tkdguy Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 Has anyone made or know about any Middle-earth racial or cultural package deals? I did a bunch of MERP conversions for 4th Edition way back when, but I lost my work a long time ago. I never shared my work because it wasn't finished, so it wouldn't show up on the search. I'm okay with any edition even though I prefer 5th Edition; I can convert as necessary. Thanks in advance. Amorkca and pawsplay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawsplay Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 Step one would be deciding on an approach to magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 I'd probably keep magic a bit low key and mysterious. Maybe a Multipower or Elemental Control. Lots of spell-like effects, to borrow a term from D&D. But I'm mainly looking for templates or package deals for different races. I don't know if anyone has done them for HERO, and my Google searches have come up empty. I can always redo my work, but I'm a bit rusty on the HERO System. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawsplay Posted August 2, 2020 Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 I think for elves you could use the Elf template from Fantasy Hero Complete, with the High Elf lens, except I wouldn't give them an EGO bonus. The dwarf package is probably fine as it is. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 I have Fantasy HERO 5th Edition. I have thought about using the High Elf and Wood Elf templates, but I wasn't sure how well they'd fit. I was also wondering if I should use the Mountain Dwarf for all Dwarves, or find a way to use the Hill Dwarf template (e.g. Dwarves who aren't from Durin's line). Trying to figure out how many advantages to give to Dunedain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawsplay Posted August 2, 2020 Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 Wood Elf, probably not. Wood elves in ME are "dark elves," which is to say they just never visited the Shining Shores. I would use the High Elf package with a toned down Intelligence and Presence, and a different cultural package. Dunedain, strictly, aren't all that different from the Westerners and other common folk. Probably +1 Body and Con due to their height and heartiness, and more likely to be good-looking. Conceivably they might get a slight boost to PRE or EGO but we don't see a lot of them, outside Aragorn himself, so that's speculative. Aragorn, with his pure blood and Maiar and elf ancestry, also gets an extended lifespan, but those aren't common traits outside his bloodline. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkeown Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hi. I have a thing I wrote about 3 years ago as an occasional distraction from my wife's medical condition. Don't mistake me. I was there for her. Like mad. As in it drove her mad. She's fine now, by the way. But I digress. I wrote this. It was originally 62 pages+the cover, but a lot of stuff in that document could get me in a lot of trouble, so I trimmed it down to 9 pages. It does not include my usual style of humor. I respect Tolkien's work too much to add Pleet Roodlepleen-style funny bits. The bits about magic come from The One Ring, an official Middle Earth product. I do not know if I would do it differently. You probably would tone it down a bit. Middle Earth Templates and Stuff.pdf tkdguy and Ragitsu 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhoffmann Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 There are a bunch of write-ups at 'Surbrook's Stuff', some with racial templates. http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsbook/lotr/lotrchar.html tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Thanks, guys. I will definitely make good use of these resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 From what little I have observed, Dwarves do not seem to be fixated (or as fixated) on the delineation of "racial" lines the way Elves and Men are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawsplay Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Indeed, one of the motivation of Thorin's company was apparently that they were once aristocratic warriors and builders, reduced to (shudder) coal-mining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 40 minutes ago, pawsplay said: Indeed, one of the motivation of Thorin's company was apparently that they were once aristocratic warriors and builders, reduced to (shudder) coal-mining. The "blue collar" dwarves ended up being just as heroic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Ragitsu said: From what little I have observed, Dwarves do not seem to be fixated (or as fixated) on the delineation of "racial" lines the way Elves and Men are. I believe in Dwarf minds there are only two types of people’s. There are the Dwarves and then there is everyone else. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 The Noldor and the Numenoreans were culturally advanced because of their contact with the Valar. The Sindar were also advanced because of Melian in the First Age. They were also seemed wiser and physically stronger than Wood Elves and Common Men for the same reason. However, I may have just been influenced by MERP's interpretation of the races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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