The King of the Circlet Part One
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butterflyslinkyTitle: The King of the Circlet: The Company of the Circlet
Author: butterflyslinky
Characters: Justin, Behn, Brianna, Conner, Eric
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3444
Warning(s): Canon character death in the game-universe, mostly written in script format
Summary: Justin decides to go back to basics, Eddard Stark gets a second chance, and Brianna is done being the smart one.
Notes: Basically the second half of Fellowship of the Ring as a tabletop game. I know it’s obvious, but I was running up on deadline. Also, the character sheets and rolls were written based on the Pathfinder system because that’s what I’m most familiar with. In Screen Crasher’s continuity, takes place somewhere between “The Goonies” and “Game of Thrones Season Two.”
Campaign Setting: Middle Earth. That’s totally not copyrighted, it’s how the Vikings referred to it!
CHARACTER SHEET 1:
Name: Aragorn, Son of Arathorn
Player: Eric
Race: Half-Elf
Class: Ranger
Alignment: Lawful Good
Strength: 18
Dexterity: 17
Constitution: 17
Intelligence: 16
Wisdom: 15
Charisma: 13 (+2)
(“Is charisma your dump stat again?”
“I told you we should have used a point-buy system.”
“Point-buys are for pussies. Not my fault my dice are awesome.”
“I still say you cheated.”
“Shut up, Conner.”)
Skills: Climb, Craft, Handle Animal, Heal, Intimidate, Knowledge (Dungeoneering), Knowledge (Geography), Knowledge (Nature), Perception, Profession (Badass), Ride, Spellcraft, Stealth, Survival, Swim
(“Badass isn’t a profession!”
“It is when you’re Aragorn, son of Arathorn!”)
CHARACTER SHEET 2:
Name: Legolas Greenleaf
Player: Conner
Race: Elf
Class: Fighter
Alignment: Lawful Good
Strength: 17
Dexterity: 18 (+2)
Constitution: 17 (-2)
Intelligence: 15 (+2)
Wisdom: 12
Charisma: 18
(“And you say I cheated?”
“At least I’m better looking than you!”)
Skills: Climb, Craft, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Knowledge (Dungeoneering), Knowledge (Engineering), Profession (Even bigger badass), Ride, Survival, Swim
(“I’m a king! You can’t be a bigger badass than me!”
“Yeah, well, my dad is king of the elves and he actually has a kingdom to rule, so suck it!”)
CHARACTER SHEET 3
Name: Gimli son of Gloin
Player: Brianna
Race: Dwarf
Class: Barbarian
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Strength: 17
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 18 (+2)
Intelligence: 14
Wisdom: 11 (+2)
Charisma: 12 (-2)
(“Hey, Conner, can I use your dice from now on?”
“Only if you carry all my stuff for me.”
“But that will slow me down!”
“Then use your own dice!”)
Skills: Acrobatics, Climb, Craft, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Knowledge (Nature), Perception, Ride, Survival, Swim
CHARACTER SHEET 4:
Name: Boromir son of Denethor
Player: Behn
Race: Human
Class: Knight
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Strength: 17
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 15
Intelligence: 13
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 13
(“Dude, that sucks.”
“It’s okay! I can do this! He has a really good backstory to make up for it.”)
Skills: Climb, Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Knowledge (Nobility), Ride, Sense Motive, Swim
(“This is just Eddard Stark with a new paintjob.”
“Well, I felt that Eddard did not get the time or the attention he deserved in that game.”
“Dude, you can’t just write the same character over and over again!”
“Yes I can! And I swear, if you kill this one, I’m never coming back to this group again!”)
The Game Master: Justin, who also plays the various Hobbits, wizards, humans, orcs, etc.
*As usual, we find the gang in JUSTIN’S apartment, setting up for the day’s game*
BRIANNA: Know what, I’m not going for smart or clever or nice this time. I’m just going to go in and hit everything with an axe.
CONNER: Cause it’s the only thing you can do.
BRIANNA: What? What’s your magic power, elf boy?
CONNER: I have great stats in everything. Which means I could kick all of your butts.
BEHN: Oh yeah? And what’s your backstory?
CONNER: Uh…um…well…I’m a prince…of a forest…and…and…
BEHN: That’s what I thought.
