Recent content by Mike D

I am aware of that quote, at the entrance to Moria . . . but that is the only reference I am aware of to anything of the sort. I could argue that was more of a turn of phrase for Gandalf than an actual reference to any such magic. There is nothing else in any of the other trilogy books, or the...

This is going to be awesome. I'm a huge fan of TOR; yes, the releases are slow, but they are excellent when they do come out. As 5E and TOR are the only two games I play right now, this will be perfect for me. I believe the conversion will be fine. I took the Scales of War adventures in 4E and...

I like to make the argument that in Middle-earth, there is actually no "magic" at all. By magic, I mean the ability to manipulate matter and energy in the way an arcane D&D spellcaster does. In Middle-earth, anyone or anything that is "magical" traces its sources to Aman, which in Tolkien's...

I missed the Kickstarter. Will these be available to the general public? Last time I looked, I did not see them for sale on the website.

I think the price is reasonable when you consider that you are custom designing your own miniature. I just designed and bought one, took about 30 minutes. I've been looking for a specific miniature for years - a female human duel whip wielding fighter - and not surprisingly, there is a dearth of...

Thanks Wednesday Boy. I am well aware of the WotC material; I have a dual whip tempest fighter that uses some of these feats. This article was meant to add more options for whip fighters, if I recall correctly. It was definitely third party.

About a year or two ago there was an article in the ENWorld newsletter that contained optional rules (feats and powers, I think) for whip fighters. Try as I might I cannot find the article now. It was not from WotC but I don't recall who published it. Does anyone remember this article and if so...