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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majestic" data-source="post: 7301269" data-attributes="member: 38225">I'm so sorry for taking so long to answer (I don't make it over here that often).1) There's been a bit of a disparity in combat, as one of our PCs clearly outshines the others (by virtue of having three attacks to everyone else having one).  But he's not even as impressive as the Hobbit Treasure Hunter, who can occupy the same space as the opponent, who thus can't then attack him.2) I just answered this today over on rpg.net, so let me copy and paste some of what I wrote there: As much as I love TOR, I started to become a little disillusioned with the Audience rules (both games have three core pillars: Journeys/Travel, Audiences/Encounters, and Combat). Basically my PCs became proficient enough that they could quite easily and simply breeze through any encounter, getting the best results possible. At the same time, while I like TOR's combat system, my preference is for the more visual and tactical options in 5E/AME than the theater-of-the mind/stylized TOR method.I ran a single test session of AME, and my players preferred it to TOR as well (we're all fans of 5E, and I'd say generally it's everyone's favorite edition of D&D). I think I prefer Journeys in TOR, but overall I'm glad we made the switch. The core story is exactly the same, and my players treat the source material and Middle-earth the exact same way (in other words, they didn't suddenly turn into the stereotypical loot-grubbing murder hobos). 3) The One Ring is a more narrative, stylized game.  The core mechanic is that you roll a number of d6s equal to the rank you have in a skill, plus a d12 that has a Gandalf (good) and Sauron (bad) icon.  The ordinary TN is 14.  The narrative bit is that there are traits one can invoke, for instance.  As I mentioned before, there's three core elements, and there is much more emphasis on travel (Middle-earth is a key character itself in the setting).  I know that's not much, but hopefully it gives you a taste of how it plays.I really need to set things up so that it will ping my email when somebody responds, as I didn't intend to take so long to get back to these forums!</blockquote>

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