A Rather Splendid Hat
I bought this hat at Summerfest. At the time of purchase I considered it a rather distinctive item, but about three hours later half the bar staff, several players and two of the traders all owned similar hats and suddenly I was slavishly following a trend.
I still think it was a cool hat.
I bailed out of summerfest early. I had a cold coming on and took the advice of the rest of the bar staff that they could manage fine without me and that I looked a bit peaky. People probably didn't want me breathing on their food in that condition anyway.
I was there for the 35 deaths in the first battle and some of the muted conversations about monster etiquette that followed. No one wants to die (or get otherwise shat upon - e.g. having items stolen from the camp) because the refs are trying to prove an OOC point, but people are generally prepared to die if the players mess up. Telling the difference is somewhat hard.
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