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Does anyone here really think their view is universal? How anything I say can adversely affect the fun of others is beyond my...

I've played every incarnation of D&D since Basic, with the exception of 4e(I doubt 4e is the exception), and I have yet to see a rule...

Working on it! (Ha, I’ll never get there) This was just a part of my first fight ever. Really just a glorified exhibition.

Thank you, I am happy to see so many others are enjoying my readthrough. I do plan to do other books. I'm not one for making promises...

Yes and there was also "poetic justice" in that one of them was instrumental in the death of the Witch King who had destroyed the...

I would say a 14 in your primary attack/spellcasting stat is probably the minimum - the number is more important for weapon users, but I...

Yes, Gandalf the White is the new chief of the Order and he can and does cast out Saruman for his treason. He's also a new reincarnation...

My recollection is that it's a colloquialism from Gondor, where they have no personal experience with the Hobbit culture. Halfling is a...

If I were doing a literary analysis of the scene, I'd say it's a fairly common death-and-rebirth thing. Plunging into darkness, clawing...

A widow is a single word or short line that appears at the end of a paragraph but gets pushed to the top of the next page or column. An...

It's short for "Where I Read." it's different than a [Let's Read] in that it's a first-time experience with a book and thus not a...

They were using the Daggers of Westernesse that they got from the barrows. Those are magically imbued to fight the forces of Angmar. I...

I guess I forgot its use earlier in the book. As for put-down, it always came off as "half in stature" vibewise and from what I vaguely...

First, I love these posts of yours. I hope you do other books at some point. Second, I think it goes beyond what you state there...

Today, we begin reading the Two Towers. Last we left off, the Fellowship broke apart after Boromir attempted to seize the ring from...