What's in this game:

--everything that was in the 1937 first edition of THE HOBBIT, including Gandalf

--Bilbo Baggins has a magic ring that turned him invisible, but it is NOT particularly evil. Also, the Gollum he encountered was way more chill and way less psychotic.

--All goblins are called GOBLINS. "Orc" is just the elvish word for "goblin." "Hobgoblins" are slightly bigger goblins.

--The Witch-King of Angmar was once a thing, up to the north near the Ettenmoors...

--Rangers are a thing but no one has heard of them except a few people on the eastern edge of The Shire, in a town called Bree (who aren't sure if Rangers are good or bad) and elves (who all totally know Rangers = good)

--The wizard Radagast is Gandalf's brother who lives near the edge of Mirkwood (although the PCs don't know that yet!)

--The Necromancer was a guy who made Mirkwood a lot scarier. Then I heard the elves or somebody chased him away, but he might be back now.

--Players can be an Ent if they want but there are no other Ents in the Wilderland-- they're all down in Fangorn Forest to the south

--The exact same thing as goes for Ents goes for Woodwoses

--A very long time ago (longer ago than the Witch-King of Angmar!), there was a great empire of humans (somewhere? to the west?) called "Numenorians." No one thinks much about them these days, but a lot of their very old statues and ruins still exist out in The Wilderland.

--River Maidens are a very rare thing that exists (also Spring Maidens, Lake Maidens, Body-Of-Water Maidens).

--Undead-- barrow-wights, ghosts, vampires



What's NOT in this game:

--Sauron. Who? Never heard that name. Nor "The Enemy." Nor "The Shadow." What are you talking about? The worst villain these days is a guy called "The Necromancer" who made Mirkwood scarier.

--Mordor. "Where's that? Isn't that somewhere way to the southeast, maybe? Barely heard of it."

--Saruman: Who? Never heard of him.

--Gondor, Minas Tirith, Rohan: "Barely heard of them. Where'd you even see those names, on some old map? I guess (now that I think of it) I have heard that they breed good horses in Rohan, but that's all I've ever heard about it."

--It remains to be seen if Tom Bombadil is in this game. If one or more of the players want him to be in this game, then maybe. Otherwise, no.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:20, Sun 12 Feb 2023.