Drinking Contest

Think you can hold your Ale? Believe you have a claim to the title of drinking champion? Well, now is your chance to prove it! On Wednesday the 14th of December at 8 o'clock, a drinking contest shall be held at the Bree Festival Ground. All Men, Dwarves and Hobbits are welcome to enter and put their mettle to the test.

Drinks shall be served to all contestants one at a time, and the entire contents of the tankard must be consumed to proceed to the next round. If at any point an contestant is unable to finish their Ale or appears to have succumbed to their drink, they shall be removed from the contest.

The last contestant remaining in the competition shall be declared the winner, and claim the title of the Bree-Land Drinking Champion.

Drink Servers Required

If you don't have the stomach for drinking down a dozen pints of the finest Ale, then perhaps you can offer your assistance serving the Ale up to our competitiors? If you care to offer your time to assist in handing out the Ale, please contact Guvadan or Rinni in person, or by leaving a note for either of them at the Prancing Pony.

OOC details:

Please note this is intended as a role play event. The mechanics described below are only intended to help determine a winner, and you as a role player will still be required to invest your imagination and creativity into the event. Try to think about how your character would react to consuming large quantities of ale and react accordingly, but most of all try to have fun and not ruin anyone else's experience.

Mechanics

• When you join the event, you will be added to a fellowship.
• On the first round, everyone may drink as normal.
• On the second round and subsequent rounds, the /roll mechanic shall be used to determine if your character becomes 'drunk'. In order to remain sober, you must roll higher than this number in the fellowship.
• The number will be increased after each round: for example 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and so forth.
• Bonuses and penalty points will be given based on gender and race (see below).
• When only one person remains "sober" they are declared the winner.
• In the event of a tie in the final round, the highest roll wins.

Bonuses and Penalties

• All Dwarves shall get +10 to their rolls to reflect their hardy natures.
• All female characters shall get -5 to their roll to reflect the fact women having a lower tolerance for alcohol.

Rohirrim! Subjects of King Theóden of Rohan!

Those of you who have ventured far from your homes know that in your hearts, you desire nothing more than to return to your beloved lands and peoples. Like you, we too seek the journey home, but we have yet to attain our strength.

We call upon all Rohirrim who have remained in Bree to join with us, the Riders of the Riddermark! While the rest have begun the journey into the Gap of Rohan, many of us still linger, for whatever reason. We are hereby organizing the Westridehere, or the Riders of the West as it is known in Westron, a small Eored militia within the Riders of the Riddermark to serve Bree and in the process, prepare for the journey home.

Sir Eardhelm and Lady Creowyn of the Riders of the Riddermark have been charged with this task, and this Eored is looking for Rohirrim to join its ranks. If you wish to join, inform us at once.

^{((OOC Note: US-based Time Zone players wanted, though all are welcome!)).}

A PRICE OF THREE-HUNDRED SILVER PIECES WILL BE AWARDED

Poeple of Bree! A hobbit of the shire called Trilbo is missing . He is last seen leaving the shire to trade with a mysterious man in Bree. Trilbo is a hobbit of normall length and well aged ,he is bald and seen travelling to bree with an old cart and a grey pony. If you see any hobbit matching the description send a letter to two wending way,bartunnel'

Mariedoc, Zarazola Bounder of the Shire

I am a caravaner in need of trustworthy guards to help protect my goods and people. I require at least three guards, though I may hire more if excellent skill or a keen mind is demonstrated. Must be capable of handling themselves with discretion, confidence and respect for each other. Men and women are accepted.

All guards will be expected to discuss their capabilites before hire, but the positions will be fairly rewarded. Guards for multiple trips are preferred but I will also hire single-trip guards for shorter trade routes.

If you are interested, please contact Branian Woodfell at either the Prancing Pony or the Combe and Wattle. Correspondences may be left with Barliman Butterbur if I cannot be immediately reached.

To whom it may concern,

Let it be known, that I, Byco Brightburrows, are looking for the whereabouts of Miss Yule of Shire Rose, a hobbit I greatly admire and love.

Please let anyone who can tell me where I can find her or how I can reach her, share that knowledge with me.

A reward can be given for information leading to me finding Miss Yule!

Signed,

Byco Brightburrows.