As some of you may already be aware, the Dampdale Cartography Society was robbed when someone accidentally left the decoration keys under the mat. So not only was the chest cleared out, but all the maps and other deco save a few bound map tables as well. Folks have already generously been offering to help replace what was lost.
Bluejay came up with a brilliant notion to have a scavenger hunt event to make a good thing out of a bad. As the founder of Dampdale, I think this a brilliant idea.
I hope to post a list of what needs replacing much later today. I will do so in the hopes of preventing multiples of X and no Ys that were lost. I will do my level best to update the list each day as items are sent as donations.
Since we have control over the entirety of Dampdale, what I propose is once we can find a date (most likely sat afternoon) that conflicts with as little as humanly possible, we turn Dampdale in its entirety into the place to hunt. So items will either be in place on deco hooks, or hidden in various housing chests.
As items are discovered, they will be returned to their rightful place at the Society.
We might want to brainstorm some prizes and such too, even if some sort of item that we can theme accordingly just for participating. (Crafted backpacks?)
I put up a thread on the LOTRO forums about this event, as I hope as many folks as possible can attend so we can all have a grand ol' time.
The thread can be seen here: https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?648950-Forenotice-of-a-TBA-event-turning-a-negative-into-a-positive