Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread

[littlemanpoet]

Sorry that took so long. I think it took about 2 hours to write and throw dice to figure it all out. I didn't let it go entirely randomly - gave Erbrand and Kara "+3" for the last three paragraphs or so... Hope you like it.

[Folwren]

It's wonderful, Elempi! You had me laughing out loud the entire way!

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Groin, I hope it's ok with you what I wrote about Lithor.

That's what he's there for! I"m glad to see that everyone is once again active in writing, I loved all the new posts. I'll be back tomorrow to do some writing for Erbrand, and also to give out some reps.

[Kath]

I just posted something for Kara, so if you want to continue on from that Groin? If you want me to change anything I had Erbrand say just let me know.

[Groin Redbeard]

Great job with all the races Elempi, you really are a true Bard.

Here's a list on what still needs to be done, what games should we do next?

NEWLY UPDATED LIST:

1. Task-path Rowenna, Eodwine, Harreld, Dan, Javan, Saeryn, Erbrand --> GRÓIN

2. Stone Throwing Garmund, Cnebba, Harreld, Erbrand, Wilcred, Balvir, Matrim --> LOMMY

3. Spear Throwing Erbrand, Crabannan, Stigend, Dan, Harreld, Thornden, Osmund, Aethelstan, Balvir--> _________

4. Dagger-throwing Rowenna, Eodwine, Harreld, Saeryn, Scyld, Wilcred, Matrim--> FIREFOOT

5. Wrestling Crabannan, Dan, Harreld, Garstan, Stigend, Aethelstan, Osmund--> ELEMPI

6. Sack-fight Harreld, Erbrand, Dan, Javan, Cnebba, Garmund, Stigend, Kara--> NOGROD

7. Archery Erbrand, Crabannan, Garmund, Cnebba, Dan, Eodwine,Javan, Thornden, Wilcred, Balvir, Matrim --> GRÓIN

8. Quarterstaff-fight Erbrand, Crabannan, Stigend, Dan, Eodwine, Harreld, Thornden, Garstan, Osmund, Aethelstan, Balvir-->

9. Sword fight Crabannan, Dan, Eodwine, Degas, Garstan, Stigend, Aethelstan, Erbrand, Balvir, Matrim--> GWATHAGOR

10. Dancing

11. Riddles Dan, Eodwine, Javan, Degas, Wilcred

[littlemanpoet]

Let's just handle them in order. Groin, go ahead and write the task path when you're ready.

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Let's just handle them in order. Groin, go ahead and write the task path when you're ready.

Very well, I will write something tomorrow then.

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

Very well, I will write something tomorrow then.

My apologies about that. My school and work have gone hectic at the same time and been trying to juggle both at the same time these last two days. I won't promise anything, in fear that I'll break it, but I'll get my post up as soon as possible.

[littlemanpoet]

Great race, Groin! And of course, I don't mind seeing one of my characters win. I'll write something for Rowenna etc. in the next little while. Time is running out tonight though.

[Groin Redbeard]

Thanks LMP, but I'm certain that it could have been better if I had spent more time at it. It felt as if I was rushing too fast through the entire thing, I'll spend more time on the narrating the Archery contest.

I'll get something up for Erbrand soon. Lommy, it looks like you're going to have to post soon: you are in charge of narrating the next contest!

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

I'll get something up for Erbrand soon. Lommy, it looks like you're going to have to post soon: you are in charge of narrating the next contest!

Eek, and thanks for reminding me. I think I could manage to do something on Friday.

[littlemanpoet]

Sorry, must get ready for writers' group - this must wait until after Thursday night.

[Folwren]

Ooooh, that was a really good race, Groin. It would have been hard on Saeryn, what with her recently hurt side, so I'm really going to have to post soon...it's about time, too, I got back into the game.

[Nogrod]

Sorry but I have as well been just overpowered by the real-life. But looking at this - even with a short glance - looks well indeed as to what little has been written. I'm going to catch up very soon... hopefully tomorrow.

[Thinlómien]

I'm not sorry for not posting yesterday, because I figured I would let you guys do a few posts in between. But I'm sorry for not informing you of my change of plans... I will write soonish.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Lommy

I will write soonish.

How familiar... in every sense of the word!

But it's the next game. So we're waiting...


Anyway. Who's going to write the spear throwing?

