Empire LRP Summer Solstice 383YE; loot and recap

So another exciting weekend in Anvil has passed.  Despite my head not being in it to begin with I did enjoy myself.  Some major plot happened at the end of the event, which is very exciting and effects everybody.  I really can't wait to see how that resolves.

I'm going to start with the nots... Imma make you wait for the good stuff.

Not the first.  Not having my wife with me.  Sarah is my rock and the anchor that keeps me mental health in check.  She couldn't attend because she broke her arm a few days before the event.  So worry was on my mind, and not forgetting I was missing her.  She will be making her triumphant return at E4.

Not the second.  I must have turned my ankle at some point on Saturday afternoon because when I woke up on Sunday it was throbbing.  That meant I couldn't Grendel on the Sunday battle (I did water carry though).

Not the third.  Not getting a chance to go to the Secret Tea House.  I wanted to go, but never found the time.

Not the fourth.  Wasps.  There were loads of wasps.  More importantly one of the little bastards decided to drown itself  in my wine at Earl's Council, so I had to throw it out.


Not the fith.  I jarred my neck in the battle.  We ended up fighting a pike block,  and I was in the front rank polearming them back.  I got knocked to 0 hits and tried to collapse backward (I deemed it unsafe to flop forwards into the pikes) but couldn't because everyone behind me had packed so tightly together.  I ended up suspended like I was sitting in mid air.  I had to shout "let me fucking fall" to hit the ground.  I managed to turn it into an ungraceful backwards roll while simultaneously using an unstoppable call.

Now the good stuff

Hot the first.  My spear.  My spear is awesome.  I love my spear.  I'd go so far as to say my spear is the sex.

Hot the second.  Fighting with the Tallstag/du Minos lance.  I have big love for these guys.  I was warned they'd do a lot of running, and a lot of running we did.  I need to run more to train me for the next event.

Hot the third.  Hanging out with Bors and Elionor (spelling?) on Saturday afternoon.  Two of my favourite people in Anvil.  Always fun, and always a good laugh.

Hot the fourth.  I had my first ritual cast on me.  That was cool.  And now my military unit got buffer for a season.

Hot the fith.  The Knight Protector of Summer Tourney.  That was very enjoyable to watch.

Hot the sixth.  I got to see a map of the summer realm.  Not a lot of people have seen that.

Hot the seventh.  Water carrying.  As part of team Hydrate, "Hail Hydrate!" I got to see the parts of the Sunday battle unfold.  Like the charge of the landsharks, three of them.  We even got to hear the funniest radio call I've ever heard.  "The sharks are eating the players... correction the sharks have eaten the players!"

Hot the eighth.  I caught a halberd in the balls.  Luckily it hit my maille stopped the brunt of it.  I spent the rest of the weekend telling people that I almost became a eunuch.

Hot the ninth.  Dawnish smut exists, and I bought some.

I still need to read it.  I'm going to be on the look out for volume 2 in  the future.


Hot the tenth.  Trenchers.  I fucking love The Wooden Spoon.

And the folk at the Wooden Spoon are so nice that when I told them what happened to Sarah they gave me one of there loaves to take home to her.




Hot the eleventh.  The new player events.  These are big and clever.  A big thank you to Martin and Jade for putting on the public speaking workshop, this is very helpful.  I actually made it to the combat brief this time, I'd advise anyone taking the field to go to this.  I also did the new player skirmish, which was fucking fun.

Time for the loots.

I bought a gorget and pauldrons.  I am now a medieval tank.  I picked up the gorget to protect the one weak point on my torso.  I got the pauldrons  because they were cheap.  The also helped stop the sleeves of my maille from flapping around.  I got this set from The Velvet Glove, but I'm sure it was made by Mytholon.

I picked up a round shield for monstering.  I got from Light Armouries.

And I got a potion pouch to aid my survival.  This is from Darkblade.