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Post by waysoftheearth on Apr 25, 2011 7:55:13 GMT -6
A place for any out of character chat -- except rules discussion which has its very own thread here.
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 13, 2011 23:31:09 GMT -6
Gentlemen, Firstly thank to you all for your participation. I hope I'll be able to run an enjoyable game for everyone ;D I have updated the Fellowship Summary with the first six PCs and their hirelings. As you can see, we are going to have a small army by the time everyone is done. When you post please refer to your PC in third person!
I.e., write " Grodo hides behind the door" rather than "I hide behind the door". This will make it easier for me (and everyone else) to see who is doing what without having to figure out who all the "I"s refer to. Just waiting for a few more PC sheets to go up, and then we can get underway!
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Post by calithena on May 15, 2011 8:57:11 GMT -6
You can't really plan role-play, which takes on a life of its own, but I noticed something kind of cool about the first five finished PCs.
All of us are Fair, except LÓMËLUIN, who is selfish; and he is also the only full-blooded elf. But, it being Middle Earth, probably a lot of us will assume LÓMËLUIN is Fair and maybe even look to him as a leader of sorts. Anyway, it might be kind of cool to make LÓMËLUIN's elf blood and potential for temptation one of the RP elements as we assault the mines, if it works out that way anyway.
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Post by doctorx on May 15, 2011 13:57:41 GMT -6
I like it, calithena. LÓMËLUIN is certainly selfish in terms of his cause. He is, however, basically honourable, if suspicious of other races - Men in particular. But he's a proud elf lord with a mission. It's a case of the end justifying the means - shades of Boromir, Denethor and Saruman... (and all sorts of proud, doomed elf lords in the Silmarillion...)
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 16, 2011 4:17:30 GMT -6
I've added Síli son of Víli to the Fellowship summary... he and his immense train of hirelings and mules, that is!
Might I comment at this point, with half the fellowship up, that this is going to be the largest company of adventurers EVA!!
Looking forward to getting underway ;D
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 16, 2011 4:29:53 GMT -6
Monsters & Treasure, page 3:
Orcs, Number appearing: 30-300.
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Post by calithena on May 16, 2011 5:31:34 GMT -6
See now, for parties of this size, those things aren't quite so crazy.
One thing that we may want to do is create a 'scouting party' of elves, sneaks, and hobbits that runs out ahead of Easy Company as we go - stealth ahead of force, or the velvet glove over the iron fist, as it were.
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Post by Mushgnome on May 16, 2011 7:38:54 GMT -6
I've added Síli son of Víli to the Fellowship summary... he and his immense train of hirelings and mules, that is! Sili made a few last-minute changes to his inventory because, as his father Vili (distant cousin of Fili and Kili) once said, "There's more meat on a mule than a cart."
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Post by ehiker133 on May 16, 2011 7:42:02 GMT -6
"There's more meat on a mule than a cart." Ew.
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Post by Mushgnome on May 16, 2011 8:06:22 GMT -6
"There's more meat on a mule than a cart." Ew. Don't worry, Norin, when we run out of mules, we can eat the Elfs!
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Post by ehiker133 on May 16, 2011 8:09:33 GMT -6
Don't worry, Norin, when we run out of mules, we can eat the Elfs! Ah, *whew*. I'm cool with that.
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Post by ragnorakk on May 16, 2011 8:44:23 GMT -6
Monsters & Treasure, page 3: Orcs, Number appearing: 30-300. Ha!
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Post by doctorx on May 16, 2011 10:18:28 GMT -6
See now, for parties of this size, those things aren't quite so crazy. One thing that we may want to do is create a 'scouting party' of elves, sneaks, and hobbits that runs out ahead of Easy Company as we go - stealth ahead of force, or the velvet glove over the iron fist, as it were. Don't worry, Norin, when we run out of mules, we can eat the Elfs! How about a dwarvish version of 'The Forlorn Hope..?' ( ;D)
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Post by ragnorakk on May 16, 2011 16:25:11 GMT -6
We've got ten to this fellowship! That's a lot of guys! I haven't counted to hirelings or animals yet either... So maybe a few "marching orders" for different conditions might be in order? Someone mentioned a sneaky scout-ahead idea earlier which seems a good idea to me. Here's a breakdown of characters so far (arranged alphabetically by biology, sorry no diacritics!) Norin Dwarf Fighter 3 Sili Dwarf Fighter 4 Lomeluin Elf Bard 4 Enlardin Half Elf Bard 3 Legandir Half Elf Ranger 3 Celglin Half Elf Seer 3 Baraglin Hobbit Sneak 4 Arbenbard Human (Northman) Seer 4 Soval Human Fighter 4 We've obviously going to have a big "train" too... This should be interesting!
