Thoughts about Bree-folk?

[Ernst-Jan]

Hello all,

After finishing Darkening of Mirkwood, Ruins of the North looms large for my group. One of the players has floated the idea of playing a Breelander, and, in lieu of an Adventurer's Companion, I've said I'll work up a version of one.

I find myself a bit stumped, however. These people are slightly embattled farmers, traders (though between the Shire, Archet, Staddle and Combe there doesn't seem much to trade with), craftsmen perhaps, though not spectacular ones. What kind of a Cultural Virtue would these people have?

I'm not sure whether some strides have already been made in this by another user but I could do with some thoughts or advice. Thanks!

[Otaku-sempai]

I'm sure that the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains also trade and sell in Bree-land. I have worked up a dwarven city in the southern Blue Mountains that you can find here: viewtopic.php?f=56&t=4501.

I have also posited that a few outcasts (fur traders, birders, hunters, etc.) and scattered settlers have spread into the lands between the River Rune and the Blue Mountains. There wouldn't be any large settlements, but I did come up with the trading post of Anthorp at the junction of the River Lune and the Siruial (the river originating in the Hills of Evendim), on the western bank of the Lune: viewtopic.php?f=56&t=4495#p40262.

[zedturtle]

The Men of Bree were brown-haired, broad, and rather short, cheerful and independent: they belonged to nobody but themselves; but they were more friendly and familiar with Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves, and other inhabitants of the world around them than was (or is) usual with Big People.

A Friendly Folk

Trying to find an appropriate quote, not finding a good one

The jovial nature of the Bree-folk affects all that they meet. In any encounter where Tolerance is used, increase Tolerance by one after all other modifiers have been considered. This increase is applied only once, no matter how many heroes are from Bree-land. However, if two or more heroes hail from Bree then any time the optional rules for evaluating the success of an Encounter are used, the total number of successes earned by the company are considered to be one higher than they actually achieved.

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Ugh. It's a bit wordy and I haven't got a good quote for it yet, but I think it carves a good ability out for them that is not combat orientated. One of the reasons that it's worded that way is because I think both Hobbits and Men of Bree should have the same Cultural Blessing.

[Ernst-Jan]

Nice one, zedturtle - Though not combat-minded at all I never thought about approaching a cultural virtue like this before! Will certainly include this - I'm going to have another stab at Backgrounds.