Looking at the latest list by Groin I think there is at least one missing thing as I promised to write the quarterstaff-fight and now there is no one to write it in the list. It is still my intention to write that one.

So is it the same thing with spear throwing - that the writer has just been forgotten - or are we facing a real problem with no one going to write it?

If we have a problem I might give it a try as my scheduals seem to be a bit easier for the coming week or two *knocks on wood and crosses fingers*. But as I will have two games to write in total I'd be happy to see someone else doing it so that as many people as possible could write these games.

But as I said I can do it if no one else wishes to do it.

[Thinlómien]

I'll do the stone-throwing tomorrow.

[Thinlómien]

I've written half of my post now and I will finish it later today... but I'm just wondering... Erbrand is 28 and Harreld is 35, but how old is Matrim? Is he older than the two, or some age in between, or even younger than Erbrand?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Not meaning to insinuate shoddy healthcare under Eodwine's watch, of course...

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I've written half of my post now and I will finish it later today... but I'm just wondering... Erbrand is 28 and Harreld is 35, but how old is Matrim? Is he older than the two, or some age in between, or even younger than Erbrand?

If I remember rightly, Matrim is in his late 20s. Balvir is over 40.

There is one thing about the games and celebration day that is making me chafe a little: lack of character posts. There's only one person at a time writing the game posts - the rest of us could have our characters interact a bit. How about it?

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

There is one thing about the games and celebration day that is making me chafe a little: lack of character posts. There's only one person at a time writing the game posts - the rest of us could have our characters interact a bit. How about it?

I hope you don't mind if I make a humble attempt. And I hope Kath's game for it, too. Watching Harreld and Erbrand try to beat each other from finishing last is simply too hard to resist.

[Thinlómien]

I'm going to post the next event soon, but if/as LMP wants Harreld to reply to Ginna, he may write his post and pio or Lhuna may attach that to Lhuna's post (unless LMP want to write in retrospect), I think that's wiser than that I should wait for him to post...

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I'm going to post the next event soon, but if/as LMP wants Harreld to reply to Ginna, he may write his post and pio or Lhuna may attach that to Lhuna's post (unless LMP want to write in retrospect), I think that's wiser than that I should wait for him to post...

That's fine. Turns out people were already getting into the posting I was asking for (I usually read the discussions before the actual thread).

Edit: Lhuna, welcome back! I'm almost as happy as Harreld (I get to write for him in a more interesting way now). Great post, too.

[Thinlómien]

Posted. Sorry for the length... But writing that was great fun.

[Gwathagor]

Wow. I didn't realize that throwing rocks could be so interesting.

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Posted. Sorry for the length... But writing that was great fun.

I enjoyed it being so long, somehow I'm sad that it wasn't longer.

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Edit: Lhuna, welcome back! I'm almost as happy as Harreld (I get to write for him in a more interesting way now). Great post, too.

Thanks, Elempi! It's wonderful to be able to post again. I missed giggling over Ginna and Harreld's antics.

That was a very enjoyable post, Lommy! I loved the last sentence, that was funny.

[Kath]

Yay Lhuna's back! Sorry I missed this flurry of activity, I forgot to tell anyone I was going away! Anyway no worries about using Kara, Lhuna, I thought it was hilarious.

[Groin Redbeard]

Yay, welcome back Lhuna. I missed that old dialog of Harreld and Ginna, hopefully that has returned as well.

I'll get something up for Erbrand soon!

[littlemanpoet]

There is as of yet no volunteer to write spear throwing. If anyone would like to take it, please do so. If there are no takers by the end of today, I'll do it first chance I get.

[Nogrod]

I corrected the list (added myself to the quarterstaff-fight as it was empty and I thought we agreed on me writing it).

I might be able to write the spear throwing as well if no one thinks that writing three events is too much for one person (I still have two to come). But if you lmp have alredy some ideas on it please go forwards with it.

We might also share it, like I write the initial stages of the spear throwing and you lmp write the final moments - or vice versa? Though in that case we should decide together what the form of the competition would be...




