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<blockquote data-quote="Atilary" data-source="post: 12219" data-attributes="member: 773"><p>I play tested some of the material thats been posted here Sunday night with my group. I got some rather inciteful feedback (none of them are big Tolien fans, btw) and so I'll present that here. </p><p>First, I used Gothmog's monster conversion, Red Baron's spellcasting system (with his classes) and a modified ranger class. I used CH's races (my players didn't like the fact the Noldor were so powerful, but if they read the books they would understand). Anyway, i beleived any Tolkien campaign should allow for more "legendary" gameplay, and thus tried to reflect this. As a result, I used a simplified WP/VP system (for now) and allowed for Legendary Successes/Failures on all checks. I'm not sure if this idea has been explored before, but I allowed the players to, if they rolled a natural 20, to reroll and add that score on again. This might be going to the extreme a bit, but they really enjoyed the fact that they could really feel like "Legendary Heroes." One of my players told me the one encounter reminded him of the battle that took place in Moria (in the movie). I myself have compiled about 70 pages worth of postings and my own material (it is mostly CH's, Red Baron's, and Gothmog's work) for use with my group, , and if anyone is interested I will try to upload it to the yahoo club site. It is about 3 megs thoug, so ill cut out the graphics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atilary, post: 12219, member: 773"] I play tested some of the material thats been posted here Sunday night with my group. I got some rather inciteful feedback (none of them are big Tolien fans, btw) and so I'll present that here. First, I used Gothmog's monster conversion, Red Baron's spellcasting system (with his classes) and a modified ranger class. I used CH's races (my players didn't like the fact the Noldor were so powerful, but if they read the books they would understand). Anyway, i beleived any Tolkien campaign should allow for more "legendary" gameplay, and thus tried to reflect this. As a result, I used a simplified WP/VP system (for now) and allowed for Legendary Successes/Failures on all checks. I'm not sure if this idea has been explored before, but I allowed the players to, if they rolled a natural 20, to reroll and add that score on again. This might be going to the extreme a bit, but they really enjoyed the fact that they could really feel like "Legendary Heroes." One of my players told me the one encounter reminded him of the battle that took place in Moria (in the movie). I myself have compiled about 70 pages worth of postings and my own material (it is mostly CH's, Red Baron's, and Gothmog's work) for use with my group, , and if anyone is interested I will try to upload it to the yahoo club site. It is about 3 megs thoug, so ill cut out the graphics. [/QUOTE]
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