D&D General LotR and Forgotten Realms mashup - your thoughts?

[LuisCarlos17f]

My opinion is the essence of LotR is not only epic fantasy but a lot of a bittersweet touch, melancholy, nostalgia, almost sad. The Middle Earth is a beatiful place, but that is losing, something like when you are older and you realises a lot of things present in your childhood are disapearing. And D&D is about the opposite, the emotion of the exploration and lots of amazing new things just to be discovered.

In my game WotC's version of LotR is within D&D multiverse, but it is a "clone timeline", a parallel universe, and the "original" is not affected at all.

The New Shadow

The New Shadow was an incomplete sequel (approximately 13 pages) to The Lord of the Rings that J.R.R. Tolkien quickly abandoned. It is set in the time of Eldarion, Aragorn's son, approximately 105 years after the Fall of the Dark Tower. In it is mentioned the Dark Tree, and two new characters...

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[Dioltach]

"One does not simply walk into Mordor. One must first travel to Faerun and gain 20 levels. Then one can walk wherever one wishes. Or teleport. Or planeshift."

 

[pemerton]

"One does not simply walk into Mordor. One must first travel to Faerun and gain 20 levels. Then one can walk wherever one wishes. Or teleport. Or planeshift."

This gets a laugh only because there is neither a "groaning" nor a "shoot me now" emoji!

 

[Andvari]

"Look Mr. Frodo! It's a Dungeons & Dragons ride!"

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

I like the idea of a group from FR being transported to ME and finding that non of their magic works!

 

[Corinnguard]

Legolas IMO would be an Elven Fighter who took up the Fighting Initiate feat in order to be a master of two Fighting Styles- Two-Weapon Fighting and Archery.

In my game WotC's version of LotR is within D&D multiverse, but it is a "clone timeline", a parallel universe, and the "original" is not affected at all.

This would work for me.

 

[CreamCloud0]

if i were playing a middle earth setting i definitely feel like it is one where i would enforce the only half-casters of less rule as well as quite a few of the 'gritty realism' tweaks like curating spell lists of spells like tiny hut, goodberry and create food and water., if i did allow any fullcasters i think it would be the sorcerer and warlock, as others have said middle earth is very much a lowmagic setting that fullcasters and convenience magic violently jarr with the tone.

 

[CatullusCato]

There have been a couple of Forgotten Realms Magic the Gathering sets. And at least one LotR sets. That's what made me think of this idea...

For an RPG, what sort of compelling storyline would you create that mixes Forgotten Realms and LotR?

I’d check out Free League’s 5e-based Lord of the Ring’s Role-Playing Game. (The new edition of Adventures in Middle Earth). It blends 5e and Middle Earth very well.

Website here.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

I’d check out Free League’s 5e-based Lord of the Ring’s Role-Playing Game. (The new edition of Adventures in Middle Earth). It blends 5e and Middle Earth very well.

Website here.

But that game is ME with 5e rules, not a blend of Middle Earth and the Forgotten Realms lore/style/theme the OP is asking about.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

But that game is ME with 5e rules, not a blend of Middle Earth and the Forgotten Realms lore/style/theme the OP is asking about.

Yes, exactly. I am more interested in the themes/feel; rules I can figure out later...