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Dual-classing with front-loaded classes would be a good thing. You level up twice as slowly but both classes stay equal level all the way up. No multi-classing, no dipping, and no "build-optimization". That's the way I'd do it.

I actually like frontloading class abilities, and the lack of frontloading is, in a way, my main gripe with modern iterations of D&D.

Out of those I have only read Tolkien, more than just the Hobbit and LotR actually, and also Lovecraft (probably most of his stuff) and Howard's Conan, which I love very much. I don't know to what extent they influence my "brand of D&D" though. I've read the original Dragonlance Trilogy in the...

I wonder if Adar could perhaps be Maeglin, the son of Eöl the Dark Elf, and the hilt be that of Anguirel, his sword. Of course, Maeglin is supposed to have died during the Fall of Gondolin, but I suppose the writers could have him survive that (it is a stretch, I am aware) but at least he is...

If D&D was serious about medieval verisimilitude, it'd be all about spears, polearms, maces, and warhammers (the real ones, not the ones that look like a giant sledgehammer) The "arming sword" was a backup weapon. It's a shame that a "modern" weapon like the rapier is arguably the best weapon...

They didn't. The way I understand it, the events run like this: Celebrimbor and Annatar/Sauron crafted the 7 and the 9 thogether, after an unspecified number of "minor" rings. Annatar/Sauron disappears, presumably to Mordor. Celebrimbor crafts the 3, in secrecy, using the knowledge gaines from...

Yes, all rings were forged in secret, by the Gwaith-i-Mirdain (Celebrimbor's smiths) under the "tutelage" of Annatar/Sauron. The 3 elven rings were forged "behind Sauron's back" so to speak. And that's why he assailed and devastated Eregion.

The thing is, the 3 elven rings were crafted after the others, iirc, not before.

Well I guess it would have been swallowed by the Sundering Sea then. The way I understand it —and I may be completely off the mark here— is that Sauron did indeed die when Númenor sank, but since the One Ring already existed and, more imprlortantly, he knew where it was and had access to it, his...

Not at all. It is said that Sauron allowed himself to be taken prisoner and feigned humbleness. Seeing the might and pride of Númenoreans he probably thought it entertaining to have them rebel against the Valar, though he did not foresee that Númenor would be utterly destroyed and drowned. Had...

The Black Hack 1E (or even 2E)

Yeah. WarCRAFT copied from WarHAMMER in that regard.

I've seen a compelling argument for the fact that Halbrand being evil is a red herring, and his people becoming the ancestors to what will later become the Rohirrim. While those are compelling arguments, Tolkien has stated that the ancestors of the Rohirrim lived in the (upper) Vales of the...

I guess they know that Aliens is a game that absolutely relies on adventures, as it has less of a "setting". They probably trust TOR gamemasters a bit more to come with their own stories.

As a backer, I took it as an addon and have the pdf already. It's pretty good but it's definetly not an adventure path.

It's the fake Scottish accent, probably. Tolkien's dwarves are inspired by the Jews, not the Scots. But ever since PJ's movies (or possibly since the Warcraft games) it's too late to portray them correctly.

No. No time-jump. It's all contracted. And you know what? While I'm still quite miffed about the way they had Galadriel end up in Númenor, I've warmed up a bit to the show. I wish the dwarves in the second episode were a bit more than comic relief but at least they're well-portrayed. I quite...

He should go with something a bit more traditional. Æthelstan or Eadwig, or Æthelred, or Harthacnut. But then again, they can now stamp "CAROLUS REX" on their money.

I don't feel pointed at, don't worry. :) It just gets tiresome (for me) to defend my position of disappointement from any attempts to lump me (and other is my case) in with the toxic racists that are rampant in many fandoms (of which LotR is just the most recent) these last few years, and...

The book "Ruins of the Lost Realm" is about to be released (physically).