The Yule Log Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

piosenniel · 02-05-2006, 07:29 PM

Per request of LMP, you players now have a place to plot and rant.

One question - do you want to close this game to new players?

~*~ Pio

Undómë · 02-05-2006, 10:15 PM

I'd prefer we keep just to the players we already have.

What do you other players think?

littlemanpoet · 02-06-2006, 09:47 AM

I agree.

And I offer to lead this rpg, since my plot line has sorta taken it over......

One thing else to establish is an end goal, so as we know when this is done. Options (off the cuff):

* when we've written 12 days' worth.
* when the animal-Quenya sequence, unwith sequence, Stamo/Mori sequence, and other sequences have run their course; which begs the question, what goals do you guys have for your characters?

Undómë · 02-06-2006, 03:16 PM

I'm sure we could use a number of those Yule days left to us to bring a close to the wight/Wenda scenario. I'm not sure we should drag it out much further than that. We can have sort of summing up epilogs at the end that bring us through the rest of the days and send our characters on.

As for old Goody - this will be her last Yule.

littlemanpoet · 02-06-2006, 03:28 PM

That makes sense to me, Undómë. I hope we hear from Arry, Envinyatar, and a lot of other folks, too.

I'm still not sure exactly how Wenda's going to come out in all this....

Envinyatar · 02-06-2006, 03:41 PM

I'm in agreement about where to end the game - shortly after the resolve of the creature's demise.

I'd like not to tip my hand a lot concerning my two characters. They will certainly help against the creature, if those in the Inn have not figured out a way themselves. And I like the idea of the individual epilogs - where I can clear up a little of the mystery surrounding them.

littlemanpoet · 02-18-2006, 02:07 PM

My save is filled. Sorry for the delay - the weather seems to have made dialing up (and staying up) nigh to impossible the last day or two. I'm looking forward to the reactions. I'm sending the three reindeer in the general direction of where Goody seemed to be suggesting the Green Man is to be found - - - if such a thing is possible.... ?

piosenniel · 02-22-2006, 02:18 PM

Child . . . Owl

Wren's delivered some news to you which may be of interest to those gathered in the Inn.

Child of the 7th Age · 02-23-2006, 01:11 AM

Many thanks for the nod. I hope to follow up tomorrow.

Child of the 7th Age · 02-24-2006, 12:30 PM

Sorry I'm late. Post is up.

littlemanpoet · 02-28-2006, 09:56 AM

I want to come up with a name for the Ent, but I haven't thought of any yet. This is NOT Treebeard even though it may sound like him. This is a fir-tree Ent, with appropriate soft but flowing and long-branched beard, and eyebrows with long needles for hair.

Any ideas? Nerindil, would you be willing to incorporate the Ent's "naming" into your next post?

some possible names right off the top of my head (and they ain't great!):

Windbranch
Windbeam
Greenbeard .... which has interesting confluences with the whole Green Man subtheme....I like this one best, but am open to more suggestions...

littlemanpoet · 03-05-2006, 05:56 PM

I've been waiting for Nerindel to fill her save. Nerindel?

Nerindel · 03-06-2006, 04:22 PM

Sorry sorry My son has been using the comp for his school project and I have been barely able to get near it, but my save is now filled.

Child of the 7th Age · 03-13-2006, 02:28 AM

My save is filled.

littlemanpoet · 03-13-2006, 10:31 AM

I'm in a little bit of a quandary. We're talking about a former servant of Morgoth, a relatively high ranking one. "Cook" may not seem so high, but "Chief Torturer and Enforcer" is a different story. So what we have here is a Maia that is obviously not as great as Morgoth, and I'll say also not as great as Sauron. Were the Dragons more powerful than Balrogs, or vice versa? Gandalf the Grey fought a Balrog and barely won. Gandalf the White was about even with the Lord of the Nazgul. Our two Blue Istari are individually probably just a little weaker than Gandalf the Grey, and probably a reasonable bit stronger than Radagast. So I'm thinking that this evil Maiar is a good deal more powerful than one Blue Istari, but weaker than both together. Sound fair?

Envinyatar · 03-13-2006, 03:39 PM

Sorry - I've been snowed under with work and other RL concerns.

