I don’t suppose crossbow bolts work very well for lighting on fire, do they?
No but even fire arrows are harder to fire with shorter ranges. Of course the targets are usually huge.
I was waiting for a few more players to check in before my next post.
Request by DM:
Please try to avoid quoting in the game thread, especially large quotes. I consider ability to indicate who you are responding to without the use of the Quote function part of playing experience but mainly I am being anal as it makes the storyline of the thread less readable.
Yes, oh captain, my captain 
Yes, sir, sorry sir, won’t happen again sir.
Well… until next time.
Just found this LOTR CCG card for Glorfindel: LotR TCG Wiki: Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath (9R+16)
Some other things we didn’t get to see in the movies, that Decipher captured with the help of Weta:
Tom Bombadil: LotR TCG Wiki: Tom Bombadil, The Master (P) (0P53)
Goldberry: LotR TCG Wiki: Goldberry, River-daughter (9R+51)
Elladan: LotR TCG Wiki: Elladan, Son of Elrond (14R2)
Elrohir: LotR TCG Wiki: Elrohir, Son of Elrond (14R3)
Radagast: LotR TCG Wiki: Radagast, The Brown (P) (0P51)
By the way, changing the name of a ship like this is really, really, unlucky.
Constant mishaps on board unlucky, always going wrong people getting injured type unlucky, sinks with loss of all hands in the middle of a storm type unlucky, always finds the reef type unlucky.
You get the idea.
You can rename a ship, but it is not something done lightly.
The Sea-knights and mariners of Linhir have quite a few superstitions, but I assure you that that is not one of them. 
You should listen to the player of the two Hobbits. The primary attribute of Hobbits is luck. 
He is right, bad joojoo.
And no less an authority than Long John Silver himself agrees with you. Might as well call her Friday 13th and be done with it.
Changing the name could be a Titanic mistake.
Remind me, again: what does the typical Hobbit know of life on the high seas? :dubious:
In case you were wondering, here are some noteworthy Linhir nautical superstitions:
Good luck: Have a cat aboard.
Bad luck: Have ten cats aboard (probably a response to the ill-starred Queen Beruthiel and her brood of malign felines).
Good: Take your first step aboard ship with your right foot.
Bad: Left foot first.
Good: Minimum necessary discipline of crew.
Bad: Hourly floggings.
Good: Male captain.
Bad: Female captain (remember this was a looooong time ago).
Good: Rename a captured ship as soon as possible.
Bad: Leave it with its original name, as chosen by your enemies, so that their bad intentions will persist and curdle.
A typical hobbit knows nothing of sea superstitions, hence Mulligan happily wandering on board.
The player knows his nautical superstitions, look them up, some of them are quite interesting.
I’m visiting What Exit? and his family for the weekend. Hello to all of our Doper friends!
Cool! Have a great weekend.
Christopher Lee (Saruman) is to be knighted: Sassoon, Lee, Faldo in queen's honors list - CNN.com
Christopher Lee
Said "Know who’s going to be Sir Christopher from now on? That’s right, me!
"And I will slit the gizzard
“Of anyone who ignores the many distinguished achievements of my long dramatic career, and just thinks it’s because I played a wizard.”
That’s one bad poem. Thanks, Malacandra!
A Hobbit movie casting update from The Plain Dealer of Cleveland:
Trio returns for ‘Hobbit’
During an interview late last week, director Guillermo del Toro told BBC radio host Simon Mayo that three actors from the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy will appear in the prequel, “The Hobbit.”
Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis will reprise their roles as the elf lord Elrond, the wizard Gandalf and the villainous Gollum, respectively.
No other casting has been announced. Del Toro, whose previous credits include the “Hellboy” films, wrote the script with “Rings” director Peter Jackson, and the trilogy’s co-writers Phillipa Boyens and Fran Walsh.
“The Hobbit” is set for release in 2012.
That was a clerihew, dear fellow - and pretty much a typical example.