Line #0 Funny/TheLordoftheRingsOnline


1	The Lord of the Rings Online is an epic, sprawling MMORPG with hundreds of quests, grand, sweeping narratives, and the most extensive and faithful recreation of Middle-earth in modern media. Like the books it's based on, it also has it's fair share of funny moments and downright sillyness.
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4	[[folder:Epic Quests]]
5	* At the end of the Moria- and Mirkwood-storyline, in an optional quest as part of the epilogue, a dwarf tasks the player with killing an orc or a goblin in every region of Middle-earth (prior to Mirkwood) in his family's name, after which you are to tell the dwarf's father of your glorious exploits. The father is less than amused, bemoaning the fact that his sons spend more time complaining to strangers about their grievances with the orcs, than actually doing something productive. He also questions whether or not the player character hasn't got anything more important to do.
6	--> '''Tandri''' (the father): 'What in the names of all the Fathers has my son had you do?'
7	** A rather amusing bit of dialogue comes from the Epilogue where the Dwarves return Zigilburk to it's former resting place in the Drowned Treasury. Hundi, the dwarf who originally gave you your very first legendary weapon, asks you how the weapon has served you since it was first wielded. Your [[PlayerCharacter character's]] response? ''They had already replaced it'', [[LampshadeHanging lampshading how the first legendary weapon you acquire usually gets canned later on in the game]]. Hundi is obviously disappointed.
8	--> '''Hundi''': 'You replaced it? Oh, I see. Well, that is sometimes the way of weapons, is it not?'
9	* During Epic Volume III, a Dunlending Man named Iwan has you gather toxic toad-residue for him to treat his clan's weapons with. Upon bringing him the residue, he immediately taste-tests it. He becomes quite ill, but is pleased at how effective the poison is.
10	--> '''Maelona''': "Iwan is a fool and always has been! Never taste the poison you are making! sigh"
11	--> '''Iwan''': "I feel...terrible...is that not wonderful?"
12	* [[spoiler:During your captivity in Isengard, you are made to do various things such as cleaning up, [[FetchQuest carrying things to and fro]], and [[RatStomp killing rats]]. This isn't the funny part. The funny part is your character suddenly gaining speed boosts whilst lifting things, with the accompanying buff descriptions implying that [[PlayerCharacter your character]] is more annoyed than actually suffering, as if being a prisoner of Isengard is the least of their concern!]]
13	** A couple Isengard quests involve cleaning up piles of slop. The accompanying description for each pile?
14	---> Slop. What more need be said?
15	** [[spoiler:Also in Isengard, after gaining the trust of your overseer you're allowed more leeway to move around and [[GreatEscape hatch an escape plan]] with a Rohirrim prisoner named Baldgar and the former tower steward Acca. After obtaining some black powder and killing the prison's key-master, you're beckoned over by a Dunlending prisoner who saw the entire thing and begs to join the scheme. [[GilliganCut One black screen later]] you have a ''small army'' of freed Dunlendings at your back, with Baldgar -- who insisted on retaining a small, stealthy team for the entire thing -- [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe appropriately exhasperated by the sudden increase in co-conspirators]].]]
16	---> '''Baldgar''': 'This is not what I meant, <Player Name>.'
17	* Prince Théodred, the Prince of Rohan whose presence in the books amounts to nothing but a footnote in the appendices, proves to be very sharp-minded with an ''extremely'' [[DeadpanSnarker dry sense of humour]].
18	--> (''Discussing upcoming battle-plans'') '''Théodred''': 'From what you have said, we know that Saruman has a much larger force of uruks than we do of Men. Grimbold estimates that each one of us is worth at least twenty uruks, but he is from Grimslade, and [[DeadpanSnarker the men of that place are not known for their mastery of numbers]].'
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20	[[folder:Landscape Quests and NPCs]]
21	* Beside Bree-town's north gate, you can see a group of hobbits who have crashed their wagon against the hedge (one of whom has his feet sticking out of said hedge). They remain there to this day.
22	* In one of the Shire quests, you investigate the rumor of a Black Rider in the area. What you find instead is [[spoiler:[[ScoobyDooHoax an ordinary Hobbit wearing a black cloak, running around in a pig sty, and spouting a bunch of hilarious stuff in an attempt to sound like a Black Rider.]]]]
23	--> [[spoiler:"These sties are mine!"]]
24	--> [[spoiler:"Ba-ha-ha-ha.... Fear my wrath, Bolgers of Budgeford!"]]
25	--> [[spoiler:"I bring terror to the sties of Budgeford!"]]
26	--> [[spoiler:[''when you go to confront him''] "Cower before me! You will face my wrath! Boooooooooo!"]]
27	* One of the quests in Evendim, on the island infested with salamanders, is about killing insects on the island. Why? The Ranger there thinks he saw one of them carry a salamander on its back while swimming (without a loss to mobility, as well!), and fears that if kept unchecked, the salamanders would be able to reach the mainland this way. However, the quest journal states that you fail to see how the insects would be able to carry the salamanders, the Ranger states mid-quest that he may have been imagining things, and when you do finish it, he admits that there is no way that it was actually possible, but thanks you for doing it anyway. The Ranger was on the island for a long time with the self proclaimed "Greatest Lore-master Ever", who [[spoiler:caused all of the salamanders to appear, and acted insane until the end of his quest series.]]
