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Re: High End DC:TAS Sure! I'll check it out, post haste! Thanks!

Re: Mimm (sci-fantasy game) You could play, or lurk. You can read all of the posts in a game in which you are not a player, but cannot post to any board. It has grown exponentially in the past few months.

Re: Background Cliches Building this campaign now... It isn't easy though, and matching my vision with potential players seems to be a sincere hindrance. BoT: Used to be a villian but realized his error after a short incarceration. Now, he uses his powers for good.

Re: Fourth Age Hero As an aside, I found this link in Lord Laiden's thread of resource links. That rocks LL, thanks! I'm reposting it here for its importance to the subject matter... http://surbrook.devermore.net/lotr/lotrchar.html

Re: MADLIBS Champions style I would have named him Fortress and you could use about anything for the names of the powers...

Re: Magic Item Creation I wouldn't agree with the TK one. TK doesn't move people well and isn't really meant for that, AFAIK. It sort of depends on how well you want it to work and what could be used to dislodge someone using the rope. Personally, I'd probably go with the clinging.

Re: Mimm (sci-fantasy game) Just go check it out. It's free. herocentral.net

Re: 5th ed Resource kit found! If you bought it, Phydaux, I'd bet you could sell it rather quickly. I happen to know somebody wanting one pretty badly... I have one myself, but forgot how much I paid. I might even buy it off of you to give lez for Christmas, or something.

Re: Mimm (sci-fantasy game) Ah-ha! The ulterior motive! j/k Warp9 I'm glad you let the cat out of the bag. Otherwise, Boz and I would have likely hounded you to use HeroCentral incessantly. I was just talkin about getting our ISP going at home again with the SO. I'll likely have something within a week or two (and possibly less). Keep on keepin' on! Sav, the Pedantic GM

Re: High End DC:TAS The story begins! After many futile efforts in finding some information on Los Angeles Neighborhoods and geographical layout, I've decided to wing it, for now. I made the first posts to the campaign and I'm liking the way it feels. Guardian and Shrike were headed towards Chinatown to explore and investigate the rumors behind a new power trying to consolidate the Chinese Tongs and Triads. On the way, a plea for (back-up) slides across the Police Band. Shrike, though younger has taken well to the martial aspects of crime-fighting and Guardian is the better 'snooper'. Therefore, Guardian continues towards the Palace of Chinese Delights, while Shrike heads of to Nottingham (poor ghetto predominantly colored and infested with gangs). In Nottingham: This is a small Caprini Green type location (as already mentioned infested with balck gangs). Recently, Malcolm XV, a long time leader among the nieghborhoods has passed away and the gangs are filling the vacuum with bullets and blood. A patrol cruiser ended up in the middle of two gangs gunning it out. Shrike will have to deal with that. In Chinatown: Guardian is learning that Sillestro of the Venemous Snake Triad is accepting an invitation to a dinner party with a new Viatnamese Gang Leader in Little Saigon. The other members of the Tong are concerned what this means, as is Guardian. To conclude, it's been a little while since I started this mess and I wanted to let you know how it's going. Slowly, but looking good!

Re: Fourth Age Hero I believe some of these details are expounded upon somewhere. I believe Radagast for certain disappeared into the East. There is no reason to believe he didn't found some sort of Druidic Sect. Besides, that just adds to the fodder of the Fourth Age setting. I was thinking about allowing Imladris/Rivendell to fall into ruin and possibly become an area of investigative exploration. Haunted by the angry spirits of fallen Elves, the explorers deal with new inhabitants and learn the secrets of the long gone. (Or, perhaps, this would make a better 5th or 6th Age story?)

Re: Fourth Age Hero I agree. This is partially the evidence that says ICE did it right by making it possible to be a spellcaster. I still stand by earlier convictions. Other spell casters existed in ME. Otherwise, the stories of the Necromancer would have been more closely inspected immediately. But, I've already decided there is a modicum of spell ability in an infintessimal minority of the population. I haven't worked out the details, but it will be there. Now, where, or better, when to start?

