Avoiding Diplomatic Blunders

"How about the time some centaurs invited me to 'ride along' to their next stop and I noticed the Riding Bakar they provided just before I committed a serious faux pas (hoof?)"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mêlée Their Fears

 Rocksy: "Ok, I see. Allay their Fears. With the crook. So just shepherd them to some anima so they feel better?"

Korinna: "Oh, you sweet summer child. No, this crook is going to suck the anima and soul right out of them."

Rocksy: "But..won't that just exacerbate their fears, like... the opposite of allay?"

Korinna: "Nah, they'll be dead. You'll have to kill them so the crook can absorb everything."

Rocksy: "Er...So I'm going to BEAT them with this stick?"

Korinna: "Just do whatever it is you Shaman do. Throw rocks. Lightning bolts. Balls of lava. I don't care. Just kill them and the crook will fill up so you can complete the ritual and release their souls. May the gentle sound of bells follow you always." 

Rocksy: "Omg, NO. I don't want to hear the sound their souls make after all this. Does D.E.H.T.A. know about this place? Let's just never speak of this again, okay?"

Night Fae Musings

 -or-
Maybe the Real Treasure...

Nah. I do want Gus' crittershape to add to my collection, it's even cuter than the Corgi. My whirlwind tour of the covenants came to a grinding (ha!) halt recently and I'm now trying to fit it all into the weekends. I hope I can get done with Night Fae before the next expansion. 

I did find out that if you soulshape just prior to taking this quest you get a moment to enjoy the sight of a Brontofly. Or Butterosaurus. I should have gone with Alpacafly. 

I also got this handsome fellow, and realized that he's a Luck Dragon..

Which gives me more chores to do, collecting the different colors. So, so lucky. 

I did find the time to do some things for Bwonsamdi. His quests were annoying, especially as an engineer. Every time I'd conjure up a wormhole, he'd have some portal ten yards away (or halfway across Ardenweald) that you had to use to get the quest objective to show up. And the lighting in the Necropolis was nil. It's embarrassing how many times I walked off the edge here. Even for me. I was even more "i HaVe nO idEa WhAT iM dOInG" than I usually am. Perpetual noob.

Noble Creatures of Ardenweald

I forgot how much I love that ridiculous Alpaca hop. So far it's the only soulshape where I've noticed my weapon still hanging on. When my brother mentioned that I'd like collecting the soulshapes if I tried out Night Fae, I didn't realize there were so many different ones, and it's absolutely the best part of this covenant. (I guess I should upgrade everything before I can say that definitively.)
 

But..dinos. So I'm pretty confident that I will still feel that way at the end. Also, when Shadowlands is over, I hope we get access to all of the covenants we joined. Flying across Revendreth when you're not Venthyr and can't use the mirrors is the worst thing ever (note: I haven't tried Bastion's covenant and probably won't, but it would no doubt be worse having/losing access to whatever their transportation is since flying across Bastion sucks so much already.)

Then there's this guy. If I have to use my crittershape in rested areas*, at least I can turn into this goof. I got the bee first, but the legs of bees are too spidery up close, and even though it made a funny buzz when I took fall damage, I finally had to look for something else. At least it gives me something fun to look up while I'm googling maps to find my way around this treehouse.

*My brother explained how to actually read all the options in tl;dr textboxes, so now I can be an alpaca full-time!

Go To Your Happy Place

Aaah...I can smell the rotting flesh of the corpses, the pungent chemical aroma of the ooze...and hear the tortured screams of agony...♥Home♥

 FINALLY exalted with Ember Court and I'm just going to do one more party before leaving Revendreth behind. I think I'll try out Night Fae before I return to my Necrolord home for good. I don't think I'll bother with Bastion. I took the shortcut past the Maw on my Paladin and joined Kyrian, so maybe if I get around to leveling her I can experience that covenant somewhat. I don't like them for my Goblin because they're always telling me I'm pretty good at flying, for a creature without wings. It's irritating, because my Goblin *clearly* does have wings, Thank You Very Much, Tuvok.

"Imagine How Fun the Next Court Will Be..."*sobbing*

 

I had a good feeling about this week's Ember Court, and by "good feeling" I mean being optimistic that maybe I would never have to do it again after this. I feel like I'll get exalted with The Avowed by the end of time, and maybe exalted with the Ember Court just before that. But, unfortunately, social skills aren't any easier in game form, and now I have to wait until next week to try again, with the Darkmoon Faire buff next time, at least. 

I do have another goal now, though. I'm trying to empty my bags of some Zereth Mortis materials by combining them into what I think will be a mount(s), by endlessly collecting more Zereth Mortis paraphernalia until I have all of the pieces to combine. Until then, I'm just wandering around aimlessly, picking up everything I can find and killing stuff as needed.

Poco-Pepe-poppycock

 I've been trying to do Zereth Mortis stuff, but I still spend most of my time working on my Venthyr covenant crap. I really thought getting exalted with The Avowed would take no time when I joined Revendreth. I didn't realize that I would be accusing Inquisitors and absolving souls for all eternity.

But the worst part of this covenant is the Ember Court. I don't think I'll ever figure it out completely, and even if I did, it wouldn't work properly. The minigame where you kill bugs or capture bugs had a helpful special action button for swatting them, except that it didn't actually do anything. Capturing them worked, but I had selected a guest list that preferred a "messy" atmosphere. Then there's the dredger waiter minigame:

The first time I tried this one, the "serve drink" and "serve food" never activated and the only things I could do were: run fast, punch guests, or eat a cupcake to heal myself. Strangely, punching my guests didn't seem to increase their happiness levels, even if I asked them politely, "Would you care for punch? *winding up arm*". You really never can win with some people. 

I'm not sure if there was a buff to reputation gains in the last couple weeks, because after crawling along through Neutral and Friendly I'm now sitting at Revered, although this week's Ember Court didn't advance me very far in that, so we'll see how long this takes. Maybe I'll get bored and finish The Avowed rep before the Ember Court weekly comes around again. If I ever get done with the Venthyr I'd like to try Night Fae, since I may never get around to playing my poor Druid again. Rocksy already looks the part (and sounds the part, with her macroed flute/hearthstone) so she may as well earn the rest of the outfits. But I do really miss Necrolords and eventually will probably return to the tomb. Maybe I'll manage to catch up on Zereth Mortis before there be dragons.