28	* Another quest in Evendim involves drugging a giant's soup, causing several giants to hallucinate, resulting in several hilarious reactions.
29	* In the Trollshaws, one quest chain revolves around collecting ingredients for a toad soup recipe, making an "improved" version of the soup to the dwarf who gave the questgiver the recipe, and then giving the soup back to the questgiver, only for him to be tricked by the dwarf again. The chain ends with this line, after he says that he'll find a reward for you:
30	--> "No, no, do not look so panicked! I was not planning on giving you the toad stew!"
31	* From the description of a quest reward from a Trollshaws quest chain:
32	--> "Wistan wishes you to spread the tale of how he isn't skilled enough to catch a cradle-robbing creature. How odd."
33	* In Angmar, down in Ram Duath, there's groups of orcs that are occasionally led by a captain, who keeps yelling some damn hilarious things at them. (Especially when you realize he's congratulating himself for not killing off his moronic subordinates.)
34	--> “Yes! Me good leader! Still got three Orcs left to push war-wagon!”
35	--> “Stop. We rest now. Not kill off last few Orcs.”
36	--> “Should kill you now. But then, who push wagon?”
37	* A quest in Lothlórien requires you to scold drunken Elven revelers without disturbing the sober ones. The way to determine who's drunk? They butcher their [[WelcomeToCorneria repeated dialogue]] with hilarious [[{{malaproper}} malapropisms]]!
38	--> '''Reveller''' (sober): 'Aesbrennil's berry-pies make a wonderful end to the meal!'
39	--> '''Reveller''' (drunk): 'Aesbrennil's buried pies make a splendourful end to the maul!'
40	* You can find the ranger Daervunn [[BadassInDistress tied up in Grimbold's camp]], having been captured on orders from Edoras. Since he came all the way down from the Gravenwood to warn Théodred and his riders about Saruman's treachery, he is unsurprisingly miffed at being tied up and left on a post:
41	--> '''Daervunn''': 'Well met...[[SarcasmMode or so I would say were I not bound to a post]]. I came here to warn Théodred of Saruman's schemes, but I am afraid the Wizard remains a step ahead of us. ''[...]'' [[DeadpanSnarker Now, as much I enjoy the comforts of a cheery campfire and the good company of my guards]], I do not suppose you could see fit to speak on my behalf with the camp commander?'
42	** Grimbold also gets in on the snark, [[BatmanGambit cleverly orchestrating Daervunn's escape from camp]] and getting rid of a suspected mole by [[CouldSayItBut casually and sarcastically suggesting]] the player acquire some ale to [[DrinkingOnDuty distract said mole from guard-duty]]:
43	---> '''Grimbold''': ''I happen to know that this fellow is [[TheAlcoholic more fond of strong drink than is good for him]]. If he were to be swayed by such temptations during his watch, there is a danger that the Ranger would slip away. [[SarcasmMode That would be most unfortunate]], as dereliction of duty is a severe offence that carries a stiff punishment. [[PlausibleDeniability In any case, I have little more to say on the matter]]. Good day, <Player Name>.'
44	** After acquiring some ale, the player looks for a spot near Daervunn to set it down. He questions what you're doing and wonders why your [[SkewedPriorities first priority isn't to cut him loose]].
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46	[[folder:Gameplay and Deeds]]
47	* There are an extensive number of avatar emotes and cosmetics to acquire in the game. Some of these are appropriately Tolkienesque, but the game doesn't hesitate to throw in a bunch of silly items, especially during the in-game festivals!
48	** From the description of a pair of special shrew-stomping boots, from the elves' Spring Festival:
49	---> "These boots were made for stomping, and that's just what they'll do. One of these days, these boots are going to stomp all over shrews."
50	* One of the class deeds of Beornings is to find the missing pages of a book "A Study of the Skin-changer." The deed log provides some amusing descriptions of your [[PlayerCharacter character's]] reactions to these pages:
51	--> [Page 23] ''On this page, the author describes the skin-changer's love of honey-cakes. This, at least, is accurate. Your cousin Varthmath is particularly skilled at the baking of honey-cakes, and now you want one. You silently curse the mysterious author for reminding you of such deliciousness without any near at hand.''
52	--> [Page 11] ''On this page, the author poses a question he finds undeniably frightening: are there skin-changers among us? You know that your people are not as numerous as he believes, nor are they as skilled at blending in as he thinks they are.''
53	--> [Page 21] ''On this page, the author supplies a surprising confession: [[spoiler:he claims that he himself is a skin-changer!]] Judging from the rest of this book you find this a difficult thing to believe.''
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55	[[folder:Instances and Raids]]
56	* The Northcotton Farm is a three-man instance centered around saving the hobbits of the titular farm from the evil Gaunt-Lord Thadúr the Ravager. How does he plan to accomplish this? By poisoning the hobbits' water supply... and trying to lure all the hobbits into ''eating poisoned pies''. The player has to ''[[GetAHoldOfYourSelfMan literally slap them]]'' to snap them out of it!

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