I've read the wonderful Dunedain fan supplement, and this is not to take away from any of the hard work the makers of it have put into it, but I just have a nitpick that I'm curious about in terms of other folks here.
Dunedain lifespans are listed at 3x that of other Men, (middle men, men of twilight etc.). But the thing that has always nagged me about this is the fact is that metric (taken from the appendices) is making reference to Aragorn. Chieftain of the Dunedain, Ranger of the North, King of the Reunited High Kingdom and he who is of Elven and Maiar blood.
Dunedain are longer lived than other men, this makes sense, but the only metrics we have are from Kingly lines. The problem here being that we don't know how old Halabarad was, no any of Numenorean descent that isn't of the line of Elendil.
I've speculated that maybe the Northern Dunedain are 120-150 (the age the fan supplment says they usually retire from adventuring coincidentally
) and the men of gondor, the noblity of greater Numenorean blood quantum at least, from 90-120 (the age Faramir died). Obviously this is speculation, and I can see how going with the reference to Aragorn's age makes sense because its something we actually know and concretely have.Once more, this isn't to detract from the fantastic fan supplements, I know Rich H and several others a lot of great fan stuff (I've lurked for a while now
). So just curious what other's thoughts are.And a question: I can't remember where I heard about a Rivendell book (which may detail the Northern Dunedain Rangers, including Player-hero options) and something called "Errantry of the King" in reference to being possible future TOR books? Or did I conjure this up out of wishful thinking
