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ben hur; You're absolutely correct, I was under the impression that this forum was Decipher's - mae culpa, and my apologies, :D

Fesarius; Fear not, I will not post on this board again.

My concern is that they will shut down the boards after they officially drop the RPGs - does that sound like a possibility, or am I worrying for nothing? :)

I think it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that Decipher will be letting their RPG lines stagnate or otherwise move on. To that end, it may be considered wise to begin formulating a new area to...

Olorwe's Gwaith-i-Mirdain Compendium is an amazing piece of work, and I highly recommend it to all gms and players alike. Not only does it have some alternate rules, but they provide a critical...

ICE put out the following conversion chart within Moria: The Dwarven City, and I've found it so invaluable, I thought I'd post it here:

1-100 Bonus on Bonus on 3-18 2-12
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I don't think so. The fighting I've done in real life with both small weapons and larger, two-handed weapons didn't show me a great deal of difference in speed of attack. The CODA system doesn't...

Lol, no, no, not a bad thing, it's just I had started out with a different viewpoint and then talked myself right out of it. :D

There should be at least one language (Westron for most Men, Sindarin for most Elves, etc.) that should be allowed to start at 6. Actually, wait a minute...I think the reply from Doug was something...

My playgroup, bless them, despise munchkins worse than I do, :D

The thing that started all this, though, was that our Shield Maiden ended up unbelievably bad-to-the-bone as the luminaries like...

First off, my apologies. I feel I did overreact, and I apologize, especially to Jason.

Moving on:

Gandalfofborg; Excellent suggestion, and I concur - Language and Lore skills should both be...

I can post the chart (forgive me in advance if the formatting is terrible!) either tonight or this weekend, it's no trouble. Unfortunately, right now, I'm at work and don't have access to it, :D
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Well, my initial reaction is; what if they already have the edges and abilities? But, I see your point.

I guess this boils down to my feeling that CODA allows itself to become ridiculously...

I highly encourage any exodus from d20, especially to CODA. I feel CODA has great potential and the Decipher's layout for LotR is just a-frickin-mazing. I have never seen a layout better wrought, :D ...

Hehe, thanks~ FYI; the signature comes from the first act of "Braveheart," the Mel Gibson Scottish epic. And while I'm no terribly great fan of Mel Gibson or his work, I am a great fan of my own...

I think between the two suggestions, we may have found a way here. To recap:

1) Skills capped at 3, initially, or the value of their governing attribute, whichever is lower. Skill ranks cannot...

I also tend to really get into crunching XP and I don't plan on following Decipher's rules at all. Decipher seems to give a lump sum at the conclusion of a particular goal; for my chronicles, I have...

If we think about characters having a max of 12 ranks, then, seems a little extreme to be able to start out at 6 and hit the max within 2 advancements.

I'm thinking along the lines that players...

I think I begin to see, now...

The stats for the core heroes (Aragorn, Legolas, et al); when they state +12 (i.e. FotR, TT Sourcebooks), that's only their ranks, correct? Ah, that makes it more...

Back in '97-8, we started a campaign in Middle-Earth using MERP (you know...that 'other' system...hehe). Our characters advanced to about what would be 5th-6th level and we haven't had a chance to...

I should, in theory, be posting my own chronicles, as well, but it may be some time. We are just now completing the conversion of the heroes from MERP to Decipher, :cool:

Being a native of the hole in the world that is West Virginia, I've come to accept the "single-player, single-narrator" as a maxim, :o)

The first and foremost thing to remember is the illusion of...

Ineti hit many of the points I have been thinking of, so I won't reiterate them here.

What I'm finding myself craving are more stories of the years not chronicled by Tolkien. I have *a ton* of...