Lord of The Rings

[Caradoc]

As far as I remember the dwarven rings were all either destroyed or lost.Where did you find those four?

I meant that I could only account for four. These were the ones destroyed. The question is what became of those taken by Sauron.

I'm afraid I no longer have my notes. Many years ago I had a D&D campaign set in Middle Earth after the completion of the War of the Ring and spent some time researching what characters and artifacts might still have been around. Since I knew the players would want to have rings involved, I dug pretty hard. For the purpose of the game, I had three of the seven surviving, each in a different dungeon. And (perhaps blasphemously) I had Gandalf secretly handing off Narya to Samwise at Gray Havens. The nine lay scattered where the ringwraiths fell. The Mouth of Sauron was the big bad.

[DaemianLucifer]

I'm afraid I no longer have my notes. Many years ago I had a D&D campaign set in Middle Earth after the completion of the War of the Ring and spent some time researching what characters and artifacts might still have been around. Since I knew the players would want to have rings involved, I dug pretty hard. For the purpose of the game, I had three of the seven surviving, each in a different dungeon. And (perhaps blasphemously) I had Gandalf secretly handing off Narya to Samwise at Gray Havens. The nine lay scattered where the ringwraiths fell. The Mouth of Sauron was the big bad.

Why D&D campaign when you have a much better system designed specially for middle earth?Also,wasnt the pover of those 19 rigns tied with the one?

Well,those three taken by sauron were probably locked in a safe somwhere

[ThunderTitan]

Also,wasnt the pover of those 19 rigns tied with the one?

It was, but they they would only lose it over time, not right away. So those taken by Sauron were probably somewhere in Moria, slowly loosing their powers.

[Gaidal Cain]

It was, but they they would only lose it over time, not right away. So those taken by Sauron were probably somewhere in Moria, slowly loosing their powers.

Why Moria? Granted, it was infested by Orcs, but I think he'd wanted them somewhere closer at hand...

[theLuckyDragon]

We were not even talking about the Music of the Ainur.

No I was refering to the Songs Luthien uses to get into Morgoth's domain. And the Music of the Ainur.

Alright. What are spells/songs of power if not magic?

To me, this means that you were.

[ThunderTitan]

Why Moria? Granted, it was infested by Orcs, but I think he'd wanted them somewhere closer at hand...

Ups... I meant Mordor, and actualy realized that when Orfinn mentioned Moria in the Dwarven Town thread...

[Caradoc]

Why D&D campaign when you have a much better system designed specially for middle earth?Also,wasnt the pover of those 19 rigns tied with the one?

Well,those three taken by sauron were probably locked in a safe somwhere

This was in, ahem, the early '80s. There was no LOTR system available at the time. I made substantial changes to the magic system, but went with the D&D character classes. There's a nice little book called Journeys of Frodo that provided most of the maps.

[DaemianLucifer]

This was in, ahem, the early '80s. There was no LOTR system available at the time. I made substantial changes to the magic system, but went with the D&D character classes. There's a nice little book called Journeys of Frodo that provided most of the maps.

I think merp was made before that.Im not sure though.Ill have to check my book.

[Metathron]

If you mean the date when the LOTR books were published, that was back in the mid-fifties.

[DaemianLucifer]

No I meant The Middle Eartp Role Playing system.

[Szaman]

The whole discussion - feels like home...
I think of LOTR as the best book I've ever read.....
The film was ok, but far from what I would expect after reading the book..
That is actually what influenced me a lot in my high school years in Poland - at the same time - I read LOTR, started playing Homm, and listening to "good" music (old rock)...
Now in US, those are mostly good memories from the past...

.... and about the 7 dwarven rings - this was the thing that I always thought about, since even though they weren't as strong as the 3 elvish or The One, but..... imagine, the existence of those rings might start the whole new story - some time in future a group of dwarves find the rings and it all starts again...
"...siedem dla wladcow krasnali w ich kamiennych palacach.."
"...seven for the dwarve lords in their halls of stone..."