Spear Throwing Erbrand, Crabannan, Stigend, Dan, Harreld, Thornden, Osmund, Aethelstan, Balvir--> _________

Dagger-throwing Rowenna, Eodwine, Harreld, Saeryn, Scyld, Wilcred, Matrim--> FIREFOOT

Wrestling Crabannan, Dan, Harreld, Garstan, Stigend, Aethelstan, Osmund--> ELEMPI

Sack-fight Harreld, Erbrand, Dan, Javan, Cnebba, Garmund, Stigend, Kara--> NOGROD

Archery Erbrand, Crabannan, Garmund, Cnebba, Dan, Eodwine,Javan, Thornden, Wilcred, Balvir, Matrim --> GRÓIN

Quarterstaff-fight Erbrand, Crabannan, Stigend, Dan, Eodwine, Harreld, Thornden, Garstan, Osmund, Aethelstan, Balvir--> NOGROD

Sword fight Crabannan, Dan, Eodwine, Degas, Garstan, Stigend, Aethelstan, Erbrand, Balvir, Matrim--> GWATHAGOR

Dancing

Riddles Dan, Eodwine, Javan, Degas, Wilcred


The pebble-throwing wasn't too long Lommy! It was great fun!

Form: I'll write an answer but then I need to take Stigend out of the situation as he will be attending the next game... and really his son performed well... Sorry. I was too busy the last days and the game moved forwards much quicker I anticipated... But we'll make that discussion another day.

[Nogrod]

Btw. I see there are 11 participants in the quarterstaff-fight. Could we get one more? I can always use the NPC's but it would be more fun if one more actual character is involved.

Any volunteers?


Also, if you think you have something to say about your characters skills in either the sack-fight (requires agility, balance and eye for the situation more than strength) or the quarterstaff-fight I'd like to hear that. I'm going to resolve the outcomes with dices but I will use some light multipliers in accordance with the presumed skills of the participants.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Feel free to include Degas. He'd be good at quarterstaffs. His strength, however, would be more in agility than in brute force, so whether or not he'd win would depend on the size and speed of his opponent: if somebody stronger than him gets in a good shot, it'll slow Degas down.

[littlemanpoet]

Shall we make the spear throwing competition a matter of distance, accuracy, or a mix of both?

[Folwren]

At our weekly tournament at camp this summer, Tommy, the one in charge of the javelin throwing, had both distance and accuracy. What he did was, each of us got three javelins, I think - either three or five - and we got to throw them as far as we could. And then, after that, we got three javelins again and we had to throw at a target that was marked on the ground. So there were two rounds, one for distance and one for accuracy.

[littlemanpoet]

Okay, we'll do 2 competitions, one for distance and one for accuracy.

Here are the contestants: Erbrand, Crabannan, Stigend, Dan, Harreld, Thornden, Osmund, Aethelstan, Balvir, Degas

I have ideas about these various characters already. Erbrand has good hand/eye coordination or he wouldn't be a trapper. Same goes for Stigend in carpentry. Harreld too as a smith. The rest excepting Dan can lay claim to marksmanship. So much for accuracy. As for distance, Erbrand and Harreld are no doubt the two strongest in camp, and will be favored.

If you have anything you want to add or revise in regard to this, let me know soon. I'll be writing this tonight or tomorrow morning.

[Nogrod]

It looks good lmp.

It would be easy to see the rest (apart from Erbrand and Harreld) having relatively similar strength so they would stand on about the same footing before the dice is rolled.

Go on with it lmp. I try to write something for the meeting of Náin, Garstan and Stigend soonish.

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

I have ideas about these various characters already. Erbrand has good hand/eye coordination or he wouldn't be a trapper. Same goes for Stigend in carpentry. Harreld too as a smith. The rest excepting Dan can lay claim to marksmanship. So much for accuracy. As for distance, Erbrand and Harreld are no doubt the two strongest in camp, and will be favored.

You forgot to mention that Crabannan is JUST PLAIN AWESOME with weapons of all kinds!!! When it comes to fighting, he is the boss.

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

You forgot to mention that Crabannan is JUST PLAIN AWESOME with weapons of all kinds!!! When it comes to fighting, he is the boss.

Yes, you have to take in the experience of the individual players. Erbrand is unfamiliar with a spear, and while it might not take much to get the gist of things, he would certainly be at a disadvantage with the more experienced people like Thornden or Crabannan.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

Crabannan is JUST PLAIN AWESOME with weapons of all kinds!!! When it comes to fighting, he is the boss.

I think Thornden would be as well... like lord Eodwine... and maybe some of the NPC-soldiers as well...

Adding my two cents to the relative status of people attending: Stigend would not be too bad as he has been in the military for a couple of years in his youth and sure knows how to throw a spear, but neither is he an expert on it as it was a long time ago.