Middle-Earth

Lord of the Rings. Middle-Earth, the calm before the storm breaks. Has the ring resurfaced? All that is known is great hosts are being marshalled in preparation for war. Countless legions of Orcs in Mordor, the Uruk-Hai emerge in Isengard. The Rohirrim ride to secure their borders, the men of Gondor fortify their walls. In the north, Goblin hosts seethe and swarm, and from Imladris and Lorien Eldar hosts march forth, singing the war songs of a lost age.

Work in progress, always going to be more little things to weave in. Suggestions for isekei type characters starting points is one of Grey Havens, Dol Amroth or Umbar, on the basis these are ports, so the whole 'Stranger from a distant land' thing can work. Starting points do not have intro text, my thought on that is I prefer to have Franz rewrite his opening message to give me the starting scenario I want on that occasion, so I don't want to shoehorn anyone into some concept. In addition to the books, Lotr, The Hobbit and Silmarillion, I'm pulling info from other games and media to build up and flesh out the world As always, I suggest playing with narrative combat. Credit to Koinonia, for her outstanding crafting system, and it's other applications. Restoration system for old Arnorian items implemented, and being expanded. Until I find a more immersive way to give this info ingame, there is an npc in Rivendell to reforge the shards of Narsil into Anduril, and an npc in Umbar to reforge the shards of Narsil into *not Anduril*. Npc in the grey havens who'll take ruined Arnorian items and restore them.