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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 301146" data-attributes="member: 5868"><p>Let me say I think this is a great idea and I've followed the work on the MEd20 site for quite a while.</p><p></p><p>Certainly the adventuring possibilities abound in Middle Earth of the 4th Age. The idea of a return to Moria always fascinated me. I think there's too much wealth and nostalgia for the dwarves to have left it alone forever, and with the passing of Sauron, certainly the orcs there are probably weakened (though I'm not sure what that implies for the Balrog).</p><p></p><p>A great dwarvish campaign in ME4A, besides liberating Moria, could be the foundation of the kingdom of the Glittering Caves under Gimli. Though, as an aside, I never understood why Rohan would permit this.</p><p></p><p>I like the idea of a party of adventurers hired by Gondor to help patrol Mordor from a Gondorian citadel there. Certainly lots of dungeon crawling possibilities, and lots of strange creatures and intriguing magic in the dark places of Gorgoroth.</p><p></p><p>[Semi-seriously] The first adventure could be ... Keep on the Borderlands! [/semi-seriously]</p><p></p><p>The ME4A setting seems to eliminate some of the difficulties of balancing elven characters -- the Noldor are all gone (or else you could quest to find their remnants). Elven characters could be wood elves (I forget the ME term), which always struck me as being the most like D&D elves, lacking the great power of the other elvish sub-races. But I admit I've never been sure exactly where they fit in. They never had a ring, and maybe they remain behind as the other elves go over the sea, and continue to live if somewhat diminished.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 301146, member: 5868"] Let me say I think this is a great idea and I've followed the work on the MEd20 site for quite a while. Certainly the adventuring possibilities abound in Middle Earth of the 4th Age. The idea of a return to Moria always fascinated me. I think there's too much wealth and nostalgia for the dwarves to have left it alone forever, and with the passing of Sauron, certainly the orcs there are probably weakened (though I'm not sure what that implies for the Balrog). A great dwarvish campaign in ME4A, besides liberating Moria, could be the foundation of the kingdom of the Glittering Caves under Gimli. Though, as an aside, I never understood why Rohan would permit this. I like the idea of a party of adventurers hired by Gondor to help patrol Mordor from a Gondorian citadel there. Certainly lots of dungeon crawling possibilities, and lots of strange creatures and intriguing magic in the dark places of Gorgoroth. [Semi-seriously] The first adventure could be ... Keep on the Borderlands! [/semi-seriously] The ME4A setting seems to eliminate some of the difficulties of balancing elven characters -- the Noldor are all gone (or else you could quest to find their remnants). Elven characters could be wood elves (I forget the ME term), which always struck me as being the most like D&D elves, lacking the great power of the other elvish sub-races. But I admit I've never been sure exactly where they fit in. They never had a ring, and maybe they remain behind as the other elves go over the sea, and continue to live if somewhat diminished. [/QUOTE]
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