Fellowship Phase - Chatter

[Blubbo_Baggins]

It would be cool if we could invest treasure in a Sanctuary, so that it is both a Sanctuary and a Holding. If it were the Inn, then during Fellowship phases we could do a roll for "Tend to Holding" and somehow depending on how much treasure we invested, it would help with the roll (add bonus, let us re-roll, etc.). Of course, with an Eye rolled or something low, we could lose some of what was invested. I'd be happy to come up with some ideas on how it could work.

Finn's long term goal is to set up a Holding of a timber company, gathering wood from (likely Eastern) Mirkwood, to bring up to Laketown. His backstory is that his family is in the lumber business, and since gathering it from the eastern eaves of Thranduil's realm is starting to cause problems, he sees this business opportunity. But, I don't see an opportunity to do narrate this kind of Holding for a while. So in the meantime, having one here would be fun.

[Trogdor]

I could certainly see Pipkin as an innkeeper/tavern keeper.

[Muskrat]

It would be interesting to go pay another visit to Radagast.

I had been planning to use this Fellowship phase to Gain a New Distinctive Trait, swapping out Secretive for Hardened, since I haven't gotten much use from the former and really been playing my character as secretive--but I have certainly been playing her as Hardened. Not to mention Merciful and Hardened would make an interesting combination.

If others are keen on establishing a new Sanctuary (which we could do with Dody's inn probably) or establishing a Holding, I don't want to stand in the way of that though. I'm trying to envision a Holding Varuthil would be interested in though ... actually, an inn where she could see and talk with people from many places would interest her, though I can't imagine her actively staffing the inn.

[Blubbo_Baggins]

Finn doesn't know anything about the task from Radagast, though I'm sure he'd be up to go visit him. I'd like to establish the Inn as a Sanctuary (requires all of the Fellowship), while establishing a Holding is an individual PC task (in this case it might be the same place). I wouldn't imagine most of us staffing the inn...but there might be ways to help it and gain profit (ie treasure) from it, per the Holding rules.

[Vardaen]

I think youd first have to make it a sanctuary and later invest with dody and dindy to be a holding youd share with them.

[Muskrat]

And we're only allowed one action per Fellowship Phase, right?

[Blubbo_Baggins]

Actually, it depends on the length of the Fellowship phase. With longer phases more actions are allowed. Also, a company can elect to take a longer one (if the LM allows). The main action is in addition to spending XP/AP. (Create a Sanctuary, gain a Patron, heal Corruption, and all the other special actions named in the various books).

I'd guess we might have enough time to make the Inn a Sanctuary (that's my vote for this phase), and then go to Radagast? Obviously V's call.

[Trogdor]

Make a cozy hobbitish inn a Sanctuary? I'm all for that!