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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9017361" data-attributes="member: 6807784"><p>Having read it, it is Adventures in Middle Earth with some shinier toys, such as the Eye Awareness system, and some better integration of One Ring concepts, as well as expanded patrons.</p><p></p><p>IMO, this is the most OSR 5E game of all time. You can play this just like an OSR game with absolutely no deviation, and could use these rules and everything to play pretty much any OSR adventure, only modifying enemy hit points to match. I like it.</p><p></p><p>The Lore Scholar, starting at level 7, can get a Magical Success on anything so long as it has resources, which makes Lore Scholars super super super super super super super cool. Like, they can open magical doors with lockpicks, or do some legolas naughty word, or and basically do magical naughty word with ability checks so long as they have Lore dice to spend. That's probably the greatest innovation in the book imo, and makes the scholar a 10/10 wizard replacement, thematically at least...and post level 7.</p><p></p><p>For some reason the Captain has a dead level at 9? Weird. I think overall Free League is too conservative in their class design, but the Virtues, the huge magical item generator, and the new rule additions do their job of making the game feel exciting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 9017361, member: 6807784"] Having read it, it is Adventures in Middle Earth with some shinier toys, such as the Eye Awareness system, and some better integration of One Ring concepts, as well as expanded patrons. IMO, this is the most OSR 5E game of all time. You can play this just like an OSR game with absolutely no deviation, and could use these rules and everything to play pretty much any OSR adventure, only modifying enemy hit points to match. I like it. The Lore Scholar, starting at level 7, can get a Magical Success on anything so long as it has resources, which makes Lore Scholars super super super super super super super cool. Like, they can open magical doors with lockpicks, or do some legolas naughty word, or and basically do magical naughty word with ability checks so long as they have Lore dice to spend. That's probably the greatest innovation in the book imo, and makes the scholar a 10/10 wizard replacement, thematically at least...and post level 7. For some reason the Captain has a dead level at 9? Weird. I think overall Free League is too conservative in their class design, but the Virtues, the huge magical item generator, and the new rule additions do their job of making the game feel exciting. [/QUOTE]
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