Which town in ToME do you call "home"?

[Maylith]

Like most(?) folks, I generally use one town for my dungeon diving. My home in that town has all the stockpiles of items I am currently using, plus maybe a few assorted things I might want, plus assorted stuff I want to save but haven't moved elsewhere yet.

What I'm curious about is this: Is there a favorite hometown or a favorite trend of using different hometowns?

Personally, I always start in Bree and then move to Lothlorien as soon as I can. I've never homebased out of any of the other towns. Not sure why, but there it is.

[Serin]

I happen to be a nomad, you ever heard the song by metallica "wherever I roam" (i think that is what it is called.... ) anyway, there is a line that I like a lot (for my chars at any rate) "where I lay my head is home..."

[zasvid]

This poll is lacking one option - Angband. The true home of villaing hero who wore the One and went to defeat Morgy. When all other towns crumpled, such a hero runs out of WoR's after time (if he does not retire, that is) and must stay somewhere for longer. And probably it will be angband.

As for what I prefer it's Lorien. Good range of services and it's not so big and hard-to-navigate as Minas Anor or Gondolin (not to mention getting in and out Khazad-Dum).

[Hunter]

It never occurred to me to have a "hometown." Bree is my default hometown in the early going, of course, but past that, I just base out of whatever town is most convenient for the dungeon I'm about to tackle. I even tend to divide them up by home content -- one home will have mostly weapons, another will be armour, a third will be devoted to scrolls, potions, et cetera, and a fourth to jewelry and knick-knacks. It's easier to go to my jewelry home in, say, Minas Anor, than check every single town cause I can't remember where I left my Ring of Speed +14.

I will concede that Lothlorien gets a lot of my business simply because A) it has most of the services I'd need (unlike Bree, which lacks some important ones, or Gondolin, which lacks a certain one that my mage characters like) and isn't as much of a headache to navigate as Minas Anor and B) more importantly, it's relatively central to most dungeons. But it's not a big deal for me, and I generally spend the end-game up north around Gondolin

[Maylith]

This poll is lacking one option - Angband. The true home of villaing hero who wore the One and went to defeat Morgy. When all other towns crumpled, such a hero runs out of WoR's after time (if he does not retire, that is) and must stay somewhere for longer. And probably it will be angband.

Whoops. I never would have thought of that. I'll add Angband if you want.

[ShinesmanOffWhite]

It really varies for me. Generally my base of operations is the town with the richest merchants, but of late I've gotten some really short shrift (armor and weapon both for 5000 in some towns, only 15k for books, etc...).

In general, Laurenlindorean is my home since it has the most variety of shops, but it really varies from game to game. I often keep my stash of consumable goods in Gondolin, though, just because it's the closest to Angband and because I tend to break the bank on a certain quest in that town...

Gondolin would be it hands down if it actually had a bookstore.

[Tachyon]

Whichever place is nearest at the moment.

[furiosity]

Depends on geographical location. Whichever dungeon I'm doing, I'll take the closer town and move all my supplies there for the time that I'm diving. I do usually proceed from Bree to Lothlorien to Minas Anor to Gondolin (it's always my last home-that-has-supplies in the game), and Khazad Dum I use as a museum more than a real 'home'.

[Zizzo]

So far all my characters have followed the usual dungeon<->town progression through Lothlorien. Of course, my only characters so far that have gotten to Mordor (presumably the switch-over point to the Minas Anor house) are holdovers from 2.1.2, before house quests, and by that point in the game I was usually using the Minas Anor and Gondolin houses for overflow storage anyway, so I'd just stay at Lothlorien (and it would've been far too much grief to relocate with the Alchemist anyway). I haven't gotten any 2.2.x characters to that point yet, though my Swordmaster recently did the Minas Anor house quest to obtain some emergency overflow storage after discovering that 2.2.6 is one of the versions with the limited Mathom-house.

[Armada]

I use bree the most because...Well I usually dont even get through the Orc Caves. I take a lot of risks so i tend to die a h*ll of a lot.

I also tend to forget where the other towns are, so i don't travel much. In fact, i think ive only ever made it to another town once..

[feathin]

Bree till I'm done Orc caves, then a very brief stint in Lothlorien while I run through Mirkwood, then its primarily Minas Anor, and soon Gondolin as well. Currently have Gondolin's house weapon and armor, and Minas Anor magical items. Earlier levels though when I still want cash it can change if Minas Anor especially doesn't have a good price limit at its weaponsmith.

[LogrusMage]

This poll is lacking one option - Angband. The true home of villaing hero who wore the One and went to defeat Morgy. When all other towns crumpled, such a hero runs out of WoR's after time (if he does not retire, that is) and must stay somewhere for longer. And probably it will be angband.

As for what I prefer it's Lorien. Good range of services and it's not so big and hard-to-navigate as Minas Anor or Gondolin (not to mention getting in and out Khazad-Dum).

woa, am i the only one who almost never uses WoR from scrolls past mirkwood? usually, by the mirkwood halfway point, i have something infinitely reuseable for WoR that can't be burned or otherwise destroyed by non-exceptional attacks, doesn't keep costing me money (not that my trillionaire chars can't afford it), and never leaves me high, dry, and bored when the temple and alchemist both go out of stock on WoRs simultaneously. usually it's a rod of recall, but i think there's a few other items that do so, also.

[zasvid]

woa, am i the only one who almost never uses WoR from scrolls past mirkwood? usually, by the mirkwood halfway point, i have something infinitely reuseable for WoR that can't be burned or otherwise destroyed by non-exceptional attacks, doesn't keep costing me money (not that my trillionaire chars can't afford it), and never leaves me high, dry, and bored when the temple and alchemist both go out of stock on WoRs simultaneously. usually it's a rod of recall, but i think there's a few other items that do so, also.

hoom... right. Forgot that one must also be an unbeliever to be able to run out of scrolls and be forced to live in Angband, because none other char uses them that far

[Nerdanel]

My sorceror who got to the level 93 of Angband (yay!) used scrolls the whole time. I did have the recall spell and fire immunity, but I was too paranoid to rely only on that, so I carried scrolls everywhere and used them.

[LogrusMage]

My sorceror who got to the level 93 of Angband (yay!) used scrolls the whole time. I did have the recall spell and fire immunity, but I was too paranoid to rely only on that, so I carried scrolls everywhere and used them.

you'r too paranoid to use a spell, but scrolls you'r comfortable with? paranoia about destroyed scrolls is what led me to start seeking out the permanent ones. spellbooks tend to be far easier to keep intact than scrolls, it just seems otherwise, because when they are destroyed, you feel the loss more.