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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 959046" data-attributes="member: 5">Thanks for the kind words, folks!  I had a fantastic time, as I always do when getting the chance to game.  Special thanks to Curt and Matty for running a great event. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The Vikings struggled against a series of very difficult encounters and nearly prevailed in the end.  But for a handful of hit points which marked the last resources of the possessed Swamp Giant, the day would have been won by the fearsome Norse explorers.  I was quite impressed by their prowess toe-to-toe with the Huge Dire Bear and inventiveness in the final encounter.  Their ability to stave off their own destruction right up to the end in the face of evil both within and without the party was truly the stuff of great sagas!In the second slot, much fun was had despite the perpetual spiral toward failure for the band of rogues.  The fast talking William (AKA Baab) talked himself into so many corners I was sure that the rest of the group would see through his bluster.  I'm a DM who doesn't mind allowing a group of players to fashion their own noose, so I had little to do with the unfortunate events that laid them low.  No matter how many things they discovered that simply didn't mesh with Baab's description of his recon of their target, the group pressed on with their ill-fated mission.  The biggest jaw-dropper was when things started to go wrong and the "plan" was unraveling, Leda decided that instead of the party turning tail with a black eye and fighting another day the best course of action would be killing an innocent clerk in cold blood.  It was, nevertheless, a terrific time! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Both games I ran were marked by some of the best roleplaying that I've seen in a long time.  There was virtually no meta-gaming and all of the characters were interesting and well-defined.  I hope you will all stop by <a href="http://www.creativemountaingames.com/board/index.php" target="_blank">my new message board</a> and help me christian them with your tales from the games. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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