The Fellowship of the Fourth Age (Part 1): A New Beginning Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tevildo · 01-22-2007, 02:35 PM

First, the initial part of my save is filled.

Quote:

But otherwise you speak well Tevildo. The headcounts from the beginning do not seem to hold anymore. So we will just have to accustom ourselves to the new situation and try to bear with it. I believe we can do it.

I certainly know and understand what the headcount and slaughter in the grove mean for my own characters. What I can not say is what they mean for the plotline that Durelin and Child laid down at the beginning of this game.

Undómë · 01-22-2007, 02:53 PM

Not all of the Orcs are drunk. Mostly the males, I would think.

And the females, at least mine, will be thinking of what's best for themselves in any encounter with the Fellowship/ex-slaves over any concerns for the Orc males.

Regin Hardhammer · 01-22-2007, 03:02 PM

I agree with Tevildo.

Ishkur has just had a coherent conversation with Grask. The ex-slaves weren't supposed to arrive till the middle of the night and Orcs can hold a lot of alcohol(kind of like frat parties). I am putting up a save where the injured slaver stumbles into camp and Ishkur questions him and finds out the basics of what's going on at the battle. I won't do more than that till I'm sure we're all on the same page. But one alternative would be for Ishkur to recommend a pull-out from the slavers' camp and a return to our own base. Then, by the morning we'd be reasonably clear headed and ready to attack whether at one location or the other.

Nogrod · 01-22-2007, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undómë

Not all of the Orcs are drunk. Mostly the males, I would think.

And the females, at least mine, will be thinking of what's best for themselves in any encounter with the Fellowship/ex-slaves over any concerns for the Orc males.

You're right about the drunkenness, I suppose. But I'm not sure whether the females can "foresee" that there will be any encounter, not the least an encounter with something like the fellowship and the ex-slaves (of which the latter they would know nothing anyhow)...

But maybe we'll see in due time?

Regin Hardhammer · 01-22-2007, 03:05 PM

Nogrod,

We've cross posted. I'm not sure if you saw what I said.

Ishkur isn't totally drunk yet and he would at least have the wits to recommend a pull-out from the camp and an attack in the morning.

Nogrod · 01-22-2007, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regin Hardhammer

Nogrod,

We've cross posted. I'm not sure if you saw what I said.

Yes we did, indeed. I was not intending to say all the males would be drunk at this moment (I think Gwerr also has something like a reason left 'till now), but as I thought it would take time for anything to happen I easily foresaw these orcs getting more drunk...

But as I said, let's see what happens and when.

Regin Hardhammer · 01-22-2007, 03:12 PM

The slaver who is back in camp is the one chased out by Aiwendil. There are a lot of horses out there on the plain running loose and it wouldn't be that hard to nab one to ride.

Nogrod · 01-22-2007, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regin Hardhammer

The slaver who is back in camp is the one chased out by Aiwendil.

So how near / far the slaver camp actually is? My recollection of the things past gives quite a distance (f.ex. it could not be seen from the top of the highest hill around = at least 20 miles or something). So what time it actually is in the slaver camp now? And what is it in the battle?

Somehow I can't make these two lines converge even if I try. But as I said, I may be wrong and just perceiving the whole situation wrongly...

And sorry, Undómë, I didn't mean to annoy you. I was only wondering how the females could get ready for the ex-slaves like you wrote it earlier. It's of course another thing to be on one's toes all the time for whatever mishap. Although I think there would be a temptation to just fall into the looting and having a good time as all the others are doing it... but maybe the females are more cool than the males with the orcs as well as with us humans?

Undómë · 01-22-2007, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nogrod

But I'm not sure whether the females can "foresee" that there will be any encounter, not the least an encounter with something like the fellowship and the ex-slaves (of which the latter they would know nothing anyhow)...

This has nothing to do with 'foreseeing' - I'm only saying my two characters will act in their own best interest as calculated by themselves.

Nogrod · 01-22-2007, 03:06 PM

Sorry guys. It seems I'm now the one who is losing touch with this game...

So one of the slavers is already back in the camp (well, one of them)? This fast? How on earth? Sorry. I may have read the last tidings badly or something.

If it is so, I'll draw back my words and apologise. It's late now here but I will check these tomorrow.

01-22-2007, 02:53 PM	#2
Undómë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 400	Not all of the Orcs are drunk. Mostly the males, I would think. And the females, at least mine, will be thinking of what's best for themselves in any encounter with the Fellowship/ex-slaves over any concerns for the Orc males. __________________ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost, her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night . . .

01-22-2007, 03:02 PM	#3
Regin Hardhammer Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tumunzahar/Nogrod Posts: 364	I agree with Tevildo. Ishkur has just had a coherent conversation with Grask. The ex-slaves weren't supposed to arrive till the middle of the night and Orcs can hold a lot of alcohol(kind of like frat parties). I am putting up a save where the injured slaver stumbles into camp and Ishkur questions him and finds out the basics of what's going on at the battle. I won't do more than that till I'm sure we're all on the same page. But one alternative would be for Ishkur to recommend a pull-out from the slavers' camp and a return to our own base. Then, by the morning we'd be reasonably clear headed and ready to attack whether at one location or the other. __________________ For once I myself saw with my own eyes the Sibyl at Cumae hanging in a bottle, and when the boys said to her: 'Sibyl, what do you want?' she replied, 'I want to die.'"

01-22-2007, 03:05 PM	#5
Regin Hardhammer Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tumunzahar/Nogrod Posts: 364	Nogrod, We've cross posted. I'm not sure if you saw what I said. Ishkur isn't totally drunk yet and he would at least have the wits to recommend a pull-out from the camp and an attack in the morning. __________________ For once I myself saw with my own eyes the Sibyl at Cumae hanging in a bottle, and when the boys said to her: 'Sibyl, what do you want?' she replied, 'I want to die.'"

01-22-2007, 03:12 PM	#7
Regin Hardhammer Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tumunzahar/Nogrod Posts: 364	The slaver who is back in camp is the one chased out by Aiwendil. There are a lot of horses out there on the plain running loose and it wouldn't be that hard to nab one to ride. __________________ For once I myself saw with my own eyes the Sibyl at Cumae hanging in a bottle, and when the boys said to her: 'Sibyl, what do you want?' she replied, 'I want to die.'"

01-22-2007, 03:06 PM	#10
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Sorry guys. It seems I'm now the one who is losing touch with this game... So one of the slavers is already back in the camp (well, one of them)? This fast? How on earth? Sorry. I may have read the last tidings badly or something. If it is so, I'll draw back my words and apologise. It's late now here but I will check these tomorrow. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...