USH'S LORD OF THE RINGS GAME PART 4- The Hunt in the Hills

Almost as if someone had written it that way or something....!

No, never!

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Scouting, though...again, a Ranger would be handy for that.

Well, it's hard to play a Middle Earth game without Rangers being bloody handy for large parts; that stuff is all over the source material.

If you have your own horse, of course, then you may use that just fine.

Which Anglomir does so Anglomir will. He is not man of what-will-become Rohan, but he is not totally useless with his horse.

Who wants to help name my horse?

I've got a decent amount of scouting ability however, and so do a bunch of others so we should be alright.

I'm also not bad at tracking/scouting/etc.

What sort of name are you looking for Anglomir? http://www.tuckborough.net/horses.html has some ideas!

How about Orcsbane? Fitting for a horse ridden by a Gondorian soldier, I'd say. Anglomir wouldn't really use any fancy names, he's just not that kind of guy.

Are we going to be needing any supplies aside from what weapons we carry with us?

Only kinda fitting I am afraid- Orfcs are pretty rare in Gondor these days. You all heard tales of Mordor in its heyday of course, but its just a wasteland right now.

Orcs mostly dwell in the Northern mountains, and, so they say, the Greenwood, now known as the Mirkwood due to its decline.

Gondorians have spent a thousand years mostly fighting other humans.

Wainbane? Reference to the Wainriders?

Ooh, I like Wainbane. Thank you, Mithlond.

Gee up Wainbane! :-)

Wainbane? Really? You should have just named him after Talin.

Talin wants to gather supplies before we go anywhere.

Ok! What sort of supplies?

As indeed it does seem that you guys are going to form an oddball scouting party. Your objective is simple- look for Orcs and, if found, find where they are coming from.

Food, ropes, grappling hooks, maps, survival stuff ie fire lighting gear, any spare armour/weapons we can get hold of. Anyone think of anything else?

Spare arms and armour would be a real burden!

Which reminds me- you are going to be travelling around for a long time in awkward terrain. This is no task for metal armour.

Menelacar would still be keen to take his chain - it is a family heirloom.

You may take it, but bear in mind it takes time to put on in a crisis.

Rigid leather should be alright for long-term hunting parties, yes?

Yup!