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<blockquote data-quote="Wolfspider" data-source="post: 348965" data-attributes="member: 300"><p>I don't have the book yet, but I discussed some aspects of it with my friend Gothmog last night. He agrees that it looks great and seems to be quite similar to D20 in many ways. </p><p></p><p>We did notice some strange things regarding the races of Middle Earth, though. For example, men take a penalty to their Wits score (which is like Intelligence in D20). I couldn't quite figure out why. And only Sindar receive a bonus to their Vitality (aka Constitution) scores. Not all elves have night vision, as well.</p><p></p><p>Some of this weirdness may come from the fact that they are only using the Hobbit and LotR books, and not Tolkien's other works. Thus, only Sindar have bonuses to Vitality because we never see any other elves but Legolas running around tirelessly. Likewise, not all elves have nightvision in the RPG because only Legolas is depicted making amazing "shots in the dark." Of course, in the Silmarillion, we find that Elves were born into a world of eternal night, lit only by the stars, and that the Noldor made a grueling journey over a dangerous savage land of ice. Thus all elves should have high vitality and night vision. But, Decipher's license is limited.</p><p></p><p>In any case, I still plan on getting the book. But I'm certainly going to be making some house rules if I don't decide just to use D20 instead. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wolfspider, post: 348965, member: 300"] I don't have the book yet, but I discussed some aspects of it with my friend Gothmog last night. He agrees that it looks great and seems to be quite similar to D20 in many ways. We did notice some strange things regarding the races of Middle Earth, though. For example, men take a penalty to their Wits score (which is like Intelligence in D20). I couldn't quite figure out why. And only Sindar receive a bonus to their Vitality (aka Constitution) scores. Not all elves have night vision, as well. Some of this weirdness may come from the fact that they are only using the Hobbit and LotR books, and not Tolkien's other works. Thus, only Sindar have bonuses to Vitality because we never see any other elves but Legolas running around tirelessly. Likewise, not all elves have nightvision in the RPG because only Legolas is depicted making amazing "shots in the dark." Of course, in the Silmarillion, we find that Elves were born into a world of eternal night, lit only by the stars, and that the Noldor made a grueling journey over a dangerous savage land of ice. Thus all elves should have high vitality and night vision. But, Decipher's license is limited. In any case, I still plan on getting the book. But I'm certainly going to be making some house rules if I don't decide just to use D20 instead. :) [/QUOTE]
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