Guest voodoo54 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I'm planning on running a Middle-earth campaign (eventually). I was wondering if anybody knows of any Hero specific resources for Middle-earth out there. I've searched the forums and could only find susano's character adaptions (which are excellent by the way). Any help would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Re: Middle-earth Savinien is running a Fourth Age game on Hero Central, and this is a link to a thread on that (I think -- I haven't read it meself): http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25021&highlight=%22Middle-Earth%22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Re: Middle-earth Its not online, but there was a published middle earth RPG a while back. Chartmaster, I think. But you could raid it for background maybe, if you obtain a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Re: Middle-earth Ah, if you want another system to mine for ideas, I recommend Decipher's version. Written by Steve Long, it's much closer to the source material than Iron Crown's MERP/Rolemaster stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest voodoo54 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Re: Middle-earth Thanks for the help. I'm planning on running it circa TA 1640, basically using the old ICE MERP time frame, but with magic being more in line with Tolkein's books. You can get almost every old MERP book on PDF from Merp.com. So I have those sources covered. I'll definitly have to look into Decipher's LOTR books. I was just hoping somebody else had done a Middle-earth to HERO campaign and posted it somewhere. P.S. Yea I know I'm lazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Re: Middle-earth I don't know if Savinien has any campaign material online, but you might PM him. Or maybe he'll just stumble across this here thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadodel Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Re: Middle-earth Check out Surbrook's Stuff. He's got some write up in there somewheres. Not bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Re: Middle-earth What are you looking for specifically, voodoo? Thanks for the mention, L.Marcus. You're so much kinder than K.Marcus was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest voodoo54 Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Re: Middle-earth Well, a link to any rescources for Middle-earth but with Hero specifically in mind i.e. basicaly a Middle-earth campaign written in Hero, similiar to the Hyborian Hero site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 LORD OF THE RINGS RESOURCES Encyclopedia of Arda http://www.glyphweb.com/ARDA/ Lord of the Rings Wiki http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Lord of the Rings RPG by Decipher http://www.decipher.com/lordoftherings/rpg/ Lord of the Rings at Surbrook's Stuff http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsbook/lotr/lotrchar.html Middle Earth Role Playing http://www.merp.com/ MERP at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MERP Lord of the Rings at National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/rings/language.html HERO GAMES DISCUSSION THREADS Fourth Age Hero (Check out Post #26 by Eosin) http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25021&highlight=%22Middle-Earth%22 Lord of the Ring 4th Age Campaign by BlueBuddha http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59420&highlight=Lord+Rings Tuala Morn - Makes a great Resource too. https://www.herogames.com/viewItem.htm?itemID=220627 Herbalism - Resources drawn from MERP Adaptation and Conversion http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14710&highlight=MERP <<>> QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest voodoo54 Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Re: Middle-earth This is good stuff, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Re: Middle-earth It would be the grey kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest voodoo54 Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Re: Middle-earth I wouldn't know how to give any even if I had any to give! But I still think your great Questionman, I don't care what Savinien says about you:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bygoneyrs Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Re: Middle-earth Fear not Voodoo54 and TheQuestionMan I Rep'd you both for your courage and resoruce aid to the cause and etc.!!! Penn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Re: Middle-earth I wouldn't know how to give any even if I had any to give! But I still think your great Questionman' date=' I don't care what Savinien says about you:D[/quote']. . . To give Rep: look to the right above the rep-worthy post -- there you'll see an icon of a set of scales. Click there and follow the instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest voodoo54 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Re: Middle-earth Since I've never had any rep power I've never bothered to look into it. But now I know and knowing is half the battle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorpheousXO Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Re: Middle-earth Plus, once you reach 50 posts (I think) in non NGD posts you'll have a bunch of rep from us peoples repping you, yer little green bar thingie is all filled up, after all! (not entirely sure how one is supposed to read the bar, honestly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Re: Middle-earth I wouldn't know how to give any even if I had any to give! But I still think your great Questionman' date=' I don't care what Savinien says about you:D[/quote'] I was referring to the color of the rep he'd get from you (grey for none, green for positive number, and red for negative, though we don't have access to negative rep anymore), not the palor of his skin. be dum ching! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-Walton Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Re: Middle-earth If my character were a Ranger leader, a la Aragorn, and had the ability to call on, say 20 rangers to help out on a mission, which is the best way to write that in F.H. ? Followers ? " agents" ? Mind you these rangers arent going to have character sheets, think of them as more of a military unit... they would probably never appear on the role-play table, but would be primarily used in a grand strategic sense, "map-level", either as a threat, or off-table in a "wargame" environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Re: Middle-earth . . . If these Rangers were to this character's beck and call, then they're bought as Followers. If they might be unavailable for some reason or another, I'd say they're Followers with an Activation Roll. As per Fantasy Hero's mass combat system, military units do have character sheets, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Re: Middle-earth If they're often unavailable, you could buy them as an organizational contact too. Or as a Summon (heh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Re: Middle-earth I would buy them as a contact with the GMFiat possibility of showing up to help or as a possible foil in certain circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest voodoo54 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Re: Middle-earth I have another question for anybody out there in Herodom. How would you simulate the river flood destroying the Ring-wraiths in Fellowship of the Ring in Hero terms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Re: Middle-earth I have another question for anybody out there in Herodom. How would you simulate the river flood destroying the Ring-wraiths in Fellowship of the Ring in Hero terms? Well, it didn't. It killed their horses, which were ordinary flesh and blood (if a bit psychotic) and shredded their clothes and gear. They all turn up again later, good as a box of fluffy kittens, and obviously spent their experience on mounts that wouldn't get washed away this time. Basically I read it as being that they can't be physically killed - being animate plot devices - erm... partially not-of-this-world. But since normal horses wouldn't carry them and black robes and magic swords being hard to come by in the wilderness, they straggled back to Mordor to say "Sorry boss, we lost him at the last minute - he made it to Elrond's place." That means - depending on how you see them - they're transdimensional or desolid (like ghosts) but can become physical, or just really, really, tough. Personally I'd build 'em as automatons, since nothing apart from the invisibility suggests they were desolid/intangible: just scary-dangerous. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Re: Middle-earth If my character were a Ranger leader, a la Aragorn, and had the ability to call on, say 20 rangers to help out on a mission, which is the best way to write that in F.H. ? Followers ? " agents" ? Mind you these rangers arent going to have character sheets, think of them as more of a military unit... they would probably never appear on the role-play table, but would be primarily used in a grand strategic sense, "map-level", either as a threat, or off-table in a "wargame" environment. Aside from buying them as actual 'people' like followers or contacts, you could buy the in-game effect of having access to them - "I know a bunch of rangers" is just the SFX. Things like: bonuses to Area Knowledge (rangers scout around and fill you in on local conditions), bonuses to Tracking (rangers help track the guys you're after and leave you trail signs), Clairsentience w/extra time (rangers scout out an area/target and report back to you), etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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