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Rich H wrote:What I'm enjoying is how the vast majority of the Hazards could easily be expanded into developing a full scene in an adventure or more. I mean, they aren't just 'direct' hazards but have lots of interesting lore and other 'fluff' built into them. It actually makes me want to run them in a journey as points of interest whether the PCs roll an EYE or not.

Really happy to hear this, Rich. I've actually done that. Made a note to use some of these as points of interest even if no Hazard got generated during a session. A Mere Cheat to Betray Him comes to mind as one I used in that fashion. It really took the adventure off into a cool, unexpected place.

Rich H wrote:... You know, reading it a bit more today, I'd actually go so far as to say that from a Loremaster perspective it's the best collected 30 pages of all the books released so far. I recommended it instead of Rivendell to Havinor in his 'new LM looking for some tips' thread and I completely stand by that. I wish I'd had it to hand sooner for my campaign because those sections on Hazards and Ruins are brilliant.

Your high praise just made my day. I'm forever grateful to Andrew for the invitation to work on this supplement. It was great fun and helped me to think of Hazards in a different light. That is to say, they could sometimes be little vignettes or flash fictions.

While all the new hazards are very welcome and popular, I'm going to give a shout out to a section I feel may be a little overlooked: "On the Road to There." This simple section feels like something that should have been in the core rules all along, explaining what sorts of things fill all those empty spaces on the maps.

Yes to all the above. The hazards and the "On the Road to There" chapters are very evocative and give quite a feel to Middle-earth. I'm really enjoying reading this book, they've done another great job.

I've noted two glitches (without any importance):

Pg 20, Title should be 'On the Road to There' and not 'On the Road to to There'

And

Bones of the Earth Pg 25 Feat Die 6 give as a Result 'Inn' but it is said as a Waystation Pg 26.

Stormcrow wrote:While all the new hazards are very welcome and popular, I'm going to give a shout out to a section I feel may be a little overlooked: "On the Road to There." This simple section feels like something that should have been in the core rules all along, explaining what sorts of things fill all those empty spaces on the maps.

It really depend upon your vision of Middle Earth...

Terisonen wrote:I've noted two glitches (without any importance):

Pg 20, Title should be 'On the Road to There' and not 'On the Road to to There'

And

Bones of the Earth Pg 25 Feat Die 6 give as a Result 'Inn' but it is said as a Waystation Pg 26.

I've already noted this in another thead below, but I spotted what I consider to be a remarkable omission on the maps for Mordor: The region of Khand. south-east of Mordor, should be labeled. Granted, not very much of Khand is visible.

Sorry...

Terisonen wrote:Sorry...

Sorry for what? I was only referencing my 'Khand' post and was just building off of yours!

My apologies if you thought otherwise.

Wbweather wrote:I like having a printed copy of the maps that can be written on and updated without ruining the original which I keep securely in the original slipcover set.

You're not the only one who likes maps they can write upon. The Maps in the PDF of 1st ed printed fine at 3'x4' or so.

Many of us who buy only in PDF do so not because of having gone electronic in-session. (in fact, I dislike players using electronics during games, even in Sci-Fi games, because it tends to become a temptation to play computer games during session, rather than pay attention.) Me, i do so because I'm basically broke, don't have enough book storage space, and almost never crack the books during session, because I make cheat sheets which reorganize the tables and processes for my own comprehension, and use them in lieu of a GM screen. And when I do need a rulebook during session, it's MUCH faster to use Acrobat's search than to flip through a physical book.

aramis wrote:Many of us who buy only in PDF do so not because of having gone electronic in-session. (in fact, I dislike players using electronics during games, even in Sci-Fi games, because it tends to become a temptation to play computer games during session, rather than pay attention.) Me, i do so because I'm basically broke, don't have enough book storage space, and almost never crack the books during session, because I make cheat sheets which reorganize the tables and processes for my own comprehension, and use them in lieu of a GM screen. And when I do need a rulebook during session, it's MUCH faster to use Acrobat's search than to flip through a physical book.

Huh. I can appreciate that, but sometimes it seems like the 'muscle memory' of finding things quickly in the hardcopy is faster than the digital equivalent. But then again, I'm often running online, or otherwise on my computer and so I end up using both... I just had the core rulebook physically in front of me and also had it up on one monitor (on a different page) whilst I was writing on the other monitor.