What do you use to augment the feeling of being in Tolkien's world?

[Glorelendil]

At least once a session I destroy something beautiful and irreplaceable.

Thanks - that's really good.

Ha! I was actually joking, and meant "destroy something in real life". I wrote it without even realizing that it would also be a good thing to do in-game. A beautiful tree dies, a burbling brook gets polluted, a precious antiquity is destroyed, an innocent youth turns to the Shadow.

You get most of the credit for that.

[Elroval]

At least once a session I destroy something beautiful and irreplaceable.

Thanks - that's really good.

Ha! I was actually joking, and meant "destroy something in real life". I wrote it without even realizing that it would also be a good thing to do in-game. A beautiful tree dies, a burbling brook gets polluted, a precious antiquity is destroyed, an innocent youth turns to the Shadow.

You get most of the credit for that.

Actually, when I first read it, I did assume it was a joke, but I read it again and then I wasn't sure. The more I thought about it, the more profound it seemed
I mean it's actually a recurring theme running through Tolkien's work, isn't it? And it struck me I absolutely need to do this in my new campaign.

So thanks!

[Ecorce]

At least once a session I destroy something beautiful and irreplaceable.

Thanks - that's really good.

Ha! I was actually joking, and meant "destroy something in real life". I wrote it without even realizing that it would also be a good thing to do in-game. A beautiful tree dies, a burbling brook gets polluted, a precious antiquity is destroyed, an innocent youth turns to the Shadow.

You get most of the credit for that.

My first thought was to wonder if you were a Player or a LM.
I know you're a LM... but it was funny to think about you as a Player destroying every beautiful thing the LM placed with love in a scene. Something like a "cliché" for people who don't know RPG very well.

In that world, Glorendil would be a warrior who doesn't know anything about poetry and emotion... aiming to eat Balrog wings for each breakfast (and second breakfast!).