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Chris77Se · 02-18-2002, 05:16 PM

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dramnek_Ulk:
Hmmm, I've always thought that Forgotten realms was better as it was that much more flexible for the DM, it also has a greater range of environments and characters, and you can use it to create just about any adventure you want to. I haven't actually played any middle earth RPG, but although it has a greater unifying overtone of the great battle against evil, it always seemed so stagnated, like a silent tomb of the imagination compared to the dynamism of the forgotten realms.

[ 02-16-2002: Message edited by: Dramnek_Ulk ]<hr></blockquote>

The official ME-RPGs are actually not set during the ring war, but about 1400 years before the events disribed in the books. Then the northern kingdom is still existing (as 3 seperate kingdoms) and there is a lot of politics and adventuring possible. And you have also some adventures in the far south or east, for example some long forgotten colonies of the Numenorians, which survived the 2nd age or some misleaded Noldo, who returned from the west an fell victim to Sauron. I even thought about running a campaign in the first or second age.

And I have to agree to Dramnek_Ulk, that the big picture of the struggle of good against evil and that the world actually was made after the novel makes the whole world a little to constrained for RPG. Although, as I said, If you play in the middle of the 3rd age, this isn't too restricting,because there are also some "neutral" factions present, Sauron isn't active, only his first Nazgut, the Witch King of Angmar, etc. But, then the players would probably never reach the big struggle of the War of the Ring (unless you have an all elven party).

02-18-2002, 05:16 PM	#11
Chris77Se Zhentarim Guard Join Date: October 10, 2001 Location: Braunschweig, Germany Posts: 335	<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dramnek_Ulk: Hmmm, I've always thought that Forgotten realms was better as it was that much more flexible for the DM, it also has a greater range of environments and characters, and you can use it to create just about any adventure you want to. I haven't actually played any middle earth RPG, but although it has a greater unifying overtone of the great battle against evil, it always seemed so stagnated, like a silent tomb of the imagination compared to the dynamism of the forgotten realms. [ 02-16-2002: Message edited by: Dramnek_Ulk ]<hr></blockquote> The official ME-RPGs are actually not set during the ring war, but about 1400 years before the events disribed in the books. Then the northern kingdom is still existing (as 3 seperate kingdoms) and there is a lot of politics and adventuring possible. And you have also some adventures in the far south or east, for example some long forgotten colonies of the Numenorians, which survived the 2nd age or some misleaded Noldo, who returned from the west an fell victim to Sauron. I even thought about running a campaign in the first or second age. And I have to agree to Dramnek_Ulk, that the big picture of the struggle of good against evil and that the world actually was made after the novel makes the whole world a little to constrained for RPG. Although, as I said, If you play in the middle of the 3rd age, this isn't too restricting,because there are also some "neutral" factions present, Sauron isn't active, only his first Nazgut, the Witch King of Angmar, etc. But, then the players would probably never reach the big struggle of the War of the Ring (unless you have an all elven party).