Help Bill Ferny uncover a ranger plot.
A matte black helm.
Find a way into the headquarters of some rangers, then bring the troop roster back to Ferny.
A matte black helm is a good helmet with two special features. First, it decreased the amount of light in the room you are in slightly. Secondly if you are in combat with a moral character then there is a chance to make your opponent busy for a round, if they are a spellcaster and they are casting at you this will also interrupt their spellcasting. You will see <enemy> stares into space for a moment..
There are several food items you can find within the house. From the yard (The yard of a large house).
search orchard
If you are unlucky (or the item has already been found), you will see Your search bears no fruit., however this does not cost you any endurance so you can retry. If you are lucky then you will see You find a pear. and you will get An overripe pear.
search garden
If you are unlucky (or the item has already been found), you will see Your search comes up empty., however this does not cost you any endurance so you can retry. If you are lucky then you will see You find a rather bruised tomato. and you will find An overripe tomato.
In the kitchen of the house A kitchen you can find several more foodstuffs.
search sink
You can find up to three items in the sink (until you see You fail to find anything in the sink.). The items are chosen from An orange carrot, Some lettuce, The root of a turnip and A yellow onion.
You can find Nourishing waybread in a cupboard in the kitchen, however it is locked. You will need a knife to get the key. From the Living room.
pry board
This will give you A simple key.
do n,unlock cupboard with simple key,drop simple key,open cupboard,get bread from cupboard
You can find another couple of items to sell in the Living room
do wiggle rock,tear down drapes
These will give you A rock and Some old drapes.
do w,4s,10w,n
If it is day time you will find yourself in Shire Plains, with shrubbery, otherwise it will look like any normal Shire Plains room.
do squeeze through shrubbery,house
You will find yourself in Living room, there are four rangers who wander around this house (Captain of the Shire rangers, Brondac, a ranger, Eyulf, a ranger and A young dunadan archer). You will have to kill the captain (though they all protect). When anyone is attacked they will call An alert ranger to his aid. You can either kill them all, or wait until they wander into a room alone and kill them seperately. When you are fighting the rangers and they get low, they will possibly heal themselves once by eating some waybread <enemy> reaches into his pocket, pulls out a wafer and eats it., this will make them busy for one round.
kill captain
If you are fighting the captain in the loft, then there is a chance that the entire loft will collapse and bring everyone and everything down into the living room, this will also make the archer switch from shooting you occasionally to attacking you directly with a dagger.
When the captain is dead.
get key from corpse of captain
This will give you Captain's key. If you did not fall from the loft and bring everything into the living room then you need to go into the loft.
do loft,search pillow
If you did fall into the living room then you need to find the other key another way.
search rubble
You should now have A small bronze key.
do unlock strongbox with bronze key,drop key,unlock stronbox with captain's key,drop key,open strongbox,get roster from strongbox
This will give you A troop roster.
do living room,yard,s,10e,4n,e,give roster to ferny
Bill Ferny stands here, eyeing you suspiciously will accept the roster from you but A desperate ranger will come in and steal the roster then leave, you will have to catch him and kill him.
do w,kill ranger
When the ranger is dead.
do get roster from corpse,e,give roster to ferny
Ferny will then thank you and give you your reward and quest point.
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