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<blockquote data-quote="pdzoch" data-source="post: 6850240" data-attributes="member: 80982"><p><strong>The Bronze Boar</strong></p><p></p><p>Name: The Bronze Boar (Tavern sign is a metal pole with a heavily oxidized bronze boar mounted atop)</p><p></p><p>Description Exterior: Smoke flows out of a central chimney of the log longhouse nestled in the tall pines of the woods. The oversized roof sprawls out over the longhouse, almost touching the ground, leaving only the ends of the hall with access inside. The moist air condensates on the thatch roof before dripping off the eaves into the high grass surrounding the tavern. The low rumble of drinking patrons and music can be heard in the damp air outside. </p><p></p><p>Description Interior: Long tables and benches, full of drinking patrons, line the longhouse. The floor is made of rough-hewed planks, worn soft by the years of footsteps and ale. A central pit is floored with flat stones and houses a large fire, over which a spit roasts a pig. A couple of cooks tend to the pig and the sundry pots roasting or stewing other food items. A large man tends the tap of the Large kegs at one end of the long house. The bar appears to be a self-serve, or at least, it appears that patrons bring their own mug to and from the tap. The longhouse is natural in color, unpainted carvings of knotwork decorate the support beams, and various animal skins are tacked to the walls, and several boar’s head are mounted at the ends. One boarhead is also mounted on one of the kegs, and the tap appears to be coming out the boar’s snout. </p><p></p><p>Proprietor: Toivo Oskar is the current Keeper of the Tap (and is currently standing by the kegs operating the tap). The Bronze Boar is a community tavern, and the village chief is responsible for its continued operation. The Keeper of the Tap is a position assigned to one of the warriors to distribute and monitor ale stocks. He is not happy about his current duties; though he knows is in an honorable position, he is too closely associated with the cooks for his tastes and is ready for the next Keeper of the Tap the be assigned. As the Keeper of the Tap, he does not get to drink the ale, and he feels that weakens him as a warrior.</p><p></p><p>Other details: A barter system is used, each villager who serves is afforded his share of the food and ale according to his or her valor and worth. “Guests” receive the share of their host, unless they earn their own portion by service to the village. The keg sporting the boarhead tap is a special brew they call Hogsnot – a heavier, thicker ale with a stronger kick. Only special feats of bravery and service warrant a drink of Hogsnot as a reward from the village chief. Hogsnot drinkers have advantage on social interactions with the village members for the remainder of the day. The longhouse has no lodging rooms, though drinkers have often fallen asleep at the tables or on the benches. Guests are permitted to “camp” in the longhouse and the village chief will provide guards if the guests are serving the village at the time.</p><p></p><p>Story Hook: 1) An evil spirit has moved into the nearby woods and has shaken the village warriors. The village chief needs help ridding the woods of the spirit so his warriors can start acting like warriors again. 2) Some fey/fell creatures have begun appearing in the woods and are beyond the capacity of the warriors to defeat. Their arrival is making hunting difficult to support the village, and the chief is not sure the warriors can adequately defend the village from such creatures. 3) Many years ago, when the village chief was a young warrior, his village waged a war against a troublesome tribe of orcs. While the village won and secured their continued safety for a generation to come, they lost many warriors, including the village champion, who was the bearer of the tribal weapon, an artifact of the founding warriors of the village. Despite the tribe’s efforts to search for the artifact, the artifact has not been seen since the day of the battle. Someone, or something, may now have it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdzoch, post: 6850240, member: 80982"] [b]The Bronze Boar[/b] Name: The Bronze Boar (Tavern sign is a metal pole with a heavily oxidized bronze boar mounted atop) Description Exterior: Smoke flows out of a central chimney of the log longhouse nestled in the tall pines of the woods. The oversized roof sprawls out over the longhouse, almost touching the ground, leaving only the ends of the hall with access inside. The moist air condensates on the thatch roof before dripping off the eaves into the high grass surrounding the tavern. The low rumble of drinking patrons and music can be heard in the damp air outside. Description Interior: Long tables and benches, full of drinking patrons, line the longhouse. The floor is made of rough-hewed planks, worn soft by the years of footsteps and ale. A central pit is floored with flat stones and houses a large fire, over which a spit roasts a pig. A couple of cooks tend to the pig and the sundry pots roasting or stewing other food items. A large man tends the tap of the Large kegs at one end of the long house. The bar appears to be a self-serve, or at least, it appears that patrons bring their own mug to and from the tap. The longhouse is natural in color, unpainted carvings of knotwork decorate the support beams, and various animal skins are tacked to the walls, and several boar’s head are mounted at the ends. One boarhead is also mounted on one of the kegs, and the tap appears to be coming out the boar’s snout. Proprietor: Toivo Oskar is the current Keeper of the Tap (and is currently standing by the kegs operating the tap). The Bronze Boar is a community tavern, and the village chief is responsible for its continued operation. The Keeper of the Tap is a position assigned to one of the warriors to distribute and monitor ale stocks. He is not happy about his current duties; though he knows is in an honorable position, he is too closely associated with the cooks for his tastes and is ready for the next Keeper of the Tap the be assigned. As the Keeper of the Tap, he does not get to drink the ale, and he feels that weakens him as a warrior. Other details: A barter system is used, each villager who serves is afforded his share of the food and ale according to his or her valor and worth. “Guests” receive the share of their host, unless they earn their own portion by service to the village. The keg sporting the boarhead tap is a special brew they call Hogsnot – a heavier, thicker ale with a stronger kick. Only special feats of bravery and service warrant a drink of Hogsnot as a reward from the village chief. Hogsnot drinkers have advantage on social interactions with the village members for the remainder of the day. The longhouse has no lodging rooms, though drinkers have often fallen asleep at the tables or on the benches. Guests are permitted to “camp” in the longhouse and the village chief will provide guards if the guests are serving the village at the time. Story Hook: 1) An evil spirit has moved into the nearby woods and has shaken the village warriors. The village chief needs help ridding the woods of the spirit so his warriors can start acting like warriors again. 2) Some fey/fell creatures have begun appearing in the woods and are beyond the capacity of the warriors to defeat. Their arrival is making hunting difficult to support the village, and the chief is not sure the warriors can adequately defend the village from such creatures. 3) Many years ago, when the village chief was a young warrior, his village waged a war against a troublesome tribe of orcs. While the village won and secured their continued safety for a generation to come, they lost many warriors, including the village champion, who was the bearer of the tribal weapon, an artifact of the founding warriors of the village. Despite the tribe’s efforts to search for the artifact, the artifact has not been seen since the day of the battle. Someone, or something, may now have it. [/QUOTE]
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