Drop In & RPG: Adventures In Middle Earth

Adventures in

Middle-Earth (AiMe) (d20)

Game Type: Tabletop Role-Playing Game (Online)

Game Tier: 3

Developmental age appropriate for years: 11+

Session Duration: 3 hours

Overall Duration: 1-shot adventure.

Game System: Adventures in Middle Earth (D&D 5e)

layer Character Level(s): First / Beginner / Intro

Password: create

"Eves of Mirkwood" Adventure

Our fellowship of would-be heroes meets in Woodmen-town, a small but thriving settlement under the gloomy eaves of Mirkwood.

It is spring, and the town is waking from Winter. Men and women drag rugs and blankets outside, and beat the winter’s dust out of them. Knee-deep ashes from fires kept burning all season long are cleared from the hearths, and the collection of firewood for next year begins. The town is a safe refuge in a sea of dark and threatening woods, but the slow pace of life among the Woodmen has made our heroes restless. All are keen to find travelling companions and head out into the wider world.

The companions meet on the grassy sward of the Market Green. Above the Green, atop the central hill of Woodmen-town, all can see the richly decorated Great Hall. Inside it, the legendary Lamp of Balthi is kept safe, the greatest treasure of the Woodmen. On the Market Green the occasional travelling merchant lays out their goods, pig and sheep-herders drive their animals into pens, tradesmen meet to buy materials and sell their wares, and the local gossips gather to trade tales.

The Dusky River that runs to the east of the town is still swollen with meltwater from the Mountains  of Mirkwood. On the couple of jetties that poke out into the river, fisher-folk mend their nets, carve out new log boats, and tar their coracles in readiness for the fishing season to begin.