I will most likely fill my SAVE tomorrow. I'm still trying to decide how far I'll take it.

littlemanpoet · 05-21-2006, 04:17 PM

Nerindel has not been around much. Her last activity anywhere was May 3.

This makes it difficult to do much wrapping up of anything. I'll PM her and see what I can find out.

Child of the 7th Age · 05-22-2006, 01:18 AM

I will try to get the animals a bit more organized tomorrow (real time).

Nerindel · 05-22-2006, 04:49 PM

Save #144 is filled over to you LMP

littlemanpoet · 05-22-2006, 08:29 PM

RL is inflicting me now!

I'll reread yours and post up mine as soon as I have half an hour somewhere in the next day or so.....

Child of the 7th Age · 05-24-2006, 12:32 AM

Tevildo and Wren - I've put up a general description of what the songbirds and cats are doing. If there are any problems with this, let me know.

I've also put up a save for the wolves that I hope to get at tomorrow. As the battle begins, please feel free to post your own individual battles with the wolves in addition to the intermittant descriptions I put up.

littlemanpoet · 06-06-2006, 06:15 PM

I guess my next post will be on the new Day, with Wenda and company returning to the Green Man. I can wait as long as you folks need me to before that happens.

Huan · 06-07-2006, 02:44 AM

I'm fine with moving forward to the new day, if everyone else is.

Undómë · 06-07-2006, 03:06 AM

Me, too!

~ U

Child of the 7th Age · 06-07-2006, 07:26 AM

Sounds good.

Tevildo · 06-07-2006, 10:59 PM

Tevildo the Cat is ready to move forward. Actually, the cat in the game is sound asleep and won't wake up till the next morning, so until you move I can't really post again for him!

02-05-2006, 10:15 PM	#2
Undómë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 400	I'd prefer we keep just to the players we already have. What do you other players think? __________________ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost, her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night . . .

02-06-2006, 03:16 PM	#4
Undómë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 400	I'm sure we could use a number of those Yule days left to us to bring a close to the wight/Wenda scenario. I'm not sure we should drag it out much further than that. We can have sort of summing up epilogs at the end that bring us through the rest of the days and send our characters on. As for old Goody - this will be her last Yule. __________________ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost, her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night . . .

02-06-2006, 03:41 PM	#6
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	I'm in agreement about where to end the game - shortly after the resolve of the creature's demise. I'd like not to tip my hand a lot concerning my two characters. They will certainly help against the creature, if those in the Inn have not figured out a way themselves. And I like the idea of the individual epilogs - where I can clear up a little of the mystery surrounding them. __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

02-22-2006, 02:18 PM	#8
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Child . . . Owl Wren's delivered some news to you which may be of interest to those gathered in the Inn. __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

02-23-2006, 01:11 AM	#9
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Many thanks for the nod. I hope to follow up tomorrow. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

02-05-2006, 07:29 PM	#1
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	The Yule Log Discussion Thread Per request of LMP, you players now have a place to plot and rant. One question - do you want to close this game to new players? ~*~ Pio

02-06-2006, 09:47 AM	#3
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I agree. And I offer to lead this rpg, since my plot line has sorta taken it over...... One thing else to establish is an end goal, so as we know when this is done. Options (off the cuff): * when we've written 12 days' worth. * when the animal-Quenya sequence, unwith sequence, Stamo/Mori sequence, and other sequences have run their course; which begs the question, what goals do you guys have for your characters?

02-06-2006, 03:28 PM	#5
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	That makes sense to me, Undómë. I hope we hear from Arry, Envinyatar, and a lot of other folks, too. I'm still not sure exactly how Wenda's going to come out in all this....

02-18-2006, 02:07 PM	#7
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	My save is filled. Sorry for the delay - the weather seems to have made dialing up (and staying up) nigh to impossible the last day or two. I'm looking forward to the reactions. I'm sending the three reindeer in the general direction of where Goody seemed to be suggesting the Green Man is to be found - - - if such a thing is possible.... ?

