last day of my holidays, posting this evening, promise

No problem!
Hope you had happy holidays )))

Thank u, I had !
Tomorrow I get "boostered", so I try my best to keep up, maybe one day of headaches.

Hope it goes well!
And you'll be safe(r) after...

I got a message from "Kelda"-- who apologizes for not being able to be present (saying they had very bad times during the holidays, and family issues now, leavin no time).

the new year started with a shit ton of work, I am looking at 12 hours of work every day until the end of jabnuary. I will do my best to keep up, just to let you know.

Okay!
I hope you manage... without being too tired.
Thanks for the heads up.

We have a chance for more snow Sunday - as a heads up if we lose power, that's likely why. I will keep you updated.

Okay.

You are one Company, of six.
You can, as you go and start working together, find a name for your Company.


Your patron is Balin, son of Fundin.
Remember that you all have one ADVANTAGE: Balin’s Counsel
You can spend Fellowship points to make a combat roll Favoured.

Your Eye Awareness base score is 5.
(having Dwarves is +1, then +2 for Elves, +2 for Rangers)
Eye Awareness is a rating measuring the level of attention that the Enemy reserves for the Company of Player-heroes. Its rating ebbs and flows based on their actions and wandering, and is kept track of from session to session.
I noted this in my bio' (beside my avatar): the basic score (in parenthesis) and the current score as it rises...

Your Fellowship Rating is 8 (and they are refreshed after each "game session").
(6 from having 6 PCs, +1 from having a Bree-lander - thank Galar!, +1 from your Patron - thank Balin)
The group of Player-heroes is more than a band of roving mercenaries brought together by mere necessity. At its foun- dation are communal goals and a mutual respect. This feeling of trust is recreated in the game by the Company’s Fellowhip score.
During the Adventuring Phase, Player­-heroes can spend points of Fellowship to recover points of Hope when resting.
Additionally, Fellowship can be spent to trigger special effects tied to the Company’s Patron-- Balin's Counsel letting you roll Favoured in Combat.

As you all gather together and leave, I will declare this the start of a new (2nd) gaming session.

You thus all receive 3 SP & 3 AP (3 Skill Points & 3 Adventure Points, for raising Skills, and for raising Valour/Wisdom/Combat Prof').
You will be able to spend them when we have a Fellowship Phase (most probably after the "Troll hunt", and before you all set out seeking the Dwarves in the start of the Star of the Mist).

Since you had Fellowship Points from each Company-- before merging into one.
You can use them to replenish your Hope points: so everyone is at full Hope.

Nice!

Just in case some have not done this yet: all of Common (Hobbits, Man of Bree) and Prosperous (our Dwarves) Standards of Living, have either a Pony or a Horse.
(so, not Aredhel nor Orodil-- for now)

Those from Common Standing (Galar & Mip) have an old horse, or half-starved pony, or some other not top-notch beast. With a Vigor of 1.

Our Dwarves have decent beasts. With a Vigor of 2.

Two mechanical uses:
• at the end of a journey, Player­-heroes travelling with a mount reduce their Fatigue total by their beast’s Vigour rating (so, if Vidar gets 5 Fatigue, he only actually notes 3)
• your beasts (whatever their Vigor rating) can carry Treasure, up to 10 points of Load of Treasure (or 10 TP) ; so, this means you can take more treasure back with you, or carry more before being Weary
NOTE: for carrying Treasure, you can of course "pool" this-- 40 TP carried by the 4 beasts, but for all PCs.

Sorry for my silence, my boss caught Covid, and I had to work long hours to cover for him, since it's just us two at the store. He's supposed to be back at work tomorrow.

I hope you are not too tired-- and do not get ill yourself!

A call to all Player-heroes!

Would one of you be up to making the Journey Log for this first journey? (and maybe the following ones? Or else you can alternate).

You can download a fillable sheet here: Journey Log.
I can help if you need some info' or pic' of the map (minus the red line etc.).
It would be nice to keep such a record of your journeys.

This is the example from the book:

I'll give it a shot if no one else wants to give it a go. I've been dabbling with some graphics, maps, layout for a friends homebrew adventures and other stuff lately and enjoy this sort of thing.

What are your horses and ponies called?

Cool!
Thanks!

In reply to Orodil (msg # 132):

Homnir's pony would be called Wildfire, because of his temperament.

Mip's pony would be called Lucy  AND IT IS NOT HALF-STARVED.

How dare you ....

It is half-full... (which is the same thing in Hobbit-speak?).

In reply to The Loremaster (msg # 136):

It is second and third breakfast deprived...

Heh... 'Emergency Rations (One, Two, Three, etc)'.  Actually just 'Daisy' will do.

I have a valour score of 1, so I roll 1d6 +... the usual ???