Middle Earth FA63 D&D Game, Third Adventure, Ered Lithui Mystery Creature

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1241

Thoroncir hastens to point to the white scarf still tied to the top of his scabbard. “Please, be of good cheer, fair Gilraen! I could no more forget that I am your champion than I could forget to breathe. Fie upon me, that I should have made you think otherwise. I cannot thank you enough for this and the other favours bestowed upon me by you, and by those of your illustrious House.”

Later, he explains to Merry that he has been writing a letter to his parents a little bit at a time over the previous few weeks. He is grateful for writing paper to replenish that still in his leatherbound writing kit, however.

1242

After the end of the feast, Gil-Gandel invites all who are willing to a lock-in at a nearby watering-hole, and after he has drunk well, takes his harp and strikes up a simple tune, spanning only one octave… but the tune goes up a semitone every verse. To handicap himself, the minstrel drains one more finger of wine between verses, and the challenge is to keep up, on both counts. :slight_smile:

*Dear friends, drink wine with me
For every friend departed
And every blow that smarted:
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For every Sea-Knight daring
His oath of honour swearing:
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For every keen-eyed Ranger
Alert to every danger:
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For every Wose’s potion
And pill and rub and lotion:
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For every mage’s cunning
All foes his magic stunning:
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For Dwarven necks unbending,
Their axes virtue lending:
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For Hobbits poor or wealthy
Their feet so soft and stealthy:
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

::Winces, that was a desperately uninspired piece of versifying::

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For Healers fair and pleasing
Their care our wounds all easing:
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For every friend cross-dressing;
The Valar send them blessing!
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For every Harper stotious
Whose tuning is atrocious:
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me
For all I have forgotten
In drunken ditty rotten
Dear friends, drink wine with me.

Dear friends, drink wine with me:
Put by all thought of sorrow,
And 'til the unknown morrow
Dear friends, drink wine with me.
Dear friends, drink wine with me!*

1243

Read/Sing that drinking song to “A Hard rain’s a-gonna fall” by Bob Dylan.
It works amazingly well. I just happen to have it playing as I read Malacandra’s post.
It really works about 1 minute into the song.

1244

Mulligan wonders if she should tease the keen-eyed Elf about missing the obvious right under his nose. :smiley:

Maybe another day.

1245

“Stotious”? :dubious:

If the Princess Gilraen comes along, Sir Thoroncir will not drink to excess. If she decides to spend a quiet night at home, however, he will do his best to keep up with Gil-Gandel and Gwaelur in their awe-inspiring alcohol consumption.

1246

Miron will likely prefer returning to wherever they are quartered to mend and maintain his weapons and armor, and failing anything better to do, he’ll take a quick walk around the area.

1247

Gilraen spends time in the Citadel and the House of Healing.

Thoroncir of course cannot hope to keep up with Gwaelur or Tobur. Gil-Gandel is drinking a bit slower, but you realize the futility of try to keep up quickly when you failed in trying to down a tankard in one long draw.

1248

Miron is given a choice between a very nice second floor room of a Rooftop Flet that Merry actually had added on. There are four of them scattered near the peak of the high roof. They are of wood, the house is stone.

1249

Deor’s up for more tonight and follows Gil-Gandel with only a hint of stagger in his walk, but slides under the table midway through Gil-Gandel’s song. In retrospect, taking a full extra drink after the verse about mages was probably a mistake.

1250

Miron is extremely gracious about accepting a room, although once he’s settled in he does take a moment to carefully attach bells to all of the windows and doors, apparently intent on detecting any potential intruders, no matter how improbable the chance that anyone would actually be interested in robbing his flat.

1251

A block of flets?

(“flat” is English for “apartment”, in case that one fell on stony ground.)

Here you go. :smiley:

1252

Malacandra, flat is a well understood word, in fact most are, though for Stotious I don’t believe that even your fellow Englishmen all got that one. :smiley:

The next morning Gwaelur feels fine and Thoroncir sick and hungover. (As does Deor). Thoroncir would swear that Gwaelur’s voice is extra loud and deep this morning and it might well be true.

Gwaelur and Thoroncir and whoever else are led by Merry to a trader down in the second ring that deals in expensive Armor and Weapons. He is known to be a sharp bargainer but honest.

He’ll get a letter of credit to Riglo for the Scimitar, that is no problem and a fair value.

The Magic Chain Mail Dol Amroth +2 he offers 7500 in chits or barter. His chits are good throughout the City.

NAF1138, I’ll PM you on your armor.

Merry then takes you to a jeweler. The jewelery and gaudy jewelery and gaudy crown and coins with the chits from the armor will work out to 22,326 total.
That should be **2000 per **and you could give the 326gp to Hodwain if that seems fair.

Deor can now get the additional ID done on his dragon for 50GP.

Everyone else can go shopping.

Mulligan should check with Ghân before buying any sleep or paralysis drugs for the knife. Ghân would probably sell the paralysis drugs to you cheaper than any merchant and you would both make out well on the exchange.

Merry, “Whoever wanted the Dwarven Lanterns, should come with me.”

Pippin and Tobur, “Have fun.”

