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Otaku-sempai
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Sep 13 2024, 10:24pm
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Ring-wights of Moria
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Moria -- Through the Doors of Durin,the new supplement and expansion for The One Ring Roleplaying Game (Free League) introduces the idea of Ring-wights, undead Dwarves.
Ring-wight
Dwarves wearing Rings of Power do not thin or fade -- instead, they are consumed from within, becoming hollow husks who hunger for the life force of the living.
In the Citadel of the Ring-smiths, in the western portion of Moria, Dwarves sought to recreate the works of the Elves of Eregion, hoping to craft a ring that could defeat Durin's Bane. "One by one they perished, giving their lives to the craft, and their fellow smiths laid them to rest in the vaults below, until only one was left. The Master-smith Fraegr continued her work until her very last breath."
What do you think of this? Is it lore-breaking? Is it just a really interesting idea? I'm sorry I can't find an image that I can post here.
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Tony Isabella
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Felagund
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Sep 15 2024, 10:36am
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Interesting! The MMO, Lord of the Rings Online introduced dwarf-wights into its roster of foes a while back, although not related to the wearing of a Ring of Power.
I've recently been revisiting MERP content but I never got into The One Ring Roleplaying Game. You've got me curious!
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Sep 15 2024, 1:39pm
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I'm a gammer, not a gamer; but this is an intriguing new layer to their competitive nature with the elves.
That they should spend generations on their determination to create a ring against Durin's Bane sounds plausible. It seems to fit their nature of not running from a battle (or an enemy), especially one that dominates their realm (like Smaug in Erebor). It is especially interesting because dwarves are so successful at any other work with metal... it's curious this one evades them. Other powers at work or are they missing an ingredient that they're incapable of perceiving or seeking council on?
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Otaku-sempai
Elvenhome
Sep 15 2024, 2:25pm
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I've never played LOTRO, but it's not surprising to me that the game has also explored the idea of dwarven Wights. I don't recall undead Dwarves in MERP but I've also recently sold most of my old MERP material including Iron Crown's old Moria supplement.
Speaking of Middle-earth Role Play (MERP), I found it interesting that within that game, Thranduil's wife exists as a non-player character (NPC). Similarly, Cubicle 7's Wilderland supplements for The One Ring Roleplaying Game suggests that Legolas has at least one brother and possibly other siblings. Other material (both from Cubicle 7 and Free League) introduce such NPCs as Bofri son of Bofur (The Heart of the Wild) and Frora daughter of Dwalin (Moria -- Through the Doors of Durin).
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Otaku-sempai
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Sep 15 2024, 2:35pm
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I'm a gammer, not a gamer; but this is an intriguing new layer to their competitive nature with the elves.
That they should spend generations on their determination to create a ring against Durin's Bane sounds plausible. It seems to fit their nature of not running from a battle (or an enemy), especially one that dominates their realm (like Smaug in Erebor). It is especially interesting because dwarves are so successful at any other work with metal... it's curious this one evades them. Other powers at work or are they missing an ingredient that they're incapable of perceiving or seeking council on?
It seems that the dwarven ring-smiths were in a bit of a rush. They did gain some lore from the Ring-smiths of Eregion but their efforts to search for a counter to Durin's Bane only began after the awakening of the Balrog in T.A. 1980. The Dwarves feared that any rings that they produced would fall under the rule of Sauron's Master Ring. The later appearance of the Ringwraiths reinforced that fear. When the rest of the Dwarves fled Khazad-dum, the smiths sealed themselves within their citadel and worked right up to their end.
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Tony Isabella
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Felagund
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Sep 22 2024, 12:31pm
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Dug out the Moria supplement and it does refer to wights lurking in the depths but it's in the context of the undead section of a traditional wandering monster table. There's ghouls and other nasties in there, so it'd be up to the GM's imagination as to whether these wights were Dwarves trapped in undeath, I'd say!
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