Re: Fourth Age Hero I've got the Hero Bestiary! Well, it isn't in my grubby little fingers, but it is out in the car, impatiently waiting for me to tear into it tonight after work. Actually, that's probably me and not it, but who's keeping score here? BoT: I disagree with this. The Cave Troll is a domesticized aspect of the Trolls Bilbo and the Company of Thirteen tricked into waiting for supper during the Hobbit. An Olog Hai is something else entirely, IMO. This begs another question: What is Canon? Movie, books, or a mix of both. One of the players is a geek, but not necessarily a Tolkien geek and the other is only familiar with the movie adaptation. Which is better for these purposes?

Re: Fourth Age Hero Evil and Wicked cool! Though, I'm still confused. I haven't read the actual books in an age and I'm not sure who 'The Mouth of Sauron' is. I thought he was one of the Ring-wraiths. I'm with the good Cap. Obvious. This is sounding pretty cool. I wonder if any of my possible players are working out character ideas...

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Re: The City/Hero Connection What about Houston? Being as large as it is, you rarely hear much about the vibe of the city. Many may mention NASA, but can anyone think of anything else concerning the flavor of Houston?

Re: Fantasy Web Resources My bad. Take off the final 'l'. http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm

Re: Fourth Age Hero Thanks guys, this is a bundle of great information and offers a lot of options. Eosin - Those articles are a great help. I especially appreciate the detail that fleshes out the little blurbs I'd found previously at other locations. Rep for you!) MFH - Your theory is similar to my own. The Ages are much like our own time, we just don't stop counting the years. I'd read somewhere that we were currently in the Seventh Age (Gondor Reckoning). I have to agree with Lez concerning the Rings of Power, though. With the destruction of the One Ring, all the other rings lost their power. What about a Palantir housing some of Sauron's malevolence, though? There are Palantir's that were lost and one made its way up to the Lossoth, I believe (this is from one of the ICE adventures). What it someone found it and gained power and the taint of Morgoth...? (rep for you, too!) Mark Taber - I don't have either of those books, but I do have access to the Bestiary. I'll start my workings, there. Fitz - Concentration is a good start. I don't know how that would fit into Limb Running and the like. Clinging would work, only on trees, for that fantabulous dex the evles may have while in Mirkwood. Great stuff all, everyone! Let's keep this going!

Re: Fourth Age Hero I've gathered that info and what there is at the Encyclopedia Arda. It is mostly just notations about what the Fellowship did and where they all died. The Fourth Age should be an era of men as that is what Tolkien had in mind and I realize I have a lot of directions to go in. I was just hoping you guys could help me out. And you have. I could always use more, though! Thanks!

Re: Fourth Age Hero Of course... There are all the orcs in Moria still, too. The Ithilien is the valley between Minas Tirith and Minas Morgul. The Anduin flows southward through the center with teh ruins of Osgilitiath resting between the two fortifications/cities. I'm planning on much of the danger from the South being taken care of by Forimir and the Lady in White before their subsequent deaths. I did want to create some subtle tension though, similar to the necromancer in the early Third Age. There will be those that wonder if Sauron or his ilk have somehow returned, but I'll leave it mostly in the background. I'm looking towards creating a setting that could eventually hold multiple campaigns. But, I wanted the first to be near Ithilien.

Re: Fourth Age Hero Thinking along these lines sort of reminded me of a lot of the more subtleties in MERP... What about some stats for goblins, orcs, or Cave Trolls?

Re: Fourth Age Hero From your suggestions, I plan on having Dwarves play a larger part in my Fourth Age setting, Mark! Rep to you! Now, if I can just come up with some more stuff and what I'm going to do about magic. Also, wouldn't it stand to reason that a new threat will eventually be born in the Fourth Age? What might it be?

Re: Fourth Age Hero If Psionics is the way to go... What game-mechanic would best be used to represent it? Something to remember is that I'm running this in the Fourth Age. What sorts of things could be added/used to best represent this fact (other than history).

Re: Fourth Age Hero The races is another point of distinction. It's fairly obvious that the Hobbits will still be around at the time I'm thinking of running in. What about the others, though? All the Elves but Thranduil's people have moved to the West (except maybe Elrond's Twins...). The Dwarves seem happy to hide in their lairs. (Where do the other Dwarves live? We know Moria has been scourged of Dwarves...) Thanks for your help! Just having other people bounce around ideas helps me figure out what I do or don't like. And, maybe, someone else will be interested in using stuff that comes of it!

Re: Fantasy Web Resources Definitive Tolkien site: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.html