OK. I've decided to put the volumes of information and NPCs from my Silmarillion game to good use and start on a quasi-sourcebook for the First Age. With each thread, I'm going to write down what I have for various aspects of the game (like character creation, races, new skills and new uses for old skills, magic, equipment, etc.), and perhaps suggest changes or ways to implement these rules in your own First Age game.
I've decided against following the FotR and TTT sourcebook format because it runs counter to what I'm really trying to do. I want to provide Narrators and players with tools to play a First Age game, especially those who have neither the time nor the desire to come up with everything themselves. I'm not too keen on repeating information that can be found in other sources and used in a game with little effort.
These are the things I already have written up that only await presentation.
1. Races revised
2. Character creation revised
3. New skills and new uses for old skills
4. New magic system
5. Lots of NPCs statted out by the book
6. Equipment
I'm only going to present information that is different from what's published in Decipher products because I don't like repetition, and I want to encourage people to get the books that are already out there . So, though I have stats for creatures such as werewolves and Orcs, I'm not posting them. I may, however, present some monsters as races and give my own rules. The main point with this endeavor is to showcase what the system can do and provide interested players with the tools they need to play a game set during the First Age that they cannot get from other sources.
Also, I won't be doing any of the plot synopses or the place descriptions because I'm going to assume from people's interest that they are already familiar with the story or have access to sources that can provide information.
So, to start, which aspect from the list above would you be most interested in getting first?