![]() ![]() Replace Elven Immunities and Elven Magic with something that represents 'prescience', lower in power then the two combined to make up for the missing ability penalty. I had jotted down different race modifiers, trying to keep them equal in power to humans, to reflect their LotR incarnation before when I was thinking about this (I really really want to run a game set in the First or Second Age sometime): Half-orcs would probably work as uruk-hai.Įlves. humans, halflings (hobbits), and dwarves are probably the only ones who would remain in their current incarnation. Races would definitely have to be restricted. What I would do if I stuck to Pathfinder, not being very adept at actually changing the rules (I've actually wanted to do this sometime): Just off the top of my head.Īnyone care to add to the list? I'm not interested in hearing "Pathfinder should not ever be used for middle earth." Don't rain on my parade ) Dwarves may be able to enchant a weapon to +1 with a Craft rating of +10 or better, etc. Maybe a +10 bonus to The same type of stuff could be applied to other races. An elf with Stealth +10 or better can run on snow or grass without leaving a mark. For instance, An elf with a +10 or better in Insight would gain a subtly mind reading ability, sort of like Galadriel. elves don't use spells per se, but gain special 'magical' abilities with their skills as they increase their ranks. The power of such items is often level with the power and importance of the possessor magic items are exceedingly rare and are never just a "+1 sword" they all have a lineage and importance of some type. Introduce Fate-like aspects to reflect a character's "Doom" and "Destiny" Spells are potentially fatiguing and do not use memorization. Either eliminate spellcasting for PCs or severely limit it. How would you house rule Pathfinder to work for a Third Age middle earth campaign? ![]() Yeah, this old chestnut has been around for a while with D&D 3.5 (and the recent thread about using PF for a Hobbit campaign), but let's revisit it anyways. ![]()
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