Monster Play (LotRO)  

Contents [hide] Race/Class Combinations Conflict in the Ettenmoors Gramsfoot Dar-gazag Lugazag Tol Ascarnen Tirith Rhaw Grimwood Lumber Camp
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Starting when at least one of your characters reaches level 15 you have the choice, at login, to choose Monster Play. This allows you to play as one of the bad guys: an Orc, a Spider or a Warg! Monsters have Quests and Deeds but all are level 65. RPG progression is via Corruptions, like Traits, which allow you to customize your monster and make him as bad as his momma (assuming he had a momma) ever dreamed.

Note: In-game slang for Monster Players is Creeps, while regular characters are called Freeps. Some prefer the term softies to describe the freeps. Ya know, soft on the outside with creamy filling inside.

You will begin play in the Ettenmoors, a zone that is mostly controlled by the forces of evil. Each of the forts will have a nearby Rally Circle. Whoever controls the fort controls the circle. There will be a banner at the circle indicating clearly who controls it. Be sure when you approach a circle you check the banner before you run through!

There are many differences from playing a freep, but many similarities too.

Leveling

• Creeps do not level. They remain at whatever the current level cap is, but they can rank up by earning Infamy from killing freeps. Just like leveling, at each rank you get access to more skills. Without killing freeps the only way to improve your creep is through Corruptions.

Traits - You do not earn Traits from Deeds. Instead you buy many of them from the Monster Player Trainer with Destiny Points. Still others will need to be bartered for using rare items you will find in your travels.

• Bard - Corruptor of Gramsfoot - You will need coin to manage your Traits but it costs much less than for normal players.
• Virtues - Corruptions. Each Race has their own Trainer for these.
• Legendary - Appearance

Skills

• Instead of using coin to buy your new skills, Monsters use only Destiny Points. You will start with some basic skills but be sure to see the Monster Player Trainer to customize your starting skills. You are given 1,400 DP to help you get started.

Consumables

• The Quartermaster can sell you a number of items. Some will be familiar. Others, like Charms for tracking and Salts for immunities/resistances, will be new to you.
• There are also Potions Traders and Defensive Potions Traders but their wares cannot be bought with bits of metal. They must be bartered for with Dull Spirit Stones<s> and Glimmering Spirit Stones<s>.

Friend vs. Foe

• Generally, Orc-kind, Troll-kind, Spiders and Worgs will regard you as friendly. This is not an absolute rule.

Death

• Creeps cannot Revive. They can only be Resurrected by another creep, or they can retreat.
• Death decreases your Rating but not your Infamy. Rating controls how much Infamy a freep gains by killing you! While it might seem like a good idea to keep your Rating low, Rating actually displays to others and is considered a measure of Bragging Rights (epeen).

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Quests
see also LOTR Guide The Black Book of Ettenmoor

• Creeps do get quests, just like the freeps, but they are nearly all repeatable with a 2-hour cooldown, and they usually reward only Destiny Points.
• Instead of a Ring icon over a NPC's head you will see the Flaming Lidless Eye of Sauron.
• Failure is not an option - Some quests will display this message in the task list. What this means is that if you are defeated, for any reason be it wild bear or a freep, while the quest is in your log you FAIL. You must get from the quest giver, to the objective and back without dying.

Surname

• Talk to Ongburz Defiler<s> <Breaker of Oaths>
• Since you start at Level 65 there is not really a delay, there, but buying a Surname will cost you 10  so you won't be doing that on your birth-day.

Tribe

• This is the Creep version of a Kinship. See a Tribal Scrivener<s> and pay 102 40  for a Tribe Charter.

Crafting

• Creeps do not craft, they plunder!
• While you cannot harvest resources like the freeps do, you should be on the lookout for other things:
• Sun-touched Trolls that stayed out too long and became rock. Troll-stone is highly prized by the scrawnies (goblin builders). Some quests will also ask you to gather Troll-stone.
• Fallen Logs, Fallen Saplings and Fallen Timber can yield Grimwood Logs, Grimwood Roots, Grimwood Kindling and Grimwood Heartwood.

Race/Class Combinations

You can have one Creep of each class, but cannot make more than one of the same class. You have the choice of the following monsters:

• Uruk
• Blackarrow - Archer
• Warleader - Commander
• Orcs
• Reaver - Fighter
• Defiler - Shaman (Healer)
• Wargs
• Stalker
• Spiders
• Weaver

Conflict in the Ettenmoors

As far as we have seen there are no Quest Arcs for Monsters and all Monsters seem to have the same choices of quests so we will list them by Place and Quest Giver rather than Quest Arc.

One of the first things you may notice reading this page is that some quests appear, almost identically, at more than one place. This is because we may not always control all of the forts!

Also some quests will ask you to kill people or guards at a specific fort. There may be some of them outside and around the fort but in general these quests cannot really be completed unless the freeps take the fort.

Gramsfoot

Soldier Graus<s>

• Mash<s> (65, 2 hours Cooldown ) - get 10 Chunks of Slimy Slug Meat<s>

	From time to time the slug's Slime Puddle attack will hit you and fail to set an expiration timer. The only way, at this time, to remove it is to log out and back in.

