[MR] Newbie (fwd)

[Craig Levin]

Olwen:

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> Also, and I speak from personal experience, not all events are geared toward 
> non-fighters, most actually.  Some, frankly, don't have much of *anything* 
> going on for non-fighters except maybe some merchants and perhaps a feast.  
> I don't fight (well, on the field anyway) and I dabble at archery so I could 
> get really, really bored at an event like that.  Many folk take along 
> 'projects' to work on and talk about.  Handwork of some sort tucked in their 
> baskets.  That will usually get someone talking to you.  Or you could do 
> what I do.  Go to the kitchen!  I just love to play with food.  And what a 
> lot of laughter can be found there.

Similarly, I became a herald because I don't fight, thanks to a
medical condition. Devora brings her spinning or her weaving to
events, too.

Also, she's spot-on about helping in the kitchen or the hall.
Even if you're just a lowly leek chopper like myself, whatever
effort you make to help with the feast is going to be rewarded
with solid friendship. Putting on an event can be a marathon for
the officers and the event staff, and any help, no matter the
source, that they receive is received with gratitude, IME.

Pedro

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