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<blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 1356770" data-attributes="member: 7883">It's not condescending at all.&nbsp; It's being realistic.&nbsp; I never said that I dislike WotC....I purchase many of their products, and have gamed with D&amp;D for 15 years.&nbsp; I've loved many of their game settings (FR, DL, BR, DS, and especially PS).&nbsp; That said, I don't think WotC would be the best company to adapt the Middle Earth license.Though the Wheel of Time game was adapted fairly well, there were elements of it that were not.&nbsp; The fact that some of the main designers on that team selected by WotC didn't even *like* Wheel of Time, probably contributed to some of the problems in the adaptation (ie. strength in the One Power, balance of the One Power, minor factors like feeling a channeler's strength, etc.).&nbsp; Overall, the Wheel of Time game was cool, but it could have been better.And Middle-Earth in many ways would be even more different.&nbsp; The concepts of hit points and spell slots *really* don't work well in Middle-Earth.&nbsp; It's not a game of buff warriors standing laughing atop the corpses of 100 orcs.But WotC supports D&amp;D foremost, and as a result, I don't believe they are the correct company to do the conversion.&nbsp; Some of those sacred cows of D&amp;D that you talk about them keeping are the very things that shouldn't be ported to Middle-Earth.&nbsp; I *do* think that D20 can effectively portray Middle-Earth...I just don't think WotC is the right company to attempt it.Banshee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Banshee16, post: 1356770, member: 7883"] It's not condescending at all. It's being realistic. I never said that I dislike WotC....I purchase many of their products, and have gamed with D&D for 15 years. I've loved many of their game settings (FR, DL, BR, DS, and especially PS). That said, I don't think WotC would be the best company to adapt the Middle Earth license. Though the Wheel of Time game was adapted fairly well, there were elements of it that were not. The fact that some of the main designers on that team selected by WotC didn't even *like* Wheel of Time, probably contributed to some of the problems in the adaptation (ie. strength in the One Power, balance of the One Power, minor factors like feeling a channeler's strength, etc.). Overall, the Wheel of Time game was cool, but it could have been better. And Middle-Earth in many ways would be even more different. The concepts of hit points and spell slots *really* don't work well in Middle-Earth. It's not a game of buff warriors standing laughing atop the corpses of 100 orcs. But WotC supports D&D foremost, and as a result, I don't believe they are the correct company to do the conversion. Some of those sacred cows of D&D that you talk about them keeping are the very things that shouldn't be ported to Middle-Earth. I *do* think that D20 can effectively portray Middle-Earth...I just don't think WotC is the right company to attempt it. Banshee [/QUOTE]

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