The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Added to D&D Beyond

The core rulebook for Free League's The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying, published in 2022, is now available on D&D Beyond. Today, as announced back in August, Wizards of the Coast launched the latest addition to its growing library of third-party material to D&D Beyond with the launch of The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying, a TTRPG rulebook that adapts The One Ring RPG for D&D Fifth Edition. Unlike other third-party 5E material found on D&D Beyond, The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying utilizes Callings and Heroic Cultures instead of classes and species, and also features a more extensive line of Virtues (an equivalent to Feats in D&D.) Also included are rules on exploration and journeys, as well as roleplaying through Councils.

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The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying was developed by Free League Publishing after it took over the publication of The One Ring back in 2019 from Cubicle 7. While Cubicle 7 developed their own 5E compatible RPG based on The Lord of the Rings called Adventures in Middle-Earth, Lord of the Rings RPG is a separate 5E system and approaches melding together The Lord of the Rings and 5E very differently. For one, Lord of the Rings Roleplaying utilizes 10 levels as opposed to Adventures in Middle-Earth's 20 level system.

D&D Beyond has added several new third-party supplements to its service over the past two years, including Dungeons of Drakkenheim, MCDM's Flee, Mortals, and several books by Kobold Press.

 

[Dire Bare]

On my phone. You can go into the app and download any book you own. I just checked - I can download this one if I want to.

True. I don't count that, however, as you can't use the downloaded files outside the app.

 

[EthanSental]

Just noticed there was an update to the LoTR book inside the app today. I’m going to recreate my first character and see if there are any issues mentioned upthread unless anyone already knows if they were addressed.

 

[Dire Bare]

Just noticed there was an update to the LoTR book inside the app today. I’m going to recreate my first character and see if there are any issues mentioned upthread unless anyone already knows if they were addressed.

Nope, not yet.

 

[EthanSental]

Beat me too it…the skills part and background and I was just using the LoTR checked off.

 

[GothmogIV]

We played this last winter (on Roll20, not on D&D Beyond) and liked it a lot. The rule set definitely...let's say moderates some of the powergaming excesses of 5e, so you still have the good parts of WotC D&D, but the excesses are sanded off. A very fun game, but I suspect it's not for everyone: no clerics, no wizards, limited races and very Middle Earth-specific classes. Don't go into it expecting the Forgotten Realms, friends!

 

[Tomas Free League]

What happens when FL loses the license for LotR? I would imagine that you lose all access to your purchases.

Hello! Tomas at Free League here. The way the agreement is set up, owners of the content on DDB would be able to keep it even if we lose the license, it just wouldn't be available to purchase any longer. At least that is how we understand it.

 

[GothmogIV]

I just bought it!

 

[EthanSental]

I already had the books from about a year ago but I’m glad it’s an available on dndbeyond now as I get older, easier on the easier to read on the 13in iPad screen. And now knowing I won’t “lose” it makes it an even better decision.

 

[Nikosandros]

Hello! Tomas at Free League here. The way the agreement is set up, owners of the content on DDB would be able to keep it even if we lose the license, it just wouldn't be available to purchase any longer. At least that is how we understand it.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Zaukrie]

Hello! Tomas at Free League here. The way the agreement is set up, owners of the content on DDB would be able to keep it even if we lose the license, it just wouldn't be available to purchase any longer. At least that is how we understand it.

Thanks!