And I'm having a blast.
Matt has a lot of friends in this world, so he found a group of us ready to start playing together, from Florida to Massachusetts to.... me. Some have never played, and others of us are wandering back into it after several decades of not.
Matt and I rolled and created my character together (I like the DM guidance for building a character) and I'm a mixed breed, half-elf (human) and I am a recent graduate of the local Academy to the town where we are based. I have a kind of Hermione Grainger Very Smartness vibe, no street or tested smarts. I'm incredibly green. Eager to become an adventurer, but man I have no idea what i'm doing.
I named her Rhea Travis, for Rhea Seehorn from "Better Call Saul," and Travis McElroy, our Middlest Brother, and probably my favoritest McElroy. Watching Rhea play Kim Drexler on "Better Call Saul," who is a fucking badass. And probably one of the best written female characters in recent years. Travis, well "Thank Travis for Travis," is something I sing often. I love him. All aspects of Travis McElroy make me happy. And his playing has been inspirational.
In the first The Adventure Zone, known as the Balance Arc, his character Magnus Burnsides is always all "Magnus Rushes In...." (do not watch if you do not wish to cry) even before the instructions are given for what they're up against.
I wanted to pay homage to my favorite actor right now, thinking Kim as my Elven half, and probably the most wonderful and brave human D&D character I've known, ever, good old Magnus.
I think I've made a good character and I so far love her. I love being her. She is a little more Lawful Good than I am (she is a trained but not tested cleric and sage healer). And I'm having a lot of fun playing with these new folks.
I should write up my character back story, so I have it. I have a very clear idea of who she is and what she's like.
The town and adventures are actually similar to what the McElroys are doing right now with The Adventure Zone: Graduation. But the focus is not on the academics, more the town itself. Ravens Folly is the town and we have all recently met at a tavern. a disjointed band of folks pulled together by someone who needed help.
Because the Adventure Zone players are into character voices and behaviors, I thought about that a lot and my character likes to yell "Hail and Well Met!" when meeting strangers.
Rhea they are much smarter than they really are - on paper, very smart. In real world, not so much. The first encounter with using Hail and Well Met was with a race that speaks Draconic, so they called this out to them, and Matt had me roll for it - I rolled a 2.
I ended up insulting their grandmother with sexual overtones.
Oops.
Next adventure, she went to whack someone with my mace and yelled Hail and Well Met! but my role to hit the guy missed him completely. In Matt's words, "you whiffed it."
So, "Hail and Well Met, mother fuuuuuuuuuuuucccchhhhhhhhhaaaahhhhhhhhh!" was basically what everyone at the campsite heard as I beefed it.
I ended up bad-assing it by grabbing onto a crossbow bolt lodged in a bad guy's shoulder and making it light up so the camp was well lit and our human rogue could see what they needed to see. It was a very bad ass move. Matt's face lit up when I suggested it was what I wanted to do with my light cantrip.
Our most recent adventure was a cliffhanger, where some undead dudes come out of a room towards us. As we all closed the action, I yelled my signature catch phrase at the skeletons.
Hail and Well Met, indeed. We all had a good laugh at that.
I am having a load of fun with these folks, it is a tremendous respite from the work things.
Watch for more nerdstuffs from yours truly in this manner.
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