07-21-2018, 01:19 PM | #11 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: Lord of the Rings Stats?
There is a long history of people arguing over how you are supposed to stat LOTR characters for games, with the two major camps being, 'as you would anyone else' vs. 'the big ones are world striding heroes who should be untouchable by normal characters, or in some cases gods who should be impossible to describe by rules.' This is obviously a matter of taste, but I have always fallen into the former camp, regardless of system. And I think given the narrow range of power levels where TFT works best, you don't do yourself any favors by giving the protagonists wild stats. In my mind, Gandalf is a 55-60 point character, Aragorn ~50, Boromir, Legolas and Gimli are ~40-45 point characters, and hobbitses is standard beginning hobbitses.
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07-21-2018, 02:06 PM | #12 | |
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Coquitlam B.C.
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Re: Lord of the Rings Stats?
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Well in the case of Gandalf, he IS in fact a holy being / angel / demi-god, and a powerful one at that. I would have no problems with him and the other Istari being written up with powers and abilities that normal characters could never match. I saw the hobbits as a bit above average, (say a 33 to 35 attribute characters), at the start of the books, but with few adventuring talents. I agree with you for the rest. Warm regards, Rick. |
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07-21-2018, 02:13 PM | #13 |
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Alsea, OR
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Re: Lord of the Rings Stats?
Howard Thompson. See the adventure in Dragons of Underearth.
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07-30-2018, 10:45 AM | #14 | |
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Re: Lord of the Rings Stats?
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On the other hand when he was chased up a tree he threw burning pine cones. Not exactly super epic. Maybe that Balrog battle was mostly his version of it after all. :-) |
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07-30-2018, 10:54 AM | #15 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Re: Lord of the Rings Stats?
Don't forget to write up MacGuffins. The Ring is practically a character.
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07-30-2018, 02:01 PM | #16 |
Join Date: May 2018
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07-30-2018, 02:03 PM | #17 |
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Arizona
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Re: Lord of the Rings Stats?
He was in the SPI War of the Ring game too! ;-)
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