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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phantomK9" data-source="post: 7696650" data-attributes="member: 6790724">I find this to be very good news. I have both the Adventurer's Book and the Loremaster's Book and I love nearly everything about The One Ring. The books themselves are beautiful, the art just amazing. It really brings the world to life in the mind. If they can bring that over, it would be fantastic (not that the D&D art is bad or anything).There are so many great specific mechanics in the TOR, especially the the Exploration rolls (or roles even). I've thought of ways to translate the exploration rules into D&D many times. Likewise I'm a big fan of how character advancement is done and how experience is earned. Even the "downtime" rules are something that I might be willing to convert over given more time. Although the DMG 1 day = short rest, 1 week = long rest optional rule could cover this easily.The thing that has kept TOR from becoming my favorite is the core dice mechanic. It just seems too odd and wonky for me to really enjoy. I was part of the playtest for TOR and my groups largest complaint was about how weird the core mechanic was, they made some great fixes, but didn't change it enough so that my group would be willing to play the game.Now if they convert TOR to use the 5e game mechanics, that would fix my only big complaint. Especially if they keep the things that make TOR...well TOR. I'm looking at the exploration rules of course along with journeys, but also the rules for Valor and Wisdom, and even Corruption. All really great things. If they can marry all the great story-based specific mechanics from TOR with the much improved core mechanic of D&D 5e, I have a feeling this might find its way into regular play at my table.</blockquote>

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