The Lord of the Rings: The Secret Diaries

[az]

This might have been here before, but I wasn't here lately so I'll post it anyway

http://humor.de/engl_ringdiarys.shtml

The rest of the site is in german though, unfortunately..

AZ

[Gurm]

That was funny. There's another snipped, from "Knights of the Dinner Table", which I will likely misremember but attempt to post here for posterity' sake:

TOP TEN REASONS WHY LOTR WOULD _NOT_ MAKE A GOOD ROLEPLAYING CAMPAIGN:

10. No clerics in party.

9. Party composed almost exclusively of level 1 halflings.

8. They left the only experienced halfling thief at home.

7. Failed to kill evil NPC "Gollum" early in the adventure.

6. Then allowed said NPC to complete the objective of the quest!

5. Gave most powerful weapon (+3 longsword) to magic user.

4. Then sent magic user into single melee combat with a type-6 demon.

3. Magic user dies having only cast two spells - "make light" and "hold portal".

2. Allowed two of the halflings to be captured by orcs, losing the party's only paladin in the process. Spent half the adventure chasing orcs.

and the number one reason why LOTR would make a lousy RPG campaign:

1. A third of the way through the quest, they split the party. NEVER SPLIT THE PARTY!

- Gurm

[TdB]

just nitpicking...

3. Magic user dies having only cast two spells - "make light" and "hold portal".

spoiler alert: he doesn´t die.

[Gurm]

Yes yes, we know.

But we could argue this all day. His physical body quite certainly dies, and he passes beyond the bounds of Arda where Eru sends him back.

So, technically, did he die? Yes, indeedy.

- Gurm