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beansideAs usual, woke up half an hour early. I could really life without that little quirk of my sleep cycle. I could use that extra half hour! Back to work today, and as I am pre-coffee, I am not particularly enthused. On Sunday, all the markets from Friday are waiting, so I'll get those done first thing, then I'll be working the project most of the day. Hopefully, they haven't added too many on, and we're still in the under 1,000 range.
Yesterday, did a little bit. Went to the store to get my sister's prescription, then went to the Indian store to get the makings for aloo gobi. Which I unfortunately messed up by using coconut cream instead of coconut milk. I did not realize that coconut cream was brutally sweet. As a result, the aloo gobi smelled amazing, and tasted not good. We had pizza instead for dinner. The Indian store was very nice, and we got free samples of rice and freshly made samosas, which tasted amazing, but were spicy as fuck.
Then, it was time for Monster of the Week! This weekend, the Chaos Gremlins were summoned by the Fey court of the Summer Queen. The court trickster had given her wand of power to a toddler at the local Ren Fest. Our heroes had to find the wand, while avoiding the Winter Court's knights, who would very much like to see the wand's power broken, or it in Winter's hands. The wand could not be taken by force, only given freely. In this vein, they were given an even sparklier wand to trade.
Looking around the faire, they found the Winter Knights and battle ensued. All weaponry had been glamoured to look like foam swords, so it seemed like a bit of fun sword play to the crowd. When the knights had been dispatched, they were picked up by ye olde body cart in a parody of the Monty Python "Bring out your dead" skit.
In the meantime, the toddler is using the wand. First for little things, like flowers or color changing bubbles, then a monster appeared on one of the stages! ("Liked a fucked up Mr. Snuffleupagus.") Our heroes battled the monster, and prevailed! The child is sighted by the sorcerer and the divine!
Thinking quickly, they put out the word that there will be a pageant for the fairest child in the land! Our sorcerer puts up $20,000 as a prize! (Our sorcerer is stupid rich, and figured this was a normal sum for a faire contest!)
The devine follows the child for a bit, until they're accosted by security for being creepy. They poof out of existence back to the stage where the pageant is about to take place.
Our Crooked uses a new play to speak with the child mind to mind! It is every bit as creepy as you'd think! ("I have an even sparklier wand. Do you want to play with my wand? I would let you play with my wand") She also has to deal with another one of the child's creations, a sparkling white unicorn. Our expert is always prepared and has an apple for the horsey! They manage to lead it to the jousting stables, and tuck it safely away.
The child is sighted again, heading for the entrance. Our sorcerer distracts the parents. Winter's Knights show up, trying to get the wand. Our Flake convinces the baby to give up the wand for the sparklier duplicate. The divine poofs the flake and themselves, but rolls poorly and overshoot their target. They try again and get back to the entrance of the Summer Court. In the meantime, our expert proves excellent at banishing the Fey, and the numbers are whittled down.
The wand is returned to the Summer Queen! She conveys her gratitude and offers a boon to the group! They choose to have the fey court find their old nemesis, and sorcerer extraordinaire, Dessa. The fey court agree, and our heroes head to Ihop for a well deserved meal!
It felt to me like this one dragged a bit in places, but it seemed like overall everyone still had fun. Now to come up with a game for the next round in two weeks.
Yesterday, did a little bit. Went to the store to get my sister's prescription, then went to the Indian store to get the makings for aloo gobi. Which I unfortunately messed up by using coconut cream instead of coconut milk. I did not realize that coconut cream was brutally sweet. As a result, the aloo gobi smelled amazing, and tasted not good. We had pizza instead for dinner. The Indian store was very nice, and we got free samples of rice and freshly made samosas, which tasted amazing, but were spicy as fuck.
Then, it was time for Monster of the Week! This weekend, the Chaos Gremlins were summoned by the Fey court of the Summer Queen. The court trickster had given her wand of power to a toddler at the local Ren Fest. Our heroes had to find the wand, while avoiding the Winter Court's knights, who would very much like to see the wand's power broken, or it in Winter's hands. The wand could not be taken by force, only given freely. In this vein, they were given an even sparklier wand to trade.
Looking around the faire, they found the Winter Knights and battle ensued. All weaponry had been glamoured to look like foam swords, so it seemed like a bit of fun sword play to the crowd. When the knights had been dispatched, they were picked up by ye olde body cart in a parody of the Monty Python "Bring out your dead" skit.
In the meantime, the toddler is using the wand. First for little things, like flowers or color changing bubbles, then a monster appeared on one of the stages! ("Liked a fucked up Mr. Snuffleupagus.") Our heroes battled the monster, and prevailed! The child is sighted by the sorcerer and the divine!
Thinking quickly, they put out the word that there will be a pageant for the fairest child in the land! Our sorcerer puts up $20,000 as a prize! (Our sorcerer is stupid rich, and figured this was a normal sum for a faire contest!)
The devine follows the child for a bit, until they're accosted by security for being creepy. They poof out of existence back to the stage where the pageant is about to take place.
Our Crooked uses a new play to speak with the child mind to mind! It is every bit as creepy as you'd think! ("I have an even sparklier wand. Do you want to play with my wand? I would let you play with my wand") She also has to deal with another one of the child's creations, a sparkling white unicorn. Our expert is always prepared and has an apple for the horsey! They manage to lead it to the jousting stables, and tuck it safely away.
The child is sighted again, heading for the entrance. Our sorcerer distracts the parents. Winter's Knights show up, trying to get the wand. Our Flake convinces the baby to give up the wand for the sparklier duplicate. The divine poofs the flake and themselves, but rolls poorly and overshoot their target. They try again and get back to the entrance of the Summer Court. In the meantime, our expert proves excellent at banishing the Fey, and the numbers are whittled down.
The wand is returned to the Summer Queen! She conveys her gratitude and offers a boon to the group! They choose to have the fey court find their old nemesis, and sorcerer extraordinaire, Dessa. The fey court agree, and our heroes head to Ihop for a well deserved meal!
It felt to me like this one dragged a bit in places, but it seemed like overall everyone still had fun. Now to come up with a game for the next round in two weeks.
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Date: 2021-05-09 01:03 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-05-10 01:06 am (UTC)(I also love that I get the impression the "you cannot STEAL this wand, the kid must give it to you freely," restriction was to prevent us from punching a toddler and stealing their stuff. The DM knows us so well.)
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Date: 2021-05-10 06:59 pm (UTC)(I totally had the same impression. Because honestly? I would’ve just confiscated every wand in the joint otherwise; my secondary plan was to announce there was a wand recall because the glitter was unhealthy or made of some made up dangerous plastic)
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Date: 2021-05-10 07:04 pm (UTC)no subject
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