# Middle Earth FA63 D&D Game, the Game itself **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** middle-earth-game\ **Created:** [March 3, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917 "2008-03-03T04:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/581 "2008-03-26T18:14:31Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] _Brin_: If we must leave a clear trail, then perhaps there is some indigenous, plentiful plant’s petals would be sufficient to make a marking we could apply to the trees. I assume that your mortar and pestle have uses other than creating healing poultices and that fermented apple drink you mentioned? If we could make a bright marking, a group could follow, provided it doesn’t rain. OOC: Are my creaky old knees acting up, or are we expecting a clear night? If Mulligan is still injured, perhaps he should settle back into the center of the group for now. Even Merry took the rest of the war off after facing the Witch King - no shame on knowing when to slow down. Lord Caramir, we will not let you down. [/QUOTE] I thank you for your concern, but I shall be fine. But I think I will leaving off any more crazy plans for the moment. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/582 "2008-03-26T18:57:59Z")
Where’s the fun in that. Next thing, you’ll tell me that Farmer Maggot’s produce is safe from early harvesting… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/583 "2008-03-26T20:08:40Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] …This is how the order will start, let me know changes desired. Brin Gil-Gandal Mulligan Thoroncir Ghân Deor Theogrim Gwaelur Moose [/QUOTE] Looks OK to me, unless Ghan wants to mount up and Moose is well enough to let him? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/584 "2008-03-26T20:35:45Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Looks OK to me, unless Ghan wants to mount up and Moose is well enough to let him? [/QUOTE] Ghân: It’s a kind thought, but I’m out of cures. :eek: So I shall loiter in the middle, holding my one spell (and my blowpipe) ready for action… (How did Deor do with the spell books? I assume he wasn’t blown up!) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/585 "2008-03-26T20:42:02Z")
[QUOTE=glee] (How did Deor do with the spell books? I assume he wasn’t blown up!) [/QUOTE] I am waiting for him to post ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/586 "2008-03-26T21:16:38Z")
[QUOTE=glee] So I shall loiter in the middle, holding my one spell (and my blowpipe) ready for action… [/QUOTE] _Brin_: [totally deadpan]That was more information than we needed to know[/totally deadpan] ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/587 "2008-03-26T21:42:25Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] _Brin_: [totally deadpan]That was more information than we needed to know[/totally deadpan] [/QUOTE] [Wose humour ON] Wait till I tell you about the missiles I fire out my blowpipe - and how I fire them [Wose humour OFF] ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/588 "2008-03-26T21:48:25Z")
[QUOTE=glee] [Wose humour ON] Wait till I tell you about the missiles I fire out my blowpipe - and how I fire them [Wose humour OFF] [/QUOTE] Sheesh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/589 "2008-03-26T22:09:17Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Sheesh. 😃 [/QUOTE] Brin started it! ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/590 "2008-03-26T23:19:37Z")
Deor looks up, surprised at the outcry as he prepared to open Gash’s spellbooks. “Well… Maybe later.” He carefully packs up the three spellbooks, the knife (already wrapped up and carefully handled to avoid touching the substance on the blade), the magic pouch (unopened) and the belt. Deor votes to continue the chase, although with Gash dead, we’ll have the advantage if we wait until tomorrow to attack so that the spellcasters can reload. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/591 "2008-03-27T01:30:55Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Brin started it! [/QUOTE] You can’t expect Elves to understand our humor. I understand their jokes take so long to tell that our children’s children would be lucky to hear the punchline. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/592 "2008-03-27T01:34:40Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] You can’t expect Elves to understand our humor. I understand their jokes take so long to tell that our children’s children would be lucky to hear the punchline. [/QUOTE] Moose, “No! Dats Ents!” (I will post an update soon, it looks like we are in motion.) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/593 "2008-03-27T01:45:16Z")
[QUOTE=appleciders] Deor looks up, surprised at the outcry as he prepared to open Gash’s spellbooks. “Well… Maybe later.” He carefully packs up the three spellbooks, the knife (already wrapped up and carefully handled to avoid touching the substance on the blade), the magic pouch (unopened) and the belt. Deor votes to continue the chase, although with Gash dead, we’ll have the advantage if we wait until tomorrow to attack so that the spellcasters can reload. [/QUOTE] Ghân says to Deor that the risk of dying is surely not worth using the books a day or so early. Also although it’s likely we have more spellcasters than the orcs, they may decide to kill prisoners the same day we stop to reload. Ghân asks if anyone in the party can cast ‘Identify’… ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/594 "2008-03-27T01:48:05Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] You can’t expect Elves to understand our humor. I understand their jokes take so long to tell that our children’s children would be lucky to hear the punchline. [/QUOTE] Ghan: How do you keep a human in suspense? I’ll tell you tomorrow. How do you keep an elf in suspense? I’ll tell you next century. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/595 "2008-03-27T01:50:55Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Ghan: How do you keep a human in suspense? I’ll tell you tomorrow. How do you keep an elf in suspense? I’ll tell you next century. [/QUOTE] Ref Aside: What, you are going to make sure your great grandchild supplies the punchline? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/596 "2008-03-27T02:03:19Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Ghan: How do you keep a human in suspense? I’ll tell you tomorrow. > > How do you keep an elf in suspense? I’ll tell you next century. [QUOTE=What Exit?] Ref Aside: What, you are going to make sure your great grandchild supplies the punchline? [/QUOTE] 🙂 How do you keep a Wose in suspense? You can’t, because before you even get to the punchline they interrupt saying ‘Tell me Tell me!’ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/597 "2008-03-27T03:13:43Z")
So the party makes it to where the lone orc went off and begin the tracking. At this point the time around 2 pm. The tracking is slow, but steady. The orc stopped using any stealth a few hundreds yards after he left the main trail. The party tracks for a little over and hour and come to a clean fast trail. Brin sees much activity and it looks like the orc we are pursuing broke into a run. Brin steps up the pace. As it gets to be nearly 4 pm, the tracks become very confused and Folca takes back to the air after getting a good rest. The party is approaching northwest face of Mt Mindoluin. They see pine trees and bushes. As a reminder Gwaelur especially and many of the stronger folk have some spare small weapons for arming released prisoners. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/598 "2008-03-27T04:11:57Z")
Thoroncir offers Brin and Gil-Gandel his spare dagger, if they’d like to take it along to give to any captive they can sneak up to. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/599 "2008-03-27T05:24:26Z")
Keep on keepin’ on. As long as we’re trying to end this before the day is out, best to keep pushing forward. Folca should be a big help. Remember, everyone, that there’s still probably a “shaman” with the main group who can heal. Best to target that shaman as a matter of preference. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917/600 "2008-03-27T08:41:56Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Thoroncir offers Brin and Gil-Gandel his spare dagger, if they’d like to take it along to give to any captive they can sneak up to. [/QUOTE] Thank you, but we collected some spare weapons already, and you may need it. We were told there was a cave entrance concealed by bushes. Perhaps Mulligan and I should search for it - we are the stealthiest by some way. Again, should we find anything that bears investigation we will return and inform the rest of you. Ideally we would like to find this cave, station everyone nearby but in cover, then we two would effect an entry while the rest of you give us, say, three hundred heartbeats’ start. But if we find we need aid in a hurry, I imagine we could whistle. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-fa63-d-d-game-the-game-itself/439917.md?page=31)