Darkening of Mirkwood Assessment

[Rich H]

I'm going to miss reading your Middle Earth stuff!

We stabbed him with a Morgul-D4 at Dragonmeet 2012. Just saying'.

The Morgul-D4 or a Morgul-D4?

Answer very carefully because you were be quoted long after your bones are dust.

Agreed! There's a guy called Elfcrusher that it's very important to!

[Glorelendil]

Agreed! There's a guy called Elfcrusher that it's very important to!

On the contrary, I was mostly curious why some people thought there was a definitively correct answer.

[Rich H]

Agreed! There's a guy called Elfcrusher that it's very important to!

On the contrary, I was mostly curious why some people thought there was a definitively correct answer.

Let it go, fella. Like Gareth says:

The thing about the topic of Morgul-knives is that it seems like such a small, harmless question, but it keeps gnawing at you, digging deeper and deeper into you, day by day, hour by hour, until it reaches your heart and you become nothing more than a wraith, lurking on internet message boards posting endlessly in thrall to your obsession...

Resist it to the last!

[Mim]

Let it go, fella. Like Gareth says:

The thing about the topic of Morgul-knives is that it seems like such a small, harmless question, but it keeps gnawing at you, digging deeper and deeper into you, day by day, hour by hour, until it reaches your heart and you become nothing more than a wraith, lurking on internet message boards posting endlessly in thrall to your obsession...

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I'm still laughing over this - great way to diffuse the tension

[Rich H]

I'm still laughing over this - great way to diffuse the tension

[roodie]

Finally had a chance to to browse through the book - amazing stuff, really. Full of nice ideas, easy to read. 10/10.

[Elmoth]

The thing about the topic of Morgul-knives is that it seems like such a small, harmless question, but it keeps gnawing at you, digging deeper and deeper into you, day by day, hour by hour, until it reaches your heart and you become nothing more than a wraith, lurking on internet message boards posting endlessly in thrall to your obsession...

Resist it to the last!

Noooo! My preciousssssss!!!

[Rich H]

Finally had a chance to to browse through the book - amazing stuff, really. Full of nice ideas, easy to read. 10/10.

I keep finding new stuff in it all the time. I have a feeling I'll only really absorb most of it when we get our hands on the hardback.

[Mim]

Agreed.

I love the pdf & it's useful for multiple reasons, but I just like having a book to read

[MReader]

I have one minor problem with The Darkening of Mirkwood that I don't think has been pointed out yet.

Conflict between Viglund and the Beornings is a key element in The Darkening of Mirkwood.

The Viglundings are some of the most interesting additions yet, but we only get a brief mention of the name "Viglund" as the reason why Gandalf didn't want to go see Thranduil about the Lamp of Balthi...

They show up quite a bit. 2952, 2955, 2956, 2959, 2961, 2962 all have events pertaining to the Viglundings. They never come centre-stage, as the campaign focusses on the Woodmen and the Elves for the most part, but they're there (and are the reasons the main force of the Beornings are occupied for most of the campaign). It should be easy enough to expand any of the Viglunding events into fuller adventures if you wish.

By Manwë, you're right! I really need to read less quickly...

This book is amazing. All of the detail they go into regarding what's going on in Mirkwood more than makes up for the lack of Viglundings... Although, being a huge fan of the happy ending, I wasn't overly fond of the prospect of losing the Woodmen forever...

Also, I felt that "Nine In The Hall" didn't have enough magic and creepiness regarding the Hall of Ghosts -- and what's Raegenhere's evil plot, anyway? Did they really just force him to randomly kill everyone who comes to his house instead of being a real threat? All of the other characters were great, but the Host himself was more than slightly disappointing for me...

I can't wait to see a "retaking Moria" campaign sometime in the near future! To quote a certain former Hobbit, "We wants it, we needs it..."