GURPS LOTR Magic

[Wedhro]

Originally Posted by Gavynn

Egad! Cinematic Middle-earth by default? Not for me, but YMMV of course.

Well, maybe it's just a misunderstanding. I didn't mean "cinematic" as "hollywood-style", "wu-xia" or "four colors", but...

Originally Posted by Basic Set, p.488

The "cinematic" campaign is one where realism doesn't rule - because if it did, it would costantly get in the way of the story.

That happens a lot in LotR. It's meant to be a myth, you know, and realism was surely not a priority for Tolkien. In a realistic LotR game, Frodo would die far ahead even reaching Rivendell.