Ride Now! For Ruin and The World's Ending! (game overview)

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Ride Now! For Ruin and The World's Ending! (game overview)

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"Greetings...
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"My master, Sauron the Great bids thee welcome.

"It is the Fourth Age of Middle Earth and Lord Sauron is now the undisputed master of the world.




"The selfish wicked Elves and their deluded Mannish puppets have conspired against Great Sauron and paid dearly for their folly. Minas Tirith is fallen. The fools Aragon, Gandalf, Theoden and Denethor are dead. The ragged, pathetic rabble of Gondor is destroyed.

"The Great War still flickers across Middle Earth. But its outcome is assured."




The world is changed.

In this apocalyptic reimagining of The Lord of the Rings, the players start as young heroes on the periphery of great events. But the time may come when the humblest will shape the fortunes of all.

Will you be one of them?



Campaign information:
  • Source Material: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Familiarity with the books, or at least the Peter Jackson LOTR trilogy, is needed. Jackson's Hobbit trilogy will be studiously ignored.

    Tone: Valorous, selfless heroes in an epic fantasy gone horribly wrong. Plus funny adorable hobbits.

    World: Year One of the Fourth Age of Middle Earth. (Alternative history solves the biggest problem of playing in established worlds: canon that is dominated by the actions of NPCs. I want to play in this world without the PCs being overshadowed by preexisting characters and events. PCs must have free will, move toward an uncertain future, and be able to shape it.)

    System: AD&D 1e with many house rules to approximate Middle Earth.

    Module: Homebrew with inspiration drawn from old-school D&D modules. I anticipate a mixture of investigation, roleplay and combat in wilderness and underground settings.

    Characters: Start around second level. May be Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit, Man or Dunedain. Good alignments only (it's Tolkien!). Roleplay over rollplay. Creativity encouraged. Please honor the tone of the genre. Two posts a week for years to come.

    DM: Forum bio is here.
Unique adventures await.
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DM:
Current Games:
The Horror at Briarsgate (1e): Lovecraftian Gothic Horror
Lost City of Eternity (1e): Hyborian Age Sword and Sorcery

Completed Games:
Sauron Victorious (1e): Dire Saga for the Fate of Middle Earth
Once and Future Earth (1e): Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Dungeon Crawl

Player:
Agax Gryyg: Gamer of Urth, Ravenloft
Azoth Al-Aziz: Lovecraftian Cultist, Tamoachan
Blodget: Foolish Young 9th Level Hobbit, Dark Clouds
Dredd Doomsmith: Dwarven Deathtrap Engineer, Tomb of Horrors
Elijah Crowthorne: Marooned Prophet, Pirates
Jack in the Green: Ancient Child, Giants
P.T. Codswallop: Larcenous Impresario, Dimwater
Sir Ugghra: Bestial Half-Orc Aristocrat, Brotherton
Swilbosh: Savage Lizard-Warrior, Keep
Tantos Vek: Failed Paladin, Under Streets
Ulfang Chainbreaker: Barbarian Liberator of Slaves, Tharizdun

DM bio is here.
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Re: Ride Now! For Ruin and The World's Ending! (game overvie

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For the First ElvenKing's Hall, inspiration will be drawn from The Keep on the Borderlands (B2) by Gary Gygax, voted among "The 30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time" by Dungeon Magazine. With its marauding humanoid horrors threatening to destroy the world of Men, the 1979 classic is among the most Tolkien-esque of the early TSR modules.

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"The Realm of mankind is narrow and constricted. Always the forces of Chaos press upon its borders, seeking to enslave its populace, rape its riches, and steal its treasures. If it were not for a stout few, many in the Realm would indeed fall prey to the evil which surrounds them." - The Keep on the Borderlands by Gary Gygax.

DM:
Current Games:
The Horror at Briarsgate (1e): Lovecraftian Gothic Horror
Lost City of Eternity (1e): Hyborian Age Sword and Sorcery

Completed Games:
Sauron Victorious (1e): Dire Saga for the Fate of Middle Earth
Once and Future Earth (1e): Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Dungeon Crawl

Player:
Agax Gryyg: Gamer of Urth, Ravenloft
Azoth Al-Aziz: Lovecraftian Cultist, Tamoachan
Blodget: Foolish Young 9th Level Hobbit, Dark Clouds
Dredd Doomsmith: Dwarven Deathtrap Engineer, Tomb of Horrors
Elijah Crowthorne: Marooned Prophet, Pirates
Jack in the Green: Ancient Child, Giants
P.T. Codswallop: Larcenous Impresario, Dimwater
Sir Ugghra: Bestial Half-Orc Aristocrat, Brotherton
Swilbosh: Savage Lizard-Warrior, Keep
Tantos Vek: Failed Paladin, Under Streets
Ulfang Chainbreaker: Barbarian Liberator of Slaves, Tharizdun

DM bio is here.
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