed switched out his scrying mirror for a real one.
[Silvyrfrost] Aaaaaaaaaanyone LJing this?
[Tribanin(in the Fallen)] Now now – Mortom is a true leader – you’d never see Kssarh handing out grooming tips.
[Tvini] I’m gonna LJ that whole conversation about Kssarh’s thong.
[Tribanin(in the Fallen)] I can see everyone laying offerings of thongs at Kssarh’s feet once they read it.
[Tvini] Ew. Kssarh groupies.
[Silvyrfrost] Scary thing is, they can do it over there.
So what do I do when I need a brief break from working on weddings, but still want to do something for DR?
Put in new rumors or visions. Bards and moon mages have a special place in my heart. Ya big hams.
Work on the master list of gems and plants and stuff that we GMs use. (Tyrathia, eat yer heart out)
Five-minute random rp events (something unexpected happens, but it won’t require five hours of player or GM time).
Round up the fun projects that I don’t have time to do and foist… er, see if my newer AGMs want a crack at them.
Work on rooms or messages for other big-time projects or areas that need a little extra help. (Plus then the GMs in charge of those projects owe me favors – bonus!)
Create or do quality control for unique items that will randomly go into treasure chests.
Design quest treasure.
Work on my little area that will someday go live. Someday, someday…
And last but definitely not least…
Play!
A GM’s work is never done – but often fun!
Q: Aren’t you being a bit hasty in rejecting my item?
A: Maybe! So let me go ahead and get a well-reasoned, insightful, rational second opinion from some other GMs.
GM opinions.
[Tvini] You know what I love about DR? I’m working, yet I have my hair up in a little girl’s hair tie in a topknot and I’m wearing a mud mask.
[Liadran] If only our “real” jobs allowed that
[Tvini] They frowned on that when I worked at the TV station.
[GM X] I didn’t get dressed until about 5 minutes ago, and I’ve been working since 830
[GM X] Gotta love it.
[Liadran] Still in my jammies!
[Tvini] I think I should LJ all of this. I love the idea of the entire staff of DR lounging around in their sleepwear.
When you read the logs of things like Vorclaf’s coronation and see us goofing around like idiots, it’s easy to think that we take all this stuff in stride. But that’s not always the case.
When Baron Jeladric died, I think every GM felt a little pang. And while there were one or two jokes cracked afterward, mainly because we can never help ourselves, the overall mood was sad. Some of us got to know him as players. Some of us predate the walking talking Baron. But even the super-old timers know how the players feel about him, and we love our players. I know I have a soft spot for the Therengians, bless their quirky hearts.
It’s been moving to hear the GMs talk about what kind of special gift they should bring, or which NPC would be most appropriate to bring out. Even those of us behind the curtain appreciate a world-defining moment.
I guess I just want to say that even the powers that be will miss Jeladric. Here’s to ya, Baron.
[Tvini] Argh! I released a wedding on the calendar with the word “nupitals”
[Reexa] Could have been worse. ::pats::
[Bartlebee] Advertise it! Elanthia’s First Nupitals!
[Dare] That sounds like some sort of small furry mammal.
[Reexa] You heard it from the vocab man himself. If he says it, we have a new word in Elanthian vocabulary.
[Meriel] Elanthia’s first pre-nuptial agreement.
[Vaschon] Kick him in the nupitals.
[(Dare)] I am SO not going to admit that was my first thought too.
[Tvini] I’m LJing your guttermind, (Dare).
[Dare] Ooo.
[Dare] It’s not THAT dirty. Wait, has (Vaeldriil) been talking?
[(Vaeldriil)] ::whistles innocently::
[Ghisel] My virgin ears!
[Dare] Oh, dear god. I was hepped up on cold medicine at the time! I swear!