I was watching Lord Of the Rings And...

[Moe Ronalds]

...Tokien really needs to work on his DM-ing. I mean, a hobbit with no combat experience in the same party as a high-level wizard, facing Cave Trolls, Demons, and the like? And let's not go into the fudging of the dice...

 

[Asheron]

Yeah........and whats up with that ring, man. It doesn't even have a nice little diamond in it........

 

[EricNoah]

Any time you give a 1st level halfling commoner a major artifact, you take a big risk.

Plus, his first "campaign" and already he's blowing up the world. Start small and local, I say. No need for a "save the world" scenario to start with.

 

[roytheodd]

My beef is with the elves - they're BROKEN!! They're faster, lighter, more agile, hear better, see better, live longer, use magic, have better aim, etc. They're about as game-breaking as it gets.

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

My beef is with the elves - they're BROKEN!! They're faster, lighter, more agile, hear better, see better, live longer, use magic, have better aim, etc. They're about as game-breaking as it gets.

They're still pansys.

 

[Storminator]

Given the obvious advantage of elves, I think its strange only one person chose to play one. Must be all about roleplaying at that table.

PS

 

[Khan the Warlord]

And let's not forget the high level wizards don't have mage duels, but would rather instead fight staff vs. staff like fighters.

 

[s/LaSH]

Where's the cleric? If you're going to mix levels you'd better encourage someone to play a cleric, or at least stock up on CLW potions in town.

And about that little ring... if that's the best magic item in the campaign, loot time must be pretty boring. I mean, it's just a Ring of Invisibility - the DMG lists requisite caster level as 3! Sure, it's cursed, but, get this, it's only gold... if it's all that important shouldn't it be platinum or adamantite or something?

I dunno... did Tolkein even allow his PCs to level-up over the entire course of the story? Or was it all one adventure, thus forcing them to save XP until the very end? I can't tell.

Hack.

 

[Lizard]

Seen on USENET

Top 10 Reasons Why The Fellowship of the Ring Came In Dead Last in Hacktourney.

10. No cleric.
9. Four 1st level halflings . . .
8. but they rejected the most experienced halfling thief in the campaign.
7. Never checked for traps.
6. Didn't waste evil NPC Gollum when they had the chance . . .
5. and in the end, let the NPC achieve the victory condition.
4. Their best enchanted sword was carried by the magic-user.
3. Sent the magic-user into solo melee against a Type VI demon.
2. Only spell their magic-user ever cast was "Hold Portal."
1. They split the party halfway through the adventure. NEVER SPLIT THE PARTY.

By Dr. Roger Giner-Sorolla

 

[EricNoah]

Well we definitely got to see Gandalf level up (or we will, when TTT comes out). I think he might be an NPC though -- and if so it's a blatant example of the DM favoring his own NPCs over the PCs. I never really did catch what Gandalf's spell list is; it kind of felt like the DM was just making up his spells as the adventure went along. Lame!