JUSTIN: All right, let’s get started. You have all been summoned to Rivendell, where the elf king is holding a council.
CONNER: Heck yeah, my dad is holding a council!
JUSTIN: Different elf king. There are three of them. This one is the less douchey of them. So you guys are all here to decide what to do about an object of absolute power that will corrupt everyone.
BEHN: Like what? A sword? A piece of armor?
JUSTIN: It’s a ring.
*Silence*
BRIANNA: A ring?
JUSTIN: Yes. It belonged to the dark overlord who was destroyed centuries ago.
BRIANNA: If he was destroyed centuries ago, why do we care?
JUSTIN: Because as long as this ring exists, he can come back to life and take over the world. Roll to see who goes first.
*Dice roll*
BRIANNA: I hit the ring with my axe!
JUSTIN: Roll to attack.
*Dice roll: Nat 1*
JUSTIN: Your axe breaks and you are thrown back…one foot. The ring can’t be destroyed with any weapons you have here. Behn, what do you do?
BEHN: I say we should use the ring against the dark overlord!
ERIC: That’s a stupid plan!
BEHN: Why? If we take it for ourselves, it’s game over, we win.
ERIC: It’s an all-corrupting object! You can’t control it! None of us can!
BEHN: How do you know? That’s so meta-gaming and your character isn’t important anyway.
CONNER: Actually, he’s the rightful king of your homeland.
BEHN: Meta-gaming!
CONNER: No it isn’t! It’s in our backstories that Eric and I are best bros, right?
ERIC:…no. No, it’s not.
*CONNER gives ERIC puppy eyes*
ERIC: Okay, it is now. You totally know who I am, even though that’s not something I usually share with people.
*ERIC and CONNER high-five.*
CONNER: Anyway, we should destroy the ring.
BRIANNA: And I suppose you think you’ll be the one to do it?
BEHN: We should use it!
CONNER: Why shouldn’t I destroy it?
BRIANNA: Because you’re a stupid poncy elf?
*The players devolve into shouting. JUSTIN waits for a moment before shouting*
JUSTIN: Enough! One of the Hobbits at the council stands up and says he’ll take the ring to the volcano where it can be destroyed!
*Silence, then CONNER speaks up*
ERIC: I’ll escort the Hobbit and protect him. *He turns to JUSTIN* You have my sword.
CONNER: I’m going with my bro Aragorn.
BRIANNA: Fuck it, can’t leave this up to the elves.
BEHN: Only chance to claim the stupid thing…I mean! You carry the fate of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done.
JUSTIN: Great! You have one evening to get ready to go. Eric, what do you do?
ERIC: I go bang the elf king’s daughter.
JUSTIN:…roll diplomacy.
*Dice roll: Nat 20*
ERIC: OH YEAH!
JUSTIN: Congratulations, you bang the elf king’s daughter. As soon as you leave the bedroom, the elf king comes up to you. He’s not happy.
ERIC: Suck it, old man, I’m the rightful king of all human-kind!
JUSTIN: *rolls dice* He’s not impressed.
ERIC: I don’t care! His daughter loves me!
JUSTIN: What about the rest of you?
BEHN: I go look at old swords and stuff.
BRIANNA: I get a new axe made.
JUSTIN: *rolls dice* Your dad gives you his.
BRIANNA: Awesome!
CONNER: I wander around looking pretty.
JUSTIN: *beat* Anything else?
CONNER: Nah.
JUSTIN: Okay! So you leave Rivendell the next morning along with four Hobbits and a wizard. There are four roads you can take to the volcano. The wizard recommends you go through the hills.
ERIC: Sounds good.
BRIANNA: What are the other choices?
JUSTIN: There’s the road through the hills, the pass in the mountains, the gap of Rohan, and the mines of Moria.
BRIANNA: Ooo…what are the mines?
JUSTIN: It’s an old dwarf kingdom that one of your cousins tried to reclaim from a bunch of orcs.
BRIANNA: I wanna go there!
ERIC: No, no, we should stick to the hills.
BEHN: *looks at the map* What about the Gap of Rohan? That sounds more pleasant.
ERIC: We’re going through the hills!