1253

Miron perks up at the mention of Dwarven technology, and will happily accompany Merry.

Should we post our shopping lists here, or PM you with details?

1254

Does that allow Riglo a share? And can we change some of the chits for gold if we take a mission that leaves the city? If not, we should make a concerted effort to spend them first.

In any case, Deor will take 50 worth of chits and get the Dragon fully IDed and price scrolls of Fireball as well. Once that’s done, he’ll go by the armorer who bought the chain mail and look into purchasing a nice pocketknife- not for combat, but something handy to help prepare spell components, dinner, or anything else necessary while out adventuring.

1255

The chits can be bartered for some gold, usually at a slight loss, gems and jewels, or goods in town. If you want to buy war equipment from the merchant, you would probably get the greatest value.

Your best bet is to spend it here.

A really excellent pocket knife that should resist rust and is tool hardened would cost 10gp. There is a scroll of 2 fireballs that could be had for 1600 gold. Another scroll has Fireball and 3 knocks on it. This one is only 1900 gold.

As to the shopping lists, post here or PM me.

**That 2000 per was including Riglo as the 11th member. **

The Lanterns of Aglarond are clever little devices that are very efficient with oil & very sturdy. Burns for 6 hrs on 1 flask of good oil & has a built in sparker. They work as normal or bullseye x2. They cost 100gp per. The good oil is only 1gp and 1sp per or a 8 GP per gallon (8 flasks worth).
We should be thinking about the next adventure. Now is the time to start speaking up. North to Rivendell and Angmar, South to the Wars, East to Rhûn or something else?

1256

What are the rumors about the wars in the South, and what could Hodwain tell us about the kingdoms of the East?

1257

Are there any magical shortswords to be found? He doesn’t need anything fancy, but Miron would appreciate the chance to pick up something that could harm more potent foes.

As far as the party’s travels are concerned Miron is excited by any of our current prospects. During a lull in conversation he also suggests that it would probably be in the party’s best interests to stay on the move. “If we were to stay in a region long enough to become well-known,” he hisses in his usual whisper, “There is a chance that one or more of our foes might deign to stalk and attempt to overwhelm us with vastly superior numbers or, if we are particularly unlucky, try to hire an assassin to do us in. Either way, fame can carry unwanted attention with it, and if we begin to gather fame for our exploits, I should hope we keep quiet about our whereabouts.”

1258

Ghân is certain Hodwain deserves some gold. He remembers the big man grabbing the Vampire to stop it reaching the casters.

Ghân enjoyed hearing the singing in the watering-hole, but has no hangover as he doesn’t usually drink (just for toasts on special occasions).

Ghân will try to buy some more seeds for herbal cures and paralysis venom, then use Plant Growth with the power of his Mallorn Leaf :cool:. He is happy to share the product with Mulligan and Miron (if they can use it).

Just a reminder that Ghân wants to ensure all animals accompanying us are happy with their party companions (and vice versa).
He reminds everyone that looking after such a companion is an important task, and may not suit every adventurer.
If anyone wishes to find a home for their creature in Minas Tirith, Ghân will help.
(As the Wose saying goes ‘If you are fortunate to gain the friendship of an animal who wishes to travel with you, do not think of this arrangement as being just for Yuletide’.)

Ghân would like to find another Animal Friend himself.
He asks Fang if another Wolf would be acceptable, then sees what is available.

1259

The wars in the south are going well, but it is hard to take and hold and still prevent incursions. Help is always needed. Thoroncir actually got his earliest experience on Patrols defending against Pirates. The King and Princes (Faramir and Elphir), are often in the south.

The number one drive of Gondor appears to be increasing the cavalry. King Elessar believes in fast cavalry and a strong navy. His time in the armies of Rohan surely helped and his close ties to Rohan currently help greatly. Never have two Kings been such friends.
Rivendell is quietly looking for help in the North. No details and not to be discuss openly. But Curunauth does mention this. Strictly brave adventures not masses.
Hodwain already related much when he joined your group, but to rehash.
"I that is to say we, my father and Lord Belem and the Dorwinian Prince fear some new threat is rising in the east. There is something much further to the east applying pressure that will probably send another hostile migration of Easterlings our way. I was heartened to learn of the road to Dorwinen. It will probably be built in time. The wise of our area fear that either a Ring Wraith has survived or perhaps some other Slave Wraith now working on its own or even worse one of the Blue Wizards are pulling strings to squash the West before we can recover. Everything is vague however and the timeline on the Easterling invasion is 10 or more years.”
Omi no Kami Magic Short Swords are easy to come by. A +1 could be had for your share. The other option is if you want to also trade your leather, then a better sword or a pair could be had.
glee: The Wild cat is happy with Mulligan, so that is a question for Mulligan. The Wild Cat has chosen Mulligan as his [del]servant[/del] companion.

It will be tough to find a wolf, but perhaps a large dog?

1260

Ghân is happy with any adventure, but would like to try it with just Renee (if she can be spared) as a party companion. The party is getting tough!

Ghân will be happy with a large dog, as long as Fang is happy with it.

If Ghân has some money spare (he had 140 gold before the latest treasure division), he’d like to see if any Druidical magic (or generally protective item) is available.