Lord of the Rings Party

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I want to build my own LOTR party in a mutli - player game. This is what I am thinking.

Aragorn - Human Ranger
Boromir - Human Fighter
Gimli - Dwarven Fighter
Legolas - Elven Archer
Gandalf - Human Mage (Sorceror?)
Frodo - I have no idea (Thief maybe, or is that too convienient?)

Does anybody have any suggestions? Any ideas on what Frodo should be? I am lacking any clerics also. Any ideas on who might qualify as a cleric from LOTR?

Thanks.

 

make gandalf a mage and the other a thief/cleric

this would be my choice!!!

 

The trouble with the thief cleric idea is that I can think of no instance when Frodo casts any spells. He might really be more of a fighter since I can't think of him doing alot of theiving either, although he did sneak into Mordor.

Maybe I can make gandalf a cleric/mage ... that way he could cast everything.

Thoughts? What about the rest of the party? Would any kits (besides Legolas' Archer) be more appropriate than straight classes?

 

I will allow myself to introduce what I would do as a party

fighter, berserker
barbarian
ranger, archer
Sorcerer
mage/thief
cleric

you got a little bit of everything with a good fighter, good defence, spell variety thief skill is here, healing is here

did i miss something??


[This message has been edited by Christian (edited May 07, 2001).]

 

Christian,

Which people apply to which classes? I am not sure who the barbarian would be or the berserker for that matter? Also, who qualifies as a mage/thief and cleric?

I am trying to build a party similiar to Lord of the Rings. I would like to keep it as close as possible. Any ideas on which characters should be which classes?

Thanks.

 

How about making Frodo a swashbuckler?

 

"The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known"
[Book Five; Ch.VIII The Houses of Healing]

Aragorn could be a dc ranger-cleric - I however wouldn´t choose this way for he never was a spellweaver and it would deny him the use of Andúril.

Additionally the only one whose spellcasting abilities really would fit in the cleric/ druid scheme would be Gandalf. Maybe he should be an mc mage-cleric, but he also wouldn´t be able to use Glamdring then. This suggests a dc kensai-mage using staff and sword.
As an mc cleric-mage his spellcasting abilities (not in number of but level) would be to weak either.

It would be by far more challenging to play without a cleric - I´d try to get along with the two ranger´s healing abilities.

Frodo is pretty tricky either - he isn´t very much a fighter, also not much a thief (unlike Bilbo) and especially not a ranger (despite his stealth). He´s no mage either. So the closest thing would be a fighter ... using daggers (or shortswords) and no armor heavier than an elven chainmail.

Gimli as a dwarven fighter using axes is true, just like Legolas as an elven archer with dagger or shortsword and longbow. Boromir as a human fighter is logical - but he´s from noble descent and could also be a paladin, a cavalier perhaps (I can´t remember him having ever used a ranged weapon - and his healing abilities would come in handy too).

Besides, a really interesting idea for a party ...

 

Ok ....

So I have:
Aragorn as a human ranger,
Boromir as a human fighter,
Gimli as a dwarven fighter,
Legolas as an elven archer,
Frodo as a hafling fighter (w/ self imposed limits),
Gandalf as a kensai/mage.

I kinda like that. I chose to keep Boromir as a fighter as opposed to a paladin because of that little incident with Frodo. Also, Gandalf obviously used a sword as pointed out before so he needs to be dc. Frodo is the sticking point. The trouble is as a fighter he will get to powerful in the game to play like he really was but if I don't use him, what's the point of taking a character along. Maybe I should focus more on Pippin or Merry. They might be classified as fighters more readily. I am also worried about my lack of cleric and theif support. I guess I could make one of the halflings a fighter theif.

Any other ideas?

[This message has been edited by Shrike00 (edited May 07, 2001).]

 

My opinion:

Aragorn as a human ranger (you could make him a MC Ranger/Cleric. Remember the prophecy of Gondor that the New King would come with healing in his hand. Plus he has a major influce on the undead, as his trip athrough the Halls of the Dead revealed),

Boromir as a human cavelier (he had fallen during the "Frodo Incident" but this was out of character),

Gimli as a dwarven fighter (give him beserer kit if you want!?! "Give me 10 orc necks and room to swing!"),

Legolas as an elven archer (couldn't agree more)

Pippin as fighter/thief (He stole the globe from Gandalf, showing a proclivity towards that. Maybe DC him having him start as a thief and switch to fighter at 6th or 7th level. Anyway, Frodo was missing from the combat scenes 80% of the book)

Gandalf as a sorcerer (he focuses on casting a lot of a few spells (multiple lightning bolts, etc), Also, the sword play is not a major focus. It could easily be matched by Mordenkin's Sword or Tenser's Transfomation. His past, training and associations are much more sorcerer-based.)

 

Bilbo is in the Lord Of the Rings too...make him a thief.

How about making a party from the hobbit...gandalf..thorin, Dwalin, Balin, etc., and bilbo.

[This message has been edited by GONMAR (edited May 07, 2001).]

 

Use SK to change Gandalf's image.... from a normal male mage to Elminster's.

 

Bilbo is too old to travel again

You realy need a thief-skills, so Frodo or Legolas should do this. Frodo isn't realy a fighter in the book, so you can make a pure thief out of him. Of course with a dagger (Firetooth/Boneblade, call it Sting)

Aragorn can be a ranger for a ranger can cast spells but you also can make a cleric ranger out of him. But he should fight with a long sword, use shadowkeeper to change the name of the Equalizer to Anduril

The sword wasn't broken in two but in three pieces

 

Well Gandalf is pretty old too...but he travels...

 

Gimli should definately be either a Berserker or a Barbarian
Berserker seems more fitting, when I think of him I get a picture of him fighting with the people who ride horses, starts with a T... And they are attacked by Sauramon's (spelling) orcs and other minions and he and Legolas have a running tally.

Hmm, perhaps that was a bit irrelevent, but go with Berserker.

 

Why not have Frodo be a bard? My memories a little fuzzy so im not sure if i remember right but he told stories and stuff. Plus a bards a crappy fighter and crappy thief so u won't have problems with him getting strong(i mean not offense to all the bards out there)

 

A good suggestion - but if you played him as a bard, you'd have to limit yourself not to use any spells.

 

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I think Gimli is absolutely perfect as a dwarven fighter - I can´t remember him evern been berserk (means crying loud, foam dripping down his chin and his eyes mad). Therefore Barbarian or Berserker don´t seem to fit for me.

Frodo could be a swashbuckler - just put anything you get in the thieving skills in stealth and that´s it´. So you have the elven chain restriction and you still can specialise in daggers/ shortswords.

 

Give Frodo a ring of invisibility and paint it gold

You indeed can choose to hold Boromir (he wanted the ring of invisibility too bad) and Frodo (has to destruct with sam) out of the party and put Eowyn (Paladin or Fighter (there has to be a woman in the group)) and Peppin in the group.

Aragorn should indeed be a fighter/cleric for the healing and he controls undead (paths of the dead)

[This message has been edited by Headbanger (edited May 08, 2001).]

 

You should make Gimli a Dwarven Berserker (Battlerager)

Aragorn can stay a ranger, because rangers can obtain priest spells up to level 4, so they can heal even serious wounds!

Gandalf is at least a level 20 mage if not more.

Frodo can be a thief( being a halfling)