BRIANNA: Who made you the leader?
ERIC: I’m a king! I outrank all of you!
BEHN: My country doesn’t need a king!
JUSTIN: Conner, what do you think of this?
CONNER: *rolls dice* Hey, I think I see something!
*Beat*
JUSTIN: Yes! You notice a large black mass of crows. Roll knowledge nature.
CONNER: I don’t have knowledge nature…
JUSTIN: Then roll knowledge something.
*Rolls dice*
CONNER: Sixteen.
JUSTIN: You notice that the crows are spies of an evil wizard who is also tracking you. Everyone roll stealth!
*Dice roll*
JUSTIN: You all pass…but not before the crows notice where you are. The wizard recommends you go over the mountain pass.
ERIC: Okay!
BRIANNA: Mines of Moria…
JUSTIN: As you’re walking through the snow, Frodo falls and drops the ring.
BEHN: I pick it up!
ERIC: No you don’t! Give it back!
JUSTIN: Behn, roll a will save.
ERIC: As extra incentive, I make to draw my sword.
*BEHN rolls his dice*
BEHN: Fifteen.
JUSTIN: You give the ring back to Frodo.
ERIC: That’s right, bitch.
BEHN: Bite me.
JUSTIN: As you continue over the pass, the snow starts falling even deeper. Everyone make a dexterity check.
*Dice roll*
CONNER: Nat twenty!
BEHN: Fifteen…and a strength check to carry Merry and Pippin…seventeen!
JUSTIN: Conner, you can walk over the snow and see ahead. Roll perception.
*Rolls dice*
CONNER: Another nat twenty!
BRIANNA: Let me see those dice!
CONNER: They aren’t weighted, I swear!
BRIANNA: Then use mine!
*CONNER rolls BRIANNA’S d20*
CONNER: Still a nat twenty.
BRIANNA: Oh, fuck you.
JUSTIN: Conner, you hear a foul voice on the air.
CONNER: There’s a foul voice on the air!
BEHN: It’s probably that evil wizard trying to kill us from a distance!
*Dice roll*
JUSTIN: There’s an avalanche! Everyone roll a strength check!
BEHN: Conner, we’re trading dice!
*Dice roll*
JUSTIN: You all pass to dig your way out of the snow.
BEHN: Can we go through that Gap of Rohan place?
ERIC: Dude, that’s like, right next to the evil wizard!
BRIANNA: Mines of Moria! Mines of Moria!
*JUSTIN rolls dice*
JUSTIN: Frodo decides you can go through the mines.
CHARACTER SHEET 1:
Name: Aragorn, Son of Arathorn
Player: Eric
Race: Half-Elf
Class: Ranger
Alignment: Lawful Good
Strength: 18
Dexterity: 17
Constitution: 17
Intelligence: 16
Wisdom: 15
Charisma: 13 (+2)
(“Is charisma your dump stat again?”
“I told you we should have used a point-buy system.”
“Point-buys are for pussies. Not my fault my dice are awesome.”
“I still say you cheated.”
“Shut up, Conner.”)
Skills: Climb, Craft, Handle Animal, Heal, Intimidate, Knowledge (Dungeoneering), Knowledge (Geography), Knowledge (Nature), Perception, Profession (Badass), Ride, Spellcraft, Stealth, Survival, Swim
(“Badass isn’t a profession!”
“It is when you’re Aragorn, son of Arathorn!”)
CHARACTER SHEET 2:
Name: Legolas Greenleaf
Player: Conner
Race: Elf
Class: Fighter
Alignment: Lawful Good
Strength: 17
Dexterity: 18 (+2)
Constitution: 17 (-2)
Intelligence: 15 (+2)
Wisdom: 12
Charisma: 18
(“And you say I cheated?”
“At least I’m better looking than you!”)
Skills: Climb, Craft, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Knowledge (Dungeoneering), Knowledge (Engineering), Profession (Even bigger badass), Ride, Survival, Swim
(“I’m a king! You can’t be a bigger badass than me!”
“Yeah, well, my dad is king of the elves and he actually has a kingdom to rule, so suck it!”)
