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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 4553361" data-attributes="member: 6533">There are a lot of ways you could do a LotR game with 4E, but there would always be some conditions or outs.The big question is going to be your strategy for embracing some of the assumptions of the series:Are you fellowship level badasses?  Nearly every class will be appropriate.  But most classes will require a lot of explanationAre you more generic guards or riders of rohan?  You're still going to be heroic - that's one of the great things about Tolkien - but you aren't going to have that many classes to choose from.Some 4e things that will make good answers for questions brought up by either approach:The APG has a Tolkienesque hobbit.  Small guy who's primary bonuses are being surprisingly tough and good at making saving throws.It also has a system for wounds, and a crafting system which could help.There is an Aristocrat class out there that functions just like the Spellscarred class - it's a full list of powers but the class only exists to be multi-classed into.  So you won't ever find someone who is a 'Rightful Heir to Gondor' as a class, but you will find a Ranger who has lots of powers that a rightful heir to Gondor should have.You could also use that approach for magic users who are working at the sub-Fellowship level, depending on how much magic you are comfortable with.</blockquote>