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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dlsharrock" data-source="post: 4197558" data-attributes="member: 55833">This isn't restricted to DMs. I've DMd in Middle-Earth before (and right now on Enworld actually) and have come across my fair share of 'purists' who corrected me on every little detail:DM: it's a full moon, so you can see the approaching band of orcs quite well, though they can't see you as they're too preoccupied with squabbling.Player1: reign my horse toward the overhang so they can't see me. Player2: yeah, I'll do the samePurist-Git: um, actually, you did say that this evening was September 10th, and actually it wouldn't be a full moon. Look, if you check this chronological calendar marked with the moon cycles which I downloaded from <a href="http://www.pastytolkienfanswithnofriends.com" target="_blank">www.pastytolkienfanswithnofriends.com</a> you can clearly see the moon is in the first quarter. Anyway, you wouldn't get orcs in this region of Beleriand because Melkor never used the south gate of Angband, he always sent his legions through the north which was unchallenged by the Elves and... (so on)On the other hand, I do my best to keep things as close to the known setting as I can, and not just in order to pre-empt the purists, so maybe that makes me a Tolkien-Nazi.. yikes! I certainly try not to waffle on about it though, and the DM you talk about sounds like he had a serious rod up his backside.</blockquote>