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F ANTASY R OLEPLAYING IN THE W ORLD OF T HE H OBBIT AND T HE L ORD OF THE R INGS
F RANCESCO N EPITELLO
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- CREDITS -
Written by Francesco Nepitello
Designed by Francesco Nepitello with Marco Maggi
Additional contributions by Amado Angulo and Dominic McDowall-Thomas . Special thanks to Giacomo Marchi .
Dedicated to Anita, who was born when The One Ring was first discovered.
Francesco Nepitello, Venezia, 24 Maggio 2011
Art by John Howe , Jon Hodgson and Tomasz Jedruszek
Editors: Dominic McDowall-Thomas and David Thomas Moore
Graphic Design: Paul Bourne
Proofreader: Sarah Newton
Line Developer (Cubicle 7 Entertainment): Dominic McDowall-Thomas
Line Developer (Sophisticated Games): Francesco Nepitello
The publishers wish to thank the numerous playtesters throughout the world (see page 144 for a full list).
Special thanks to Angus Abranson, Roger Calver, Colin Chapman, Phil Cooke, Jon Hodgson and Robert Hyde. Francesco and
Marco would like to thank Joaquim Dorca, whose phone call arrived “by some curious chance one morning long ago in the
quiet of the world”, and Roberto Di Meglio, our friend and fellow conspirator.
© Sophisticated Games Ltd 2011 © Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd 2011
www.theonering.info
ISBN: 978-1-907204-14-2
SKU: CB71000
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Published by Sophisticated Games Ltd, 1 Andersen Court, Newnham Road, Cambridge CB3 9EZ, UK and
Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0ES, UK.
The One Ring, Middle-earth, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks or registered
trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises and are used under license by Sophisticated Games Ltd and their
respective licensees.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means,
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Printed and bound in China.
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- CONTENTS -
P ART 1: T HE R OLE OF THE L OREMASTER 4
The Loremaster
The Darkening of Mirkwood
110
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The Darkening of Mirkwood Structure
111
What does the Loremaster do?
6
Additional Setting Material
116
Supplementary Chronology
118
Further Adventures
119
P ART 2: G AME M ECHANICS 10
The Adventuring Phase
12
P ART 5: I NTRODUCTORY A DVENTURE 122
The Marsh-Bell
How an Adventuring Phase Works
12
Structure
13
124
Rolling Dice
17
Adventuring Phase
124
Resolving Actions
18
Part One - Where Noisome Waters Pour
125
Loremaster Characters
24
Part Two - The Long and Weary Way
128
Resolving Tests
27
Part Three - Beside the Rotting River
134
Awarding Advancement Points
30
Aftermath
139
Journeys
31
Index
141
Journey Map
33
Combat
40
Extended Example of Combat
48
Encounters
51
P ART 3: T HE S HADOW
54
Stars and Shadows
56
Sources of Corruption
56
Consequences of Corruption
58
Adversaries
64
Creature Descriptions
64
Orcs
70
Spiders of Mirkwood
75
Trolls
78
Wolves of the Wild
81
Vampires
84
P ART 4: T HE C AMPAIGN 86
The Setting
88
Introduction
88
The Tale of Years
89
Wilderland
97
Campaign Outlines
109
Campaign Structure
109
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