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 16, 2011 17:07:02 GMT -6
This should be interesting! Let's just say some of the fights might get rather... BIG.
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Post by tombowings on May 16, 2011 22:26:27 GMT -6
I thought that was your original intention; You're starting us at a higher level even.
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 16, 2011 23:40:34 GMT -6
I thought that was your original intention; You're starting us at a higher level even. Yes Indeed
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 17, 2011 3:11:06 GMT -6
Gentlemen, thank you all for your patience.
We are just about ready to get underway now...
I'm just waiting for Heartless, Coffee and Snorri to post their PCs on the PCs thread.
Danhem and ProffessorP have had to pull out, and I'm not sure how Boddynock and Sneakyhobbit are doing. They may show up along the way, but we'll get the ball rolling ASAP in the meanwhile...
Ready yourselves. THIS IS MIDDLE EARTH !!
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 21, 2011 0:24:43 GMT -6
Ways, I should have let you know before, but I'll be out for a couple more days. No problem Tombowings. Thanks for the heads up.
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heartless
Level 1 Medium
Kill monsters, take the treasure
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Post by heartless on May 27, 2011 17:32:50 GMT -6
Arbenbard and Nat approach the gate. He gives a look and a nod. "These doors have been opened to allow evil in... perhaps it is time they were closed again? The password is known to me so we shall never have entry refused, but if we can deny entry to more Orcs it would be good." [OOC] Can the doors be cleared, or is such a task beyond us? Why don't we try the password to open/close the door to Moira and see if the magic remove all the rubble around it.
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Post by doctorx on May 29, 2011 14:42:56 GMT -6
Just a heads-up to say I'm going to be busy work-wise for a few days, so posts may be a little sporadic. Lomeluin is content to follow the dwarves' lead for now. Should things turn nasty he will shoot/maneuver to best advantage as long as he doesn't risk hitting his friends, but he is quite happy to wade in with sword and shield should the occasion require.
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 29, 2011 16:28:52 GMT -6
Just a heads-up to say I'm going to be busy work-wise for a few days, so posts may be a little sporadic. Lomeluin is content to follow the dwarves' lead for now. Should things turn nasty he will shoot/maneuver to best advantage as long as he doesn't risk hitting his friends, but he is quite happy to wade in with sword and shield should the occasion require. Thanks for keeping us in the loop DoctorX
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Post by calithena on May 31, 2011 8:53:53 GMT -6
It appears that the scouting party is poking ahead, which I approve of. But I wonder - should we set things up next time so that the rest of us are ready to back you up? As far as I can tell, this time, the rest of us are just making and fortifying the camp area - useful but it might be nice to say have a few crossbows and shield men posted at the entrance to cover y'all if you have to come running out.
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Post by calithena on Jun 2, 2011 18:49:19 GMT -6
Killin' me not to be in the fight. I'm a Fighting Man, after all!
You advance guard guys, don't get caught out. Stay stealthy, take out small forces and sentries, retreat to give the rest of us the news. Or that's my two cp anyway. I am very uneasy about all of us meandering about camp doing this and that while you guys are in this situation. If we're pushing on like this we need all the metal jackets lined up and ready to go. Hit hard with overwhelming force or retreat is pretty much the name of the game here, usually.
Blah blah. Just jealous because I'm not hittin' nothin'. Take out those guys quick!
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 2, 2011 19:14:15 GMT -6
It does seem odd that Men will not dare venture where Dwarves and Elves will tread...
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Post by Mushgnome on Jun 2, 2011 20:13:47 GMT -6
Three trolls, no biggie, back in a jiff. You'll have plenty of bad guys to kill once the sun goes down, don't you worry.
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 3, 2011 1:58:00 GMT -6
*cough*. Three?
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 3, 2011 7:43:17 GMT -6
I do enjoy it when Dwarves and Elves niggle at one another... how entirely appropriate ;D
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Post by Mushgnome on Jun 3, 2011 8:32:07 GMT -6
Incoming!
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 3, 2011 8:47:28 GMT -6
Killin' me not to be in the fight. I'm a Fighting Man, after all! You advance guard guys, don't get caught out. Stay stealthy, take out small forces and sentries, retreat to give the rest of us the news. Or that's my two cp anyway. I am very uneasy about all of us meandering about camp doing this and that while you guys are in this situation. If we're pushing on like this we need all the metal jackets lined up and ready to go. Hit hard with overwhelming force or retreat is pretty much the name of the game here, usually. Blah blah. Just jealous because I'm not hittin' nothin'. Take out those guys quick! If only Soval and his company of fighting-Men were in the West-Hall about now... we'd have a modestly sized war on our hands!
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