02-24-2006, 12:30 PM	#10
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Sorry I'm late. Post is up. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

02-28-2006, 09:56 AM	#11
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I want to come up with a name for the Ent, but I haven't thought of any yet. This is NOT Treebeard even though it may sound like him. This is a fir-tree Ent, with appropriate soft but flowing and long-branched beard, and eyebrows with long needles for hair. Any ideas? Nerindil, would you be willing to incorporate the Ent's "naming" into your next post? some possible names right off the top of my head (and they ain't great!): Windbranch Windbeam Greenbeard .... which has interesting confluences with the whole Green Man subtheme....I like this one best, but am open to more suggestions...

03-05-2006, 05:56 PM	#12
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I've been waiting for Nerindel to fill her save. Nerindel?

03-06-2006, 04:22 PM	#13
Nerindel Spirited Weaver of Fates Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: In an endless sea of dreams! Posts: 827	Sorry sorry My son has been using the comp for his school project and I have been barely able to get near it, but my save is now filled. __________________ "Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" ~ Mark Twain.

03-13-2006, 02:28 AM	#14
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	My save is filled. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

03-13-2006, 10:31 AM	#15
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Relative Strength of Our Bad Guy I'm in a little bit of a quandary. We're talking about a former servant of Morgoth, a relatively high ranking one. "Cook" may not seem so high, but "Chief Torturer and Enforcer" is a different story. So what we have here is a Maia that is obviously not as great as Morgoth, and I'll say also not as great as Sauron. Were the Dragons more powerful than Balrogs, or vice versa? Gandalf the Grey fought a Balrog and barely won. Gandalf the White was about even with the Lord of the Nazgul. Our two Blue Istari are individually probably just a little weaker than Gandalf the Grey, and probably a reasonable bit stronger than Radagast. So I'm thinking that this evil Maiar is a good deal more powerful than one Blue Istari, but weaker than both together. Sound fair?

03-13-2006, 03:39 PM	#16
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	Sorry - I've been snowed under with work and other RL concerns. I will most likely fill my SAVE tomorrow. I'm still trying to decide how far I'll take it. __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

05-21-2006, 04:17 PM	#17
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Nerindel has not been around much. Her last activity anywhere was May 3. This makes it difficult to do much wrapping up of anything. I'll PM her and see what I can find out.

05-22-2006, 01:18 AM	#18
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	I will try to get the animals a bit more organized tomorrow (real time). __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

05-22-2006, 04:49 PM	#19
Nerindel Spirited Weaver of Fates Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: In an endless sea of dreams! Posts: 827	Save #144 is filled over to you LMP __________________ "Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" ~ Mark Twain.

05-22-2006, 08:29 PM	#20
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	RL is inflicting me now! I'll reread yours and post up mine as soon as I have half an hour somewhere in the next day or so.....

05-24-2006, 12:32 AM	#21
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Tevildo and Wren - I've put up a general description of what the songbirds and cats are doing. If there are any problems with this, let me know. I've also put up a save for the wolves that I hope to get at tomorrow. As the battle begins, please feel free to post your own individual battles with the wolves in addition to the intermittant descriptions I put up. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

06-06-2006, 06:15 PM	#22
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I guess my next post will be on the new Day, with Wenda and company returning to the Green Man. I can wait as long as you folks need me to before that happens.

06-07-2006, 02:44 AM	#23
Huan Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Halls of Oromë Posts: 54	I'm fine with moving forward to the new day, if everyone else is. __________________ But Huan the hound was true of heart, and the love of Lúthien had fallen upon him in the first hour of their meeting; and he grieved at her captivity . . .

06-07-2006, 03:06 AM	#24
Undómë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 400	Me, too! ~ U __________________ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost, her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night . . .

06-07-2006, 07:26 AM	#25
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Sounds good. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

06-07-2006, 10:59 PM	#26
Tevildo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Curled up on Melko's lap Posts: 425	Tevildo the Cat is ready to move forward. Actually, the cat in the game is sound asleep and won't wake up till the next morning, so until you move I can't really post again for him! __________________ Now Tevildo was a mighty cat--the mightiest of all--and possessed of an evil spirit,...and he was in Melko's constant following; and that cat had all cats subject to him, and he and his subjects were the chasers and getters of meat for Melko's table.