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It’s an interesting point, but IMO this is literary criticism and I see limited value in using any of this to set the statistics or...

We don’t know the ring could turn either Galdalf or Galadriel, though they each feared that would be the result. If killing one’s...

I can see how someone seeing him immediately murdering his friend might think it corrupted him immediately. Is corruption like being...

To be fair, dwarves were explicitly designed by the Valar Aule to be resistant to the works of the Enemy. That's why Sauron couldn't use...

Heritage in Level Up covers traits such as size, speed, age, senses and a signature trait such as Elven trance or a Dragonborn's breath...

A species as class is of course super limiting, but I rather feel some sort of additional subclass-like structure might make sense at...

You don’t consider Smeagol to have been corrupted immediately? Anyway, you can interpret what you have read however you see fit -...

For sure, I've absolutely done a similar thought loop. One of my tables is playing Dolmenwood (a B/X derivative) right now, which has...

That idea didn’t come out of nowhere. The system privileges combat by giving it longer and more detailed rules than anything else.

Interesting ideas. I am waiting to learn more about the set before buying. It does look quite interesting, but also expensive for me...

Not according to Tolkien’s legendarium- they are a type of human and have no special resistance.

i dunno, i wouldn't trust squirrels to not be pulling a long con on us.

I’d say any essentially immortal group (i.e. the elves) would have a very different outlook on life compared to mortal beings. Might...

I suppose none of it is undeniable, the the alternative is the ‘humans with funny ears’ model.

People get way too out of shape about "balance" in RPGs anyway.