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

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The smell of pipeweed and the sound of merry laughter drifts from the open door of the Inn of the Prancing Pony. It is a Highday, and like every Highday, Barliman Butterbur has opened his  common room to guests from lands near and far to sample his beer in exchange for coin, conversation, and a promise 'not to go up into thin air, thank you very much!'

This Week's (November 1, 2025) Hook:,

The Prancing Pony needs firewood!

Barliman Butterbur is even more forgetful than usual. With one of the Pony’s ale-wives, Audrey Appledore, still on leave from the Pony after the disappearance of her son (along with several other boys from Bree), Barliman has found himself managing much more than he’s used to: ‘Greeting the guests, seeing to the guests, polishing the floors, and now brewing the beer! It’s too much for any man, let alone just one!’ So overworked, the innkeeper has forgotten to purchase enough firewood for the season.

Now, on this Commons Day, an autumn chill passes through Bree, and the Pony, left with only kindling to burn, is positively glacial, freezing what few guests dare the frigid inn. ‘It’s p-p-proper cold in here,’ Barliman complains through chattering teeth to guests in the Pony’s Common Room, ‘and I haven’t even h-h-half-a-minute to go down to the market! I’d p-p-pay a p-p-pretty p-p-penny for one of you to go down there and get me a b-b-bit of wood—oak, if I’m to ask, which will b-b-burn off this chill like n-n-nothing else!’

The first character to deliver 20 https://lotro-wiki.com/wiki/Item:Log_of_Oak_Wood)">“Logs of Oak Wood” to Barliman Butterbur at the Prancing Pony will get 10 gold pennies.

OOCly, the oak logs can be mailed to Marmaduke (COD) for 10 gold. If you do not have access to in-game mail, please contact Nenaras in-game during BCD on the character of Marmaduke or via Discord on the Roleplayers of LOTRO server.

Date:
November 1st, 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, Sho

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