Uglash<s>

• Get to Grothum, Maggot<s> (65, Defeat equals Failure) - Talk to Bok<s> at the goblin-village of Grothum
• Into the Grimwood<s> (65, Defeat equals Failure) - Scout the Grimwood Lumber Camp''
• Report to Dar-gazag, Maggot<s> (65, Defeat equals Failure) - Talk to Chieftain Durulkum<s> south of Gramsfoot
• Report to Lugazag<s> (65, Defeat equals Failure) - Talk to Soldier Gazlup<s> at Lugazag
• To Tirith Rhaw<s> (65, Defeat equals Failure) - Scout Tirith Rhaw
• To Tol Ascarnen<s> (65, Defeat equals Failure) - Scout Tol Ascarnen

Taskmaster Krul<s>

• Raid: Captain-General Lainedhel of Ost Ringdyr<s> (65 )

War-tyrant Akulhun<s>

• Poisoning the Hoardale<s> (65 ) - use the barrel of poison at the top of the falls northwest of Hoardale.
• Capture an Outpost<s> (65 ) - Capture an outpost (duh!)

Dar-gazag

Chieftain Durulkum<s>

• First Marshals' Marks<s> (65 ) - get a First Marshals' Mark<s>
• Footmen's Badges<s> (65 ) - get 20 Footmen's Badges<s>
• Lieutenant's Seals<s> (65 ) - get 5 Lieutenant's Seals<s>
• Captain-General's Symbols<s> (65 ) - get a Captain-General's Symbol<s>
• Sergeant-at-Arm's Patches<s> (65 ) - get 10 Sergeant-at-Arm's Patches<s>

Taskmaster Fikdag<s>

• Tasty Little Farmers and Gardeners<s> (65 ) - kill 5 Hoarhollow Farmer<s>s and 5 Hoarhollow gardener<s>s
• Leader of the Rat-folk<s> (65 ) - 'kill Mayor Wat Mudbottom<s>''
• Tasty Little Legs<s> (65 ) - get 10 Hobbit Legs<s>

Fim the Worm<s>

• Dwarf-beards<s> (65 ) - get 20 Dwarf Beards<s>

Taskmaster Gukthor<s>

• A Dash of This and That<s> (65 ) - get 10 Brittleleaf Seeds<s>
• Not Just for Eating<s> (65 ) - get 10 Food Sacks<s>

Lugazag

Soldier Gazlup<s> - second floor

• Guards of Titith Rhaw<s> (65 ) - kill 20 guards at Tirith Rhaw
• Set in Stone<s> (65, 2 hour Cooldown ) - get 10 Fragments of Troll-stone<s> and 10 Slabs of Troll-stone<s>
• Walls of Lugazag<s> (65 ) - Defeat the Free Peoples at Lugazag

Soldier Kafaaz<s>

• Oil Well<s> (65 ) - get 10 Barrels of Oil<s>

Tol Ascarnen

On the island in the center of Hoardale.

Quartermaster Apsduf<s>

• Armour for the Lessers<s> (65, 2 hour Cooldown ) - get 20 Norbog Chittin<s>
• Fly the Flags<s> (65, 2 hour Cooldown ) - get 20 Thistledown-hides<s>
• Grumbling and Rumbling<s> (65, 2 hour Cooldown ) - get 10 Norbog Gizzards<s> and 10 Norbog Meat<s>
• Scour the Walls Clean<s> (65, 2 hour Cooldown ) - kill Free Peoples at Tol Ascarnen
• Tribute to the Tyrant<s> (65, 2 hour Cooldown ) - get legs of Men

Taskmaster Raulik<s>

• Taste of Elf<s> (65, 2 hour Cooldown ) - get 10 Elf-ears<s>

Soldier Kaasak<s>

• Horn of Rockwithers<s> (65, 2 hour Cooldown ) - Kill Rockwither<s> and take his horn

Soldier Glat<s>

• Cooking Sauce<s> (65, 2 hour Cooldown ) - get 10 Barrels of Oil<s>

Tirith Rhaw

Just northwest of the Coldfells to the east of Hoardale.

Taskmaster Nursufum<s> - outside

• Feather for His Cap<s> (65 ) - get 10 Sun-touched Tailfeathers<s>
• Goldhead Must Die (65 ) - kill Old Goldhead<s>
• Old Goldhead is an Avenger with over 90k HP!

Soldier Fandmau<s> - second floor

• Bedding of Bears<s> (65, 2 hours Cooldown ) - get 10 Morningthaw Hides<s>
• Flay the Free Peoples<s> (65 ) - kill 20 members of the Coldfells army
• These People Be Pests<s> (65 )} - kill 15 Free Peoples at Tirith Rhaw
• Stonewall Fandmau<s> (65 ) - get 10 fragments of troll-stone<s>, 10 fragments of troll-stone<s> and 5 slabs of troll-stone<s>
• I've Got a Theory<s> (65 ) - get 5 Sacks of Food

Soldier Fandmau<s> - top floor

• Iron Belly of Tirith Rhaw<s> (65 )
• Oil Up<s> (65 )

Grimwood Lumber Camp

Due south of Hoardale.

Taskmaster Ghamp<s>

• Big Stuff<s> (65 ) - get 20 Grimwood-logs<s>
• Easy Pickings<s> (65 ) - collect 20 Bundles of Grimwood-kindling<s>

Chieftain Torbok<s>

• Carving Out Hearts<s> (65 ) - collect 20 Grimwood-heartwood<s>
• Grinding Bones in the Grimwood<s> (65 ) - kill 20 Free Peoples
• Lashing the Walls<s> (65 ) - get 20 Grimwood-roots<s>
• Weapons of War<s> (65 ) - get 10 Grimwood-logs<s> and 10 Isendeep-ore<s>