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Shannara & LOTR's

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#1
xmen510
Sep 13, 2007 14:13:13 I would love to see these two settings come to WOTC. I can understand not LOTR though. But Shannara has a great feel for this kind of setting. They already did a bit of a preview for it in one of the Dragon Magazines a while back. But I would really like to see this as a fleshed out campaign world. That would be really great.
#2
Luis_Carlos
Sep 14, 2007 9:53:26 Shannara is a saga of novels. Isn´t it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara

If I´m not mistaken there is project to doing a movie or film based in this work.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070606f.php

I have thought the franchise of Lord of Rings is too juicy to ignoreing it but the negotiations with Tolkien´s heir wouldn´t be easy. LoR d20 rpg can not being other D&D setting because the background is too.... diferent.

Other question is the work of Tolkien has a great taste to nostalgia. A roleplaying campaing after of the destruction of the Sauron´s ring is..very difficoult. Lot of fan´s wouldn´t like it. A official sequel of LoT what would be liked by the most of Tolkien fans... is impossible mission.

And if I´m not mistaken Decipher has now the rights to doing the LoR rpg (and Games workshops the LoR miniature game).
#3
rqshades
May 01, 2008 0:09:04 I'm a huge fan of the Shannara series by Terry Brooks, and as excited as I was about the Dragon issue devoted to it a few years back, 3rd edition was simply a bad fit for the setting to be run under. From what we've seen of 4th so far, it looks like the new edition could work with Shannara quite well, though.

I strongly doubt that we'll see any of that information "officially" reworked for 4th, however. But maybe once the full rules are released, we can work up a fan revision here.
#4
xmen510
May 01, 2008 7:43:24 That would be interesting.

Luis Carlos. Yes Decipher has the rights, but they screwed up royally with it and havn't put out anything really in about 2 or 3 years except two PDF books to buy. They only care about their card games. They have stopped procution on every RPG title they had AND all Card Games except for a new one they are publishing now.

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#1 xmen510 Sep 13, 2007 14:13:13	I would love to see these two settings come to WOTC. I can understand not LOTR though. But Shannara has a great feel for this kind of setting. They already did a bit of a preview for it in one of the Dragon Magazines a while back. But I would really like to see this as a fleshed out campaign world. That would be really great.
#2 Luis_Carlos Sep 14, 2007 9:53:26	Shannara is a saga of novels. Isn´t it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara If I´m not mistaken there is project to doing a movie or film based in this work. http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070606f.php I have thought the franchise of Lord of Rings is too juicy to ignoreing it but the negotiations with Tolkien´s heir wouldn´t be easy. LoR d20 rpg can not being other D&D setting because the background is too.... diferent. Other question is the work of Tolkien has a great taste to nostalgia. A roleplaying campaing after of the destruction of the Sauron´s ring is..very difficoult. Lot of fan´s wouldn´t like it. A official sequel of LoT what would be liked by the most of Tolkien fans... is impossible mission. And if I´m not mistaken Decipher has now the rights to doing the LoR rpg (and Games workshops the LoR miniature game).
#3 rqshades May 01, 2008 0:09:04	I'm a huge fan of the Shannara series by Terry Brooks, and as excited as I was about the Dragon issue devoted to it a few years back, 3rd edition was simply a bad fit for the setting to be run under. From what we've seen of 4th so far, it looks like the new edition could work with Shannara quite well, though. I strongly doubt that we'll see any of that information "officially" reworked for 4th, however. But maybe once the full rules are released, we can work up a fan revision here.
#4 xmen510 May 01, 2008 7:43:24	That would be interesting. Luis Carlos. Yes Decipher has the rights, but they screwed up royally with it and havn't put out anything really in about 2 or 3 years except two PDF books to buy. They only care about their card games. They have stopped procution on every RPG title they had AND all Card Games except for a new one they are publishing now.