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

Started by Tptmanno131 pages

Is there a particularly large hill?

Damn cats. Ellothiel will poke her awake to go out tracking.

And I'd say one of the larger and more intelligent birds - an owl, or a hawk.

There are many, Palidan!

-

Won't get much from an owl by day, Ellothiel!

Talin will be our steadfast mule-handler and keep the beast of burden from bolting for any reason at all.

Sure! What he is not, though, is a wilderness spotter. And you are getting hungry already; you feel like a Halfling!

I'm not sure even Menelacar could manage a whole one!

So - we need food. Anyone have any hunting/foraging skills? If not, what supplies do we have?

Originally posted by Ushgarak
There are many, Palidan!

-

Won't get much from an owl by day, Ellothiel!

Well, no, but I was giving an example of what sorts of animals I want to look for 😛

You have some basic provided rations, Menelacar, but they won't last particularly long.

-

Ellothiel, you've not been having much luck. Ranids is sleepy and doesn't seem to be getting on with anything he meets; he'd much rather eat the birds he sees.

You are not getting much of a sense of orc-i-ness. Some of the animals have been disturbed of late, but that's just how they react to humans being around!

Provisions it is, then.

Ok! Are you going to camp out for the night alone, Anglomir?

Menelacar is happy to go with Anglomir.

Bit late for that! Anglomir has actually lost track of you.

Anglomir is okay with camping alone.

Are you making a fire or shelter or just sleeping in the open?

Anglomir doesn't want to draw attention to himself... he'll sleep in the open, bundling up with some blankets and leaning up against his horse.

I think that Elfkitty is trying to tell us that, for whatever reason, nighttime is going to be the best for tracking or finding things out.

Hmm, so my initial plan of going to a high place and looking around isn't working out too well.

So here's what I've understood as going on, Talin and Ellothiel are with the pack animals making camp/playing with the kitty.

Anglomir took off into the wilderness, and Menelacar attempted to go after him, but lost track and now is somewhere?
And I have no idea what I'm doing.

Alright, fun.

I'm wondering if there are any geographical features that a marauding band of Orcs might want to follow, Paths, a river/stream of some sort? Wandering blindly in the wilderness strikes me as unwise, both for orcs and for us.
But if we are reaching nightfall, I think everyone who isn't Anglomir should return to camp and then we can sort of spread out tomorrow.

I think the general plan should be that we keep a stationary camp, and then do sweeps outwards from it, looking for things, Paths or other signs of armies marching through. Then when we've finished one area, we move the camp, and continue. That way we are can all stay in one place in case we get attacked, and can cover the most ground.

Thoughts? I'm just thinking of this off the top of my head, let me know if I'm being an idiot or something.

I'm assuming Menelacar is at base?

Well, if Randis isn't going to cooperate, then Ellothiel is going to head back to the 'base' with her and wait to go animal chitchat again until night.

Do any of you have any Tracking or knowledge of Orcs that might help answer some of these questions?

Menelacar is with the pack mule, yes.

Tracking roll for you to find the others, Ellothiel.

I do not, and I should probably get that.

(maybe use those language skill points I have that I haven't done anything with for that?)

However, kitty has Tracking.