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'At the Sign of the Prancing Pony' (Every Saturday, 3:00 PM)

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This Week's (September 6, 2025) Hook:,

Bob, the Prancing Pony’s ostler, has gotten himself into a spot of trouble with the law!

Following a late night of dice in the Stone Quarter, Bob has been accused of cheating. Now, on this Commons Day, watchers scour Bree in search of Bob so that they may apprehend and question the ostler… but the hobbit is nowhere to be found!

Meanwhile, in the Prancing Pony this Commons Day, its patrons hear muffled hissings from beneath the inn floorboards: ‘Psst! You! Yes, you… with the hole in the boot stole! I’m part of a group—no, no, a faction! (that’s a fair word!)—that calls themselves the Concerned Friends of Mr Bob. Yes, the Concerned Friends of Mr Bob, and quite considered we are! There’s tell of all kinds of unfair words turned against me—our Mr Bob, calling him a cheat or worse! I—he doesn’t even like dice! Doesn’t have the head for it, what with it being full of ponies and stables and that sort of thing! Terrible, the stuff people say! Well, we’re very connected, the Friends are, and if you—yes, you!—would be so good as to help the Watch forget about these entirely unfounded and wretched claims against Mr Bob… I can put in a word with my cousin’s cousin at the Merchant’s Guild and see if I can get you, oh I don’t know, a couple of weeks of a stall, free of charge!’

The first character to convince a watcher to drop the charges of cheating against Bob will be able to rent a stall from the town of Bree for two weeks free of charge; stalls give extra protection from burglars and ruffians to characters selling wares during a Commons Day. Characters interested in this hook should seek out player-controlled watchers, who will be patrolling the streets during Bree Commons Day.

Date:
September 6th, 2025
Time:
3:00 PM Server Time
Location:
The Prancing Pony, Bree-town

Event details:

What, When, and Where

'At the Sign of the Prancing Pony' is a weekly story-based roleplay event series held every Saturday at 3:00 PM at LOTRO's Prancing Pony. Each week features a unique story "hook" that sets the theme or tone of the event, sometimes shifting the atmosphere within the inn or inviting characters to go out into the wider world of Bree-town and Bree-land.
 

Please note that these events will not feature a DM: you are free to run with the weekly hook as you choose, and to come as early or as late as you’d like.

Bree Commons Day

These events are part of the Bree Commons Day ("BCD") RP initiative, which provides the town of Bree with a simulated economy and set of town laws active each Saturday. For more information on BCD, check out ⁠this link. 

Because the Pony is a shared community space, however, event attendees are not required to engage with BCD’s systems or rules.

Nonetheless, many ‘At the Sign of the Prancing Pony’ hooks will encourage characters to engage with other characters, organizations, and narrative events associated with Bree Commons Day. If a character chooses to do so, they should observe BCD’s systems and rules. Furthermore, the Pony should not be considered a "safe-house" for those who choose to participate in BCD: if you break town laws at RP associated with BCD, watchers can and will pursue you into the Prancing Pony!

Why

While roleplay in the Prancing Pony is nothing new, the intention of this event is to offer: 1) disparate members of the RP community a single time and place for RP, 2) new or inexperienced RPers a chance to RP and connect with other RPers, and 3) a launchpad for other adventures; consider using this event as a “lobby” for RP—maybe you can stop by the Pony to find a Ranger who will join you on a quest to banish brigands from your farm, a Dwarf-merchant to go into business with, or adventurers to join you on a treasure-hunt. Use this event as a means to develop your own stories!

OOC details:

Rules

Players who attend these events agree to the following guidelines. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in you being asked to leave an event or barred from attending future events. All players who attend these events will:

  1. not harass or troll players who attend these events; this extends to critiquing other players’ RP or spamming OOC emotes, consumables, and items, such as fireworks, and forcing other players to engage with BCD's systems or rules.
  2. not have a history of abusing or doxxing other players.
  3. If you are deemed to be disrupting this series or its attendees in any other way, you may be asked to leave an event or barred from attending future events.
Website:
https://discord.gg/dnqFVATpj6
Contact:
Angrinc, Elegost, Frimsi, Nenaras, Tirirandir

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