@Galar - you can (should) clean up your new (old!) suit of armor and use it (updating your sheet etc.), and leave your current one at home.
During the longer Fellowship Phase (the Yule one) you can:
"can return home as a Fellowship Phase undertaking (see page 121), to leave a piece of war gear enhanced by one or more Rewards as a gift to their folk.
In game terms, upon their visit to the treasury of their folk, Player-heroes trade the number of Rewards possessed by the piece of war gear given as a gift with the activation of an equal number of qualities on a Famous Weapon or Armour."
So that will 'unlock' the next (2nd of 3) quality of the new armor you found.

Note for all: I have prepared the Treasure Index for all of you, so you will cross paths, one by one, with what magick fate has in store for you!

I hope I am back on Monday, still pretty sick, sorry guys

Take your time!
Get better...

rejoining the game on Tuesday, I am better now...
Thx for your patience.

The Company
As you are becoming a Fellowship, on this mission for Balin (your Company’s Fellowship rating represents the loyalty that you adventurers feel towards each other) you can start thinking of:
• a name for your Company (even if you change later on)
• Fellowship Focuses:
If your character shares an additional level of companionship with another member of the Company.
Such a bond may be due to the respect felt for someone wiser or nobler, a special friendship shared with an old acquaintance, the kinship shared with a fellow compatriot, the deep affection for a dear family member, or even pity for someone considered to be weak or unfit for adventuring!
You choose a Fellowship Focus freely (your Focus does not need to have you as your Focus, multiple people can have the same Focus etc.).
So, see if you feel there is someone with whom you have such a bond, or if it develops during the course of the adventures.

Mechanically: you are Inspired if you aid that person (giving 2 dice vs. 1 die) but you will feel shaken up if they are badly hurt (gaining Shadow).

Has Homnir left the game?

Seems so.
Tried to get some info' (but just over 2 weeks now w. nothing-- I'll see if our Dwarven friend reappears?)
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:23, Tue 22 Feb 2022.

Hello everyone. I just wanted to say "Hi"! I'm looking forward to getting started and playing in this game. I'm excited to be reading over all of the adventures that you've been having thus far.

Welcome to Harthion!

Who should be joining the Company soon (as we make the character and get them up to speed with what has been going on) somewhere out there, on the Greenway South of Bree.

re. Homnir-- I will see if I do manage to get more info' this coming week or whatever, but am ready to narrate that Dwarf remaining back to safeguard your ponies for now (and then return to Bree or Erebor-- until maybe the player comes back?). I was going to give info' on that once I know a bit more (or am more sure I am not getting news).
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:09, Tue 22 Feb 2022.

Welcome Harthion!

Greetings Harthion.

Welcome!

Servus !

I meant: Hallo !

No, wrong,

Hello ! (I got it)

Of course, my embarassment can know no bounds. For my first post in character, I used TextEdit to try to make it good and edit it. And I missed an auto-correct of "Sword-Work" to "Beadwork"...

I decided in the end to go back and modify it. So, I updated it in that thread. I apologize! I certainly won't be using that anymore for writing.

Ha ha!!!
I did not even think that 'beadwork' was strange-- I just thought that it was some sort of jibe!
(Crossed out the answer to that)
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:43, Thu 24 Feb 2022.

Hello, I am back, reading a bit, getting back into the game.

Hope you are rested!   )))

Your PC, Mip, had breakfast non stop these past days, so he is happy  xD

Can you tell me what Stance you are in.

When you make your attack rolls, can you tell me:
• what damage your weapon makes, if you hit
• what extra damage you make, from your Strength, if you get a 6 on the Skill dice for a Heavy Blow
• what your Injury rating is (what TN the Enemy must roll for protection), if you threaten a Wound (having rolled a 10, or Gandalf-12 - and if you have a Keen weapon and have rolled a 9--which you should remind me of) and if your weapon is used 1H or 2H when there is a choice
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:09, Thu 10 Mar 2022.

In reply to Galar (msg # 158):

Lore master am I free to create a character?

Hello, and welcome!
Yes, you can create your character.
I had sent you an answer in Private Message with info' and questions (so I can create your private thread).

Welcome to Edraitheru!

Like Harthion, and maybe one more person who is interested, Edraitheru is joining us after having posted on the The One Ring/AimE RPG group on Discord, asking to join PbP.

If we end up with 8 regular players we can see (according to your wishes) if we keep you as one group (I would be okay with having up to 9 in the Company, as the original Company was!--which is manageable in PbP) or if we split the party into two groups (of 4 each).
If we do two groups, I would keep everything open so people can follow what is going on with the other group, since the metaplot would go on via both groups, and each adventure would have an impact on the other. And it would be fine to move PCs around after an adventure (someone could switch places and thus change groups for the next adventure etc.).

Reminder re. posting for Combat:

Can you tell me what Stance you are in.

When you make your attack rolls, can you tell me:
• what damage your weapon makes, if you hit
• what extra damage you make, from your Strength, if you get a 6 on the Skill dice for a Heavy Blow
• what your Injury rating is (what TN the Enemy must roll for protection), if you threaten a Wound (having rolled a 10, or Gandalf-12 - and if you have a Keen weapon and have rolled a 9--which you should remind me of) and if your weapon is used 1H or 2H when there is a choice

For all, I am very sorry, but I am stopping this One Ring game.

In reply to The Loremaster (msg # 186):

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that :(

I am too. :(

That's too bad.  I hope things look up for you.