USH'S LORD OF THE RINGS GAME- Character Creation Thread

3. Racial Origin. This is where Tolkien’s world really hammered down its differences. I am sure many of you have a good idea of what race you want to be, choosing between Man, Elf, Dwarf and Hobbit- and, if Elf or Man, what kind of Elf or Man? Tolkien devised many. Your choice affects your stats and skills again, and may also give you special abilities.

Erm... Ush? You may have to help me with this, my brain hurts!

Ok, so half-Sindar, half-Silvan Elf, but can't remember the special skills of them....

4. Skills. These tell me what you have learned to be good at. This will be, at creation, a combination of your stats, profession and race, plus some small alterations you get when you start out at first level. You get to make the same small alterations each time you increase in level thereafter.

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5. Backgrounds. Backgrounds give your character certain advantages- maybe he is rich, owns an item of power, or has a special talent for spotting things. This part of character creation acts as a power balancer for your Racial choice- a standard man or Hobbit is less powerful than, say, a Noldor Elf, but gets more background points to spend to make up.

Well, I'd say mostly the things that are inherent in all Elves... good sense of smell, sight and hearing... agile... silent....

Ush or Fire, can ya help me?

I pm'd you phoe with some of the bg info..😄 I don't know how to add the #'s up though

yea Sure Phoe, First of all your profession is animist, no idea how ush is gonna do that half sinder half silvan thingy, I think he's gonna have you choose

Well, when I first joined, I was allowed to have it...

As Silvan's and Silvar's have diff stat whatsit things, should I wait for Ush?

Er...hmmm...well..... I want to play this RP too but I am a little confused on how to make the stats of the chacter with all those numbers, and also, can I make up a race? I can make the race's background too.

Nope, no making up races... what part is giving you rouble?

Phoe, you would be better off looking at the details of each of those categories rather than the summary on the very first post! I'll happily guide you through, but as I said, the first thing you need to do is decide which out of Sindar or Silvan you want to prioritise.

Hey Ush...if my char. chooses human, mortal life.....does that change my sats...or no...since there's a block already for Half Elves.....

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Nope, no making up races... what part is giving you rouble?

Phoe, you would be better off looking at the details of each of those categories rather than the summary on the very first post! I'll happily guide you through, but as I said, the first thing you need to do is decide which out of Sindar or Silvan you want to prioritise.

*hides*

can you give me a sec? I'm marking homework!

😄

The part which is giving me trouble? well i'd say the Stats, all those numbers are very confusing, could you make a fake character as an how to do for me if you can't, you can explain but please be clear about it otherwise I might don't understand.

Ok, AA, no, rules wise the Half-Elf is a Half-Elf and gets those stats and skills no matter what he choses- your mortality or otherwise is simply a matter of characterisation.

RD, I think you should look at a load of the examples that have been done already! Or watch my guide Phoe through, once she is done marking...

(smiles back at Phoe)

k i'll try to make my character but it might not come well 😛, could you tell me at least what races are avaliable? Just for me to remember, it's been a long time since i last watched LOTR

All on the first page.

Drake go to the very first page of this thread.....you need to read down through the categories....then you'll see.... Background/Races/Weapons/Skills.....etc....they are all in a different discussion group. 🙂

If you put your char. Together and choose one out of each of those (ensuring that they pertain to YOUR char.) then Ush will be able to help you with the pts and stuff..........🙂

Argh... this is waaaay too dificult, I know what race and what job/class/profession, but the points and stuff are the most confusing ones, I just can't figure it out 😛 well if you can help me do this, this is my character, i'll just need to add points then.

Airwing
Race: Elf (just elf)
Class: Ranger
{This is as far as I know, yeah you can say I'm stupid i don't care but just help me k?}

Well, first of all, we shall need a type of Elf...