CHARACTER SHEET 3
Name: Gimli son of Gloin
Player: Brianna
Race: Dwarf
Class: Barbarian
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Strength: 17
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 18 (+2)
Intelligence: 14
Wisdom: 11 (+2)
Charisma: 12 (-2)
(“Hey, Conner, can I use your dice from now on?”
“Only if you carry all my stuff for me.”
“But that will slow me down!”
“Then use your own dice!”)
Skills: Acrobatics, Climb, Craft, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Knowledge (Nature), Perception, Ride, Survival, Swim
CHARACTER SHEET 4:
Name: Boromir son of Denethor
Player: Behn
Race: Human
Class: Knight
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Strength: 17
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 15
Intelligence: 13
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 13
(“Dude, that sucks.”
“It’s okay! I can do this! He has a really good backstory to make up for it.”)
Skills: Climb, Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Knowledge (Nobility), Ride, Sense Motive, Swim
(“This is just Eddard Stark with a new paintjob.”
“Well, I felt that Eddard did not get the time or the attention he deserved in that game.”
“Dude, you can’t just write the same character over and over again!”
“Yes I can! And I swear, if you kill this one, I’m never coming back to this group again!”)
The Game Master: Justin, who also plays the various Hobbits, wizards, humans, orcs, etc.
*As usual, we find the gang in JUSTIN’S apartment, setting up for the day’s game*
BRIANNA: Know what, I’m not going for smart or clever or nice this time. I’m just going to go in and hit everything with an axe.
CONNER: Cause it’s the only thing you can do.
BRIANNA: What? What’s your magic power, elf boy?
CONNER: I have great stats in everything. Which means I could kick all of your butts.
BEHN: Oh yeah? And what’s your backstory?
CONNER: Uh…um…well…I’m a prince…of a forest…and…and…
BEHN: That’s what I thought.
JUSTIN: All right, let’s get started. You have all been summoned to Rivendell, where the elf king is holding a council.
CONNER: Heck yeah, my dad is holding a council!
JUSTIN: Different elf king. There are three of them. This one is the less douchey of them. So you guys are all here to decide what to do about an object of absolute power that will corrupt everyone.
BEHN: Like what? A sword? A piece of armor?
JUSTIN: It’s a ring.
*Silence*
BRIANNA: A ring?
JUSTIN: Yes. It belonged to the dark overlord who was destroyed centuries ago.
BRIANNA: If he was destroyed centuries ago, why do we care?
JUSTIN: Because as long as this ring exists, he can come back to life and take over the world. Roll to see who goes first.
*Dice roll*
BRIANNA: I hit the ring with my axe!
JUSTIN: Roll to attack.
*Dice roll: Nat 1*
JUSTIN: Your axe breaks and you are thrown back…one foot. The ring can’t be destroyed with any weapons you have here. Behn, what do you do?
BEHN: I say we should use the ring against the dark overlord!
ERIC: That’s a stupid plan!
BEHN: Why? If we take it for ourselves, it’s game over, we win.
ERIC: It’s an all-corrupting object! You can’t control it! None of us can!
BEHN: How do you know? That’s so meta-gaming and your character isn’t important anyway.
CONNER: Actually, he’s the rightful king of your homeland.
BEHN: Meta-gaming!
CONNER: No it isn’t! It’s in our backstories that Eric and I are best bros, right?
ERIC:…no. No, it’s not.
*CONNER gives ERIC puppy eyes*
ERIC: Okay, it is now. You totally know who I am, even though that’s not something I usually share with people.
*ERIC and CONNER high-five.*
CONNER: Anyway, we should destroy the ring.
BRIANNA: And I suppose you think you’ll be the one to do it?
BEHN: We should use it!
CONNER: Why shouldn’t I destroy it?
BRIANNA: Because you’re a stupid poncy elf?
*The players devolve into shouting. JUSTIN waits for a moment before shouting*
JUSTIN: Enough! One of the Hobbits at the council stands up and says he’ll take the ring to the volcano where it can be destroyed!
*Silence, then CONNER speaks up*
ERIC: I’ll escort the Hobbit and protect him. *He turns to JUSTIN* You have my sword.
CONNER: I’m going with my bro Aragorn.
BRIANNA: Fuck it, can’t leave this up to the elves.
