I am both excited and a touch nervous as I switch to a few weeks of preparation for my ‘Tales from the Lone Lands’ full weekend game at LongCon at the end of June. It will be a heady mix of reading, structure preparation, resource creating, and figure glueing and painting!
The figure painting may just prove beyond me, but I will try to get some rough figures ready for when the Shadow catches up with our company of heroes. I’m using Renown Gaming’s collection of figures and I have an impossible amount to do in the time I have left. They’ll happen either in time for the event or over time for subsequent games.
Here’s a possible resource that I have found for quick creation of base characters. The system generates based on two key choices, and then you can ‘re-roll’ until you get entries that you like. The sheet is also editable and outputs to an editable PDF.
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| Online Character Generator |
I’m treating myself to an updated edition of my trusted guide to Midle Earth by Robert Foster. I love this book so much, and I can’t tell you how many hours I have referenced it whilst reading the texts, playing the game, or frankly just gorgeing on the details from cover to cover. Everytime I do so, I find something new, and a connection that fires my imagination. The book will grace the gaming table for gentle perusing and using lore to inform play. I may be the Loremaster, but I’m being collective with all around the table when it comes to accessing the lore. I mean, if we need to, as there will be adventures out in Eriador that will occupy most of our time!
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