Idea for a fan created campaign

[Wbweather]

I like the idea of helping the Dunlandings in order to gain their cooperation and then having the Seer and the chief slain by someone working for Saruman. I would have Saruman frame the Rohirim (unbeknownst to the adventurures) and thus create a rift between the two peoples.

[Otaku-sempai]

2952 - Flight to Isengard

King Thengel of Rohan was living in Gondor until 2953, so I presume that this would be the father of Éomund, himself the father of Éomer and Éowyn. Possible names: Éocred, Éoden, Éodred, Éowine.

2953 - The White Council

Not sure about placing Bilbo at the last meeting of the White Council or of making Ziimraphel more aware of the Ring than Sauron and the Nine. Perhaps she could have encountered Gollum and could be acting on information that she learned from him?

2954 - The Silver Bell

About Eryn Vorn (from Tolkien Gateway): "It is probable that people remained hidden in Eryn Vorn by the Third Age, for although it is clearly recorded that no permanent settlements of Men existed anywhere west of Bree by the late Third Age,[3] it is also said that 'a few secretive hunter-folk lived in the woods' of Minhiriath at the time of the War of the Ring. These people we are told were afraid to cross the river Baranduin because the Elves dwelt beyond it."

2955 - A Matter of Trade

Plan for what might happen if Zimraphel escapes and flees back to Mirkwood.

2956 - Divided we fall

After 2953 the players might also note that Saruman has begun to fortify Orthanc, especially if they have been there.

2957 - The Seer's Doom

It might make more sense for Saruman to try to cover up his own involvement in the murders by making them look like the results of an internal strife or the result of a Rohirrim plot. Unless you do plan to do this and have the Adventurers sworn to secrecy if they discover the truth.

2958 - The Last of the Seven

I suggest locating Belegost some twenty miles or so north of the site of Nogrod, as per The Silmarillion. This puts it about 150 miles north of the Grey Havens. If you use the alternate location suggested by The Shaping of Middle-earth then Belegost ends up at the bottom of the Gulf of Lune. For this to work, we have to assume that the Dwarves of Belegost attepted to restore their city sometime after being driven out of Moria in 1981 by Durin's Bane. Do you suppose that there was a similar effort to rebuild Nogrod? Might that be where you would locate the Halls of Thorin in the Blue Mountains?

[Wbweather]

My desire is to keep the bulk of the campaign within the regions covered in the C7 material so that this would be easily accessible to anyone who has purchased the various books. Unfortunately, at this time I'm uncertain what we will see with the release of Riders of Rohan and the Journeys and Maps supplements.

I personally think moving a search of a dwarven stronghold to the Grey mountains would make more sense for reasons discussed earlier in this thread.

I think that there is a lot of potential in some of these adventures. I am not sure how many the campaign should include, or how long a time span it should cover.

Please continue to share any ideas you might have.

[Otaku-sempai]

I personally think moving a search of a dwarven stronghold to the Grey mountains would make more sense for reasons discussed earlier in this thread.

Well a stronghold belonging to one of the Dwarf-lords descended from the Ered Luin can be made to work. As stated earlier, it could have been established after Moria was abandoned to the Balrog. And we already have two dragons in game canon either of which could have raided those halls.

[TheMonarchGamer]

Alternately, just a thought, it might be interesting if the players find a ring in a long abandoned dwarven fortress. Of course, the question is, why was the fortress abandoned and why is a ring still in it? You could use that to build a sense of pretty huge impending doom, even if you maybe don't have anything 'guarding' it at all except something that inspires the players' fear - which the loremaste would do by providing terrible descriptions of massacres and the darkness surrounding the party. Keep the party waiting for a balrog to jump out at them or something. You know, the Orc drum beat that just turns out to be some kind of mysterious gear contraption that's still functioning for some reason, or such.
-TMG

[Otaku-sempai]

Keep the party waiting for a balrog to jump out at them or something. You know, the Orc drum beat that just turns out to be some kind of mysterious gear contraption that's still functioning for some reason, or such.
-TMG

Perhaps this might be a mechanism driven by an underground river.

[TheMonarchGamer]

Keep the party waiting for a balrog to jump out at them or something. You know, the Orc drum beat that just turns out to be some kind of mysterious gear contraption that's still functioning for some reason, or such.
-TMG

Perhaps this might be a mechanism driven by an underground river.

I like it. Maybe you add some sort of time limit to the mission, and make it so this contraption is working the doors. If the players get scared and trigger happy, it's slow their progress considerably.
-TMG

[Wbweather]

Keep the party waiting for a balrog to jump out at them or something. You know, the Orc drum beat that just turns out to be some kind of mysterious gear contraption that's still functioning for some reason, or such.
-TMG

Perhaps this might be a mechanism driven by an underground river.

I like that. That could be a lot of fun.

Alternately, just a thought, it might be interesting if the players find a ring in a long abandoned dwarven fortress. Of course, the question is, why was the fortress abandoned and why is a ring still in it?

It may not be one of the Seven, but then again it might. Of course the company probably wouldn't know that they were looking for "one of those rings", just that Saruman wanted some ancient heirloom.

[Otaku-sempai]

Alternately, just a thought, it might be interesting if the players find a ring in a long abandoned dwarven fortress. Of course, the question is, why was the fortress abandoned and why is a ring still in it?

It may not be one of the Seven, but then again it might. Of course the company probably wouldn't know that they were looking for "one of those rings", just that Saruman wanted some ancient heirloom.

If it isn't exactly a secret that Saruman is studying the methods of the Enemy then he might be clear that he wants to locate and secure one of the Dwarven Rings, if possible. There is such a thing as being too mysterious; Saruman would not want the heroes to overlook the very thing he is searching for just because he was not clear enough about their mission. He can cite perfectly good reasons for capturing one of the Rings of Power: 1) Deny it to the Enemy; 2) Study it to develop countermeasures against Sauron and his servants; 3) Academic study. None of these need to set off any alarm bells among your Adventurers.

[poosticks7]

I don't think setting off alarm bells for the adventurers would be a problem. This is one of the wise sending them on a mission, why would the adventurers be suspicious when Gandalf and co never figured out that the White Wizard had his own agenda?

The players already know they are working for the wrong guy (I assume lol).