USH'S LORD OF THE RINGS GAME PART 3- The Tournament and the Traitor

I know, but if I get +5 Leather, it cancels out the greaves, yes?

Yes. Or they cancel the leather. However you want to see it.

I'll consult with Storm for her equipment toonight

Free Stuff

Camp Things and Clothing
Soft Leather + Shield
Composite Bow (60 arrows + quiver)

Then, Darvan's sword from his background (+10 I believe)

Other Stuff

Medium Horse - 6gp
Soft Leather + 5 - 4gp
Throwing Knives x ? +5(?) - ?gp
Dagger +5 - 3gp
Leg and Arm Greaves - 1gp
6gp left.

Can I get +5 throwing knives?

They would be prohibitively expensive, as you would need to buy each one.

Ah well, scrap that then!

Right then!

Vardalain, the King wants you to come with him to talk to Lord Gorlim- he'll be your official link with the court on the investigation, though Arvedui doesn't want him too directly involved as it might scare the traitor away.

Ellothiel, you are being shown into a comfortable room in the palace, along with other new visitors to the Kingdom, where you are led to understand a Prince of the Realm will address you! Oooh.

Darvan and Paldian, the official answer you get at first as to why no-one can go to the Burial mounds is because they are in Cardolan, and it is too dangerous in there.

Hmm. You're not sure about that. It is true that the only safe parts of Cardolan are far to the south, and the Burial mounds are in its north-west corner. Yet it is the east of Cardolan that is truly unsafe. The mounds are so much to the north-west that they border a. the Shire and b. Bree, the small town on the Arthedain/Cardolan border.

Heck, for that matter, Baranar is very close to the Mounds! If ever an area of Northern Cardolan is safe, its that area. Indeed, since Arthedain garrisoned Baranar that whole ares is reatlively secure.

(Bet you it's Gorlim 😛)

Do we know who'd be there to stop us?

You're not sure if anyone would. It's a relatively large area to try and patrol.

I'll be hanging about for the moment I think

Would it be possible to visit the downs?

So we need to find out about curses placed on the downs by the Witch-King.

Darvan asks whoever gave them that information,
"Well, as I'm sure is obvious, we can handle ourselves. So we shall travel out there to see. Unless there is some valid objection to that."

Well, you are free travellers and are at liberty to go where you wish! But you are told that in as much the same way it would be pretty stupid to risk going to Rhudaur or Angmar, it's not a great idea to go to the Downs either.

It would be possible, yes.

Well, I'm relying somewhat on Palidan - I don't know what he wants really, and neither does he - but I'm not sure how to go about finding graveyard curses lore. Is the library available?

Oh, we already tried that.

Yes- some more specific ideas of what you want to look up would be nice.

yep....vardalain follows the king

Hmm
You said I couls ask you what my Character thinks of this...
I'm gonna do it.

Actually, what you think is roughly what I posted above. You don't think the King would have bothered with a specific proclomation to keep people out the Downs when, relatively, it is a safe area.

You might need to speak to someone important about this.

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You meet Gorlim in a small stateroom in the Palance, Vardalain. He smiles, amiably, as ever.

"Ah, the esteemed Vardalain" Perhaps the perception of an Elf will help us with this little conondrum, yes? Maybe even find us another answer."

"Lord Gorlim doesn't believe my idea," explains Arvedui.

"Your Majesty, I have no doubt of the wisdom of your perceptions. I simply cannot bring myself to believe the totality of it. I think there must be some arcane explanation. We live in dark times, after all."

uhh someone important, like the King?

... who is very busy. You don't have a direct route to the King, you know! How many people get to see the President of the US?

"i find it difficult to believe that something that has a possibility of being explained as easily as the existance of a traitor, does not, in fovour of arcane explanations, lord Gorlim" says vardalain