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I have a lot of favorite parts of the RotRL adventures but the one that stands out for me, both as a player and a character has to be battle at Jorgenfist against the Ogres on 20-Kuthona-4707. The look on the GM's face when I told him what i was going to do was priceless, one of those "Wait, you do what? Oh dear God ..." moments.
As a player I had never before, nor am I likely to ever again, rolled that many dice at one time. I still remember everyone at the table laughing as we tried to load up the 36d6s in my cupped hands, some kept spilling out, and then totaling them all up after the roll.
As a character it was the high point of Hi's life so far. It was the biggest, most damaging, flaming, smoking and outright spectacular blast Hi had every done in one shot. And then getting to ride the thermals of the blast as the mushroom cloud billowed up enveloping him in the hot, still burning air. Ah Desna! Even dancing in the bonfire at the Taverns in Absolom isn't as much fun.
The other parts that stand out for me as both character and player was finding the Library under Jorgenfist. When I think about the history, lore and knowledge that is preserved and protected for all time in that room it is worth more to me than all the gold in Glorantha. And I say this as both character and player.
Other high points along the way;
Almost burning down the Scarnety sawmill during the giant's attack on Sandpoint. Hi still hears comments about it, mainly in the nature of "be careful, we don't want a repeat of the sawmill" to which Hi always responds "but it was an ACCIDENT!, I mean just look at the place! It survived! If I had MEANT to hit it it would have been a smoking pile of ash!"
Teleporting into my room at the Blue Bunyip with Rilka that time and finding the cute Gnome maid in the room waiting when we arrived. Talk about "awkward".
Constantly worrying about the scarf Rilka gave Hi until the GM threw in a scroll of energy resist and another of Permanency, knowing the party would use them on the scarf and not sell them.
Saving the bunnies at Thistletop. The bunnies and Shadowmist caused Hi to start reconsidering his "Burn it to the ground sift the ashes for stuff" mindset. If we had done that Shadowmist and the bunnies would have died horribly. Good thing Rae'Sheleth vetoed my original plan.
And finally, as a player I count myself extremely lucky to have such good friends that I've been able to push my comfort zone a bit and play more interesting characters than I did in the past. And have a real fun doing it.