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The One Ring RPG #CB71006
Rivendell
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Rivendell! This setting supplement will take your One Ring adventures West across the Misty Mountains to the Last Homely House, expanding play into eastern Eriador, covering not only Rivendell itself, but Angmar, Fornost, Mount Gram, Tharbad and everywhere in between.
There are also rules for creating your own Magical Treasure; playing Rangers of the North and High Elves of Rivendell; turning the baleful Eye of Mordor on your company; and facing more powerful adversaries than ever before.
Rivendell is written by Francesco Nepitello, with additional contributions from Amado Angulo, Shane Ivey, Andrew Kenrick, Marco Maggi, Thomas Morwinsky and James M. Spahn. It is lavishly illustrated by Jon Hodgson, Jan Pospíšil and Jeremy McHugh, with fantastic maps of Eastern Eriador created by Paul Bourne.
This 144-page, full-colour supplement includes:
Background for the Last Homely House, the sanctuary of Rivendell itself.
Write-ups of the characters that might be encountered in Imladris, from Elrond and Arwen to Glorfindel and the White Council.
New Fellowship undertakings, including rules for composing your own songs.
A history of Arnor, Angmar and the Dúnedain.
A region guide to Eastern Eriador, including the Barrow-downs, the Trollshaws and Angmar.
New adversaries to face, including Ettins, Hill-men of Rhudaur and the toughest Troll of them all, the Queen of Castle Hill.
A bestiary of different types of undead creatures, from Bog Soldiers and Barrow-wights to the Lord of the Nazgûl himself, the Witch-king of Angmar.
Rules for powerful adversaries, allowing you to customise any monster to provide a challenge for even the most heroic of adventurers.
A set of optional rules, the Eye of Mordor, to track how much attention the Enemy reserves for the company.
Rules for adding Magical Treasure to your campaign, including dozens of ready-made artefacts, some famous, others less so.
Two new playable Heroic Cultures: the Rangers of the North and the High Elves of Rivendell.
Rivendell! This setting supplement will take your One Ring adventures West across the Misty Mountains to the Last Homely House, expanding play into eastern Eriador, covering not only Rivendell itself, but Angmar, Fornost, Mount Gram, Tharbad and everywhere in between.
There are also rules for creating your own Magical Treasure; playing Rangers of the North and High Elves of Rivendell; turning the baleful Eye of Mordor on your company; and facing more powerful adversaries than ever before.
Rivendell is written by Francesco Nepitello, with additional contributions from Amado Angulo, Shane Ivey, Andrew Kenrick, Marco Maggi, Thomas Morwinsky and James M. Spahn. It is lavishly illustrated by Jon Hodgson, Jan Pospíšil and Jeremy McHugh, with fantastic maps of Eastern Eriador created by Paul Bourne.
This 144-page, full-colour supplement includes:
Background for the Last Homely House, the sanctuary of Rivendell itself.
Write-ups of the characters that might be encountered in Imladris, from Elrond and Arwen to Glorfindel and the White Council.
New Fellowship undertakings, including rules for composing your own songs.
A history of Arnor, Angmar and the Dúnedain.
A region guide to Eastern Eriador, including the Barrow-downs, the Trollshaws and Angmar.
New adversaries to face, including Ettins, Hill-men of Rhudaur and the toughest Troll of them all, the Queen of Castle Hill.
A bestiary of different types of undead creatures, from Bog Soldiers and Barrow-wights to the Lord of the Nazgûl himself, the Witch-king of Angmar.
Rules for powerful adversaries, allowing you to customise any monster to provide a challenge for even the most heroic of adventurers.
A set of optional rules, the Eye of Mordor, to track how much attention the Enemy reserves for the company.
Rules for adding Magical Treasure to your campaign, including dozens of ready-made artefacts, some famous, others less so.
Two new playable Heroic Cultures: the Rangers of the North and the High Elves of Rivendell.
146 pages, Hardcover
First published October 22, 2014
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November 13, 2020
Outstanding. Having roleplayed this area of the map in our One Ring campaign many moons ago I was particularly impressed to see the surrounding lands of Eastern Ereidor brought to life. Locations and lore merely hinted at in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are once again given full background, maps and a history which joins a lot of dots for fans who may not have time to go through Tolkien's appendices with a fine tooth comb. I was given a fully accessible overview of the land, the monsters, the Wights and Trolls as well as servants of the Dark Lord and the Witch King of Angmar. I found that background on Angmar fascinating.
Again similar to the Bree book, it spends more time in the lands around Rivendell than Rivendell itself. That said there is enough material on the last homely house and role-playing Elves to give the Loremaster an idea of where to begin when creating a scenario or campaign.
The highlight of this source book personally is the how to create a treasure index for your party. Something I've not seen done in a game book before. Rather than rolling on a random chart for treasure finds, it encourages you to prep and prepare your own imagined rare weapons and treasure which are tailored specifically to the player characters of the party. Later if the players have time they can choose a fellowship phase to seek out a Loremaster or consult the vast libraries at Rivendell to find out the history of the treasure.
Inspiration to pick up The One Ring Rpg again was gained from the thought of bringing in two new exciting character classes. Rangers and Elves. I would love to play as a Ranger.
Alas I have no party or current game group. Mainly due to lockdown and social distancing but largely due to finding online RPGing quite stressful, as I spend my entire work day in front of screen. The last thing I want to do on my day off is Zoom app or play online.
Roll on the end of Covid and the end to the shadow. Looking forward to some at table play. RPGs are a social thing. Headsets online work well but only give half the experience of a game night imho.
Fantastic book. Looking forward to reading Ruins of the North next. Six scenarios set in the lands around Rivendell to compliment this publication.
Again similar to the Bree book, it spends more time in the lands around Rivendell than Rivendell itself. That said there is enough material on the last homely house and role-playing Elves to give the Loremaster an idea of where to begin when creating a scenario or campaign.
The highlight of this source book personally is the how to create a treasure index for your party. Something I've not seen done in a game book before. Rather than rolling on a random chart for treasure finds, it encourages you to prep and prepare your own imagined rare weapons and treasure which are tailored specifically to the player characters of the party. Later if the players have time they can choose a fellowship phase to seek out a Loremaster or consult the vast libraries at Rivendell to find out the history of the treasure.
Inspiration to pick up The One Ring Rpg again was gained from the thought of bringing in two new exciting character classes. Rangers and Elves. I would love to play as a Ranger.
Alas I have no party or current game group. Mainly due to lockdown and social distancing but largely due to finding online RPGing quite stressful, as I spend my entire work day in front of screen. The last thing I want to do on my day off is Zoom app or play online.
Roll on the end of Covid and the end to the shadow. Looking forward to some at table play. RPGs are a social thing. Headsets online work well but only give half the experience of a game night imho.
Fantastic book. Looking forward to reading Ruins of the North next. Six scenarios set in the lands around Rivendell to compliment this publication.
December 11, 2022
Not only covers Rivendell but also takes in a wider span of the region west of the Misty Mountains and east of Bree. Full review: https://refereeingandreflection.wordp...
February 28, 2021
Decent Rings source book
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