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Yes and no - they have access to all of LOTR, but are mostly using just the Appendices. They have also negotiated use of non-LOTR material here and there.

I wonder if the Mithril thing was an attempt to show in a more clear-cut way one of the reasons the rings are as powerful as they are. Technically, Tolkien never said there weren't Istari in Middle-earth in the 2nd Age... ;) Why wouldn't there be Barrow Wights lots of places? What do you not...

Or the movies, shows, etc are a version of the stories told by X character to Y audience in location Z in year QQQQ of the Nth Age.

I'm feeling kind of the opposite: I mostly really liked the 1st season, and I'm finding this season a little lifeless. Can someone tell me how the elves didn't know an army was massing on the other side of the hill across the river?

Maybe Adar just thinks it's the real deal? Or is selling snake oil?

Nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole.

In much the same way that 1950s sci-fi movies have a distinctive vibe, 1970s scifi does, too. You have to get yourself in the mindset to appreciate it either, but it helps if you grew up with that kind of thing. People point to Star Wars as the turning point, but there's a lot there that still...

Dude, that was a year ago! I've slept at least 100 times since then! I already commented on this: yeah, they're there, but he barely interacts with them, and then suddenly when it's basically too late for him they're worried. Like I said, he has no one. I can't help you there. It's just not...

Not impressed by the trailer itself, but this will probably be throughly entertaining.

That all makes sense, it's just seems too pointed, and like many little things in this show has no explanation or is never referenced. Does he have no one in his life because he's obsessed with his work? We can infer and even assume that, but it would have been nice to have a character - maybe...

My understanding is that at least among the earlier episodes this season, some content was moved from one episode to another, after the filming was complete. This might be the reason many episodes have two directors listed. As much as I'm enjoying the show, I think it has both too many...

I was thinking about this idea, that to be one of The Faithful of Numenor - to follow the Valar - is to be nonviolent. That seems to be what the writers are telling us. This didn't make any sense to me until I thought about Earendil having to beseech the Valar to get involved in defeating...

One idea I had was to give a number of skill specialties equal to each ability score's modifier. So, if you're Wisdom modifier was +3, you would have 3 specialties in Wisdom-based skills you are proficient in. Same for all the ability's skills. I was thinking of using something like the...

I finally had a chance to flip through some of the PHB. Generally I really like the font size, layout, color scheme - that kind of thing. I was struck by the Backgrounds illustrations, in that they chew up an awful lot of space. Maybe it's the formatting, with a page-wide 1/4-page illo, then a...

There's...only one book.

I mean, I can see where they are? And if there's no grid displayed then the bases just look nonsensical to me. But one's mileage may vary.

This looks pretty snazzy, but man, the last thing I want is (vaguely) realistic 3D environments with no grid and then...all the 3D characters and monsters on minis stands? Go one way or the other.

On the episode (and possibly elsewhere) Kelsey said she was working on a Cursed Scrolls Kickstarter, aiming for March 2025 IIRC. Cursed Scrolls is the Shadowdark 'zine.

Tried to read Let Me In, and although I love the writing it is just too dark for me. You get inside the heads of very messed up, abused, disturbed people. Eegh.

Excited to listen to this on my Sunday morning walk, as usual. I've never met Kelsey, but I love her work and she seems like an amazing person.