BEHN: Only chance to claim the stupid thing…I mean! You carry the fate of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done.
JUSTIN: Great! You have one evening to get ready to go. Eric, what do you do?
ERIC: I go bang the elf king’s daughter.
JUSTIN:…roll diplomacy.
*Dice roll: Nat 20*
ERIC: OH YEAH!
JUSTIN: Congratulations, you bang the elf king’s daughter. As soon as you leave the bedroom, the elf king comes up to you. He’s not happy.
ERIC: Suck it, old man, I’m the rightful king of all human-kind!
JUSTIN: *rolls dice* He’s not impressed.
ERIC: I don’t care! His daughter loves me!
JUSTIN: What about the rest of you?
BEHN: I go look at old swords and stuff.
BRIANNA: I get a new axe made.
JUSTIN: *rolls dice* Your dad gives you his.
BRIANNA: Awesome!
CONNER: I wander around looking pretty.
JUSTIN: *beat* Anything else?
CONNER: Nah.
JUSTIN: Okay! So you leave Rivendell the next morning along with four Hobbits and a wizard. There are four roads you can take to the volcano. The wizard recommends you go through the hills.
ERIC: Sounds good.
BRIANNA: What are the other choices?
JUSTIN: There’s the road through the hills, the pass in the mountains, the gap of Rohan, and the mines of Moria.
BRIANNA: Ooo…what are the mines?
JUSTIN: It’s an old dwarf kingdom that one of your cousins tried to reclaim from a bunch of orcs.
BRIANNA: I wanna go there!
ERIC: No, no, we should stick to the hills.
BEHN: *looks at the map* What about the Gap of Rohan? That sounds more pleasant.
ERIC: We’re going through the hills!
BRIANNA: Who made you the leader?
ERIC: I’m a king! I outrank all of you!
BEHN: My country doesn’t need a king!
JUSTIN: Conner, what do you think of this?
CONNER: *rolls dice* Hey, I think I see something!
*Beat*
JUSTIN: Yes! You notice a large black mass of crows. Roll knowledge nature.
CONNER: I don’t have knowledge nature…
JUSTIN: Then roll knowledge something.
*Rolls dice*
CONNER: Sixteen.
JUSTIN: You notice that the crows are spies of an evil wizard who is also tracking you. Everyone roll stealth!
*Dice roll*
JUSTIN: You all pass…but not before the crows notice where you are. The wizard recommends you go over the mountain pass.
ERIC: Okay!
BRIANNA: Mines of Moria…
JUSTIN: As you’re walking through the snow, Frodo falls and drops the ring.
BEHN: I pick it up!
ERIC: No you don’t! Give it back!
JUSTIN: Behn, roll a will save.
ERIC: As extra incentive, I make to draw my sword.
*BEHN rolls his dice*
BEHN: Fifteen.
JUSTIN: You give the ring back to Frodo.
ERIC: That’s right, bitch.
BEHN: Bite me.
JUSTIN: As you continue over the pass, the snow starts falling even deeper. Everyone make a dexterity check.
*Dice roll*
CONNER: Nat twenty!
BEHN: Fifteen…and a strength check to carry Merry and Pippin…seventeen!
JUSTIN: Conner, you can walk over the snow and see ahead. Roll perception.
*Rolls dice*
CONNER: Another nat twenty!
BRIANNA: Let me see those dice!
CONNER: They aren’t weighted, I swear!
BRIANNA: Then use mine!
*CONNER rolls BRIANNA’S d20*
CONNER: Still a nat twenty.
BRIANNA: Oh, fuck you.
JUSTIN: Conner, you hear a foul voice on the air.
CONNER: There’s a foul voice on the air!
BEHN: It’s probably that evil wizard trying to kill us from a distance!
*Dice roll*
JUSTIN: There’s an avalanche! Everyone roll a strength check!
BEHN: Conner, we’re trading dice!
*Dice roll*
JUSTIN: You all pass to dig your way out of the snow.
BEHN: Can we go through that Gap of Rohan place?
ERIC: Dude, that’s like, right next to the evil wizard!
BRIANNA: Mines of Moria! Mines of Moria!
*JUSTIN rolls dice*
JUSTIN: Frodo decides you can go through the mines.
