A Sappy Vacation (cider)

A Sappy Vacation

You're cross-country skiing through the forests around Large Donkey Mountain when you run into ForestGoatee, the hipster Ent.

"Hooom, man," he says. "Cross-country skiing? No snowboarding? No Xtreme Downhill? Do you have any idea how dorky that is?"

"Yup," you reply. "It's about as dorky as wearing mesh trucker caps and thick plastic-frame glasses."

"Exactly," he says, and pats you on the back (knocking you over in the process, but then thoughtfully setting you back on your skis). "For a hasty one, you're pretty hip. I believe you are a new species - a half-hipling. I shall have to discuss this with my fellow hipster Ents. Here, you look thirsty, take this. It is Ent Cider, a refreshing beverage that we brew from ourselves."

"You mean you brew it yourselves?"

"No. We brew it from ourselves."

"Uh, no thanks," you say, thinking quickly. "I only drink twenty-year-old supermarket brands."

The Ent seems impressed. "Truly, you are hip indeed."

You lose 3 Adventures.

You spent 500 Meat.

You gain X Roguishness.

You acquire an item: Shore Inc. Ship Trip Scrip

• Prior to August 30, 2013:

You're cross-country skiing through the forests around Large Donkey Mountain when you run into ForestGoatee, the hipster Ent.

"Hooom, man," he says. "Cross-country skiing? No snowboarding? No Xtreme Downhill? Do you have any idea how dorky that is?"

"Yup," you reply. "It's about as dorky as wearing mesh trucker caps and thick plastic-frame glasses."

"Exactly," he says, and pats you on the back (knocking you over in the process, but then thoughtfully setting you back on your skis). "For a hasty one, you're pretty hip. I believe you are a new species - a half-hipling. I shall have to discuss this with my fellow hipster Ents. Here, you look thirsty -- take this -- it's a refreshing beverage what we brew from ourselves."

"You mean you brew it yourselves?"

"No. We brew it from ourselves."

You acquire 3 Ent ciders

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Occurs at Large Donkey Mountain Ski Resort.

Notes

• This adventure changed as part of the August 30, 2013 revamp of The Shore, Inc. Travel Agency.

References

• Parts of this adventure refer to the Lord of the Rings book series, where Ents, a race of tree-like creatures, accuse halflings of being very hasty. The name "ForestGoatee" is a play on "Treebeard", the name of a prominent Ent in the Lord of the Rings.