With about 500 last second changes, somehow I ended up GMing for Advanced despite there being no real need for it in the end. What did I learn today? I hate initiative. Basically, the entire time the ponies smashed crystals, killed a few elementals, then repeated. Over. And over. And over. Some chaos elemental rolled a 50 on Cyanside, so that was interesting. And that's about it for encounter twelve.
I came so close to that Achievement for rerolling twice and then getting a 12. It would have been ironic if initiative is what made that happen. Yeah, the initiative rolls when there are a lot of enemies and a full party can get pretty crazy (as we found out). Didn't help that people kept going afk for extended periods either, as that really slowed down gameplay. What I learned from this session is to record EVERYTHING EVER!
Twas fun for me. I finally got loot, and I still got away with leaving everyone to fight Love my new nickname too! :I Good EPRP. Or at least, in my opinion. (Says the one who left after about half an hour)