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I NTRODUCTION :

H OW TO U SE THIS B OOKLET

W HAT IS R OLEPLAYING ?

It’s a lot of things,that’s what. Here are a few of them…

It’s fun for you and your friends.Roleplaying games are a group experience. Everyone works and plays together to have

a good time. All but one of the players takes on the role of a character,a hero who sets forth on fantastic and dangerous

adventures. One of the players, the Narrator,acts as referee. He comes up with the adventures and plays the roles of all

the other people your heroes meet during their journeys.

It’s a movie you write as you go along.The Narrator is like the ‘director,’the person who sets the scene, describes the

action,and speaks the dialogue for the extras and villains. The rest ofyou are like the actors who play the star characters!

Like Viggo Mortensen playing Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings movies,you play your character’s part in the game—but

unlike Viggo,you get to make up your own lines and make Aragorn do anything you can think of! How many times have

you watched a movie and thought a character should have done something else—something much cooler? Well,roleplay-

ing is your chance to do all those cool things the scriptwriters never thought of. And the rules of the game along with those

numbers on your character sheet help the Narrator determine whether you succeed or fail in whatever actions you attempt.

It’s ‘Cops and Robbers’with rules.When you were a kid,you’d run around the backyard playing ‘cops and robbers,’mak-

ing pistols with your fingers and shouting ‘Bang! I got you,you’re dead!’Then,you’d argue over whether you were dead until

you had the energy to start running around the backyard again. In The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game,the roll of

the dice tells you whether you’re dead, or whether the robber—Orc—dies instead. This makes the game more fun and

more challenging,and cuts down on the arguments.

It’s a computer game run on the best video software ever.In a roleplaying game,there’s no graphics budget. All the Orcs,

the walls and ramparts of a mighty stronghold such as Helm’s Deep or Orthanc, all your weapons and armour and the

spectacular effects of magic spells come from your imagination and from the descriptions of the Narrator. You still have

Wound Points,weapons,and special abilities on your character sheet,just like the stat bar in a video game. But you can use

them in any combination,not just the ones the programmer thought would be useful. And best of all,you’re not restrict-

ed to a glowing computer monitor to see the Orcs explode when you chop them in half. You use your imagination to envi-

sion them in their final death throes.

The rules presented here and the accompanying adventure,‘The Road to Henneth Annûn,’ give you more specifics

about roleplaying,including some examples and hints to guide you through the adventure. The Narrator can use this mate-

rial to help make your first roleplaying experience easier and to introduce the rules ofthe game in small,manageable pieces.

‘The Road to Henneth Annûn’will introduce you to the rules of the game as you play it through. So by the time you solve

the final encounter,you will be confident roleplayers ready to develop your own adventures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s world of

Middle-earth. Welcome to the grand adventure that is The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game!

T HE L ORDOFTHE R INGS D ICE R UNES K EY

R OLEPLAYING G AME :

OF THE R INGS

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‘But you have been chosen, and you

must therefore use such strength and

heart and wits as you have.’

— Gandalf to Frodo,

The Fellowship of the Ring

n the year 3018 ofthe Third Age ofMiddle-earth,a darkening storm

gathers over Ithilien,once the fairest province ofthe old Kingdom of

Gondor. The Dark Lord Sauron has drawn his minions about him

and thrown an army against the causeway forts just outside the

ruined city of Osgiliath,which are defended by a small,but determined,garri-

son. And yet this is only the beginning of things. Soon, full-fledged war will

break upon Middle-earth.

A UTHOR : Douglas Sun

D EVELOPMENT AND E DITING : JeffTidball

L INE D EVELOPMENT : JeffTidball

C REATIVE D IRECTION : Christian Moore

and Owen Seyler

P RODUCT D EVELOPMENT , T OLKIEN

E NTERPRISES : Laurie Battle

P RODUCT D EVELOPMENT , N EW L INE

C INEMA : John Mayo

A SSET C OORDINATION , W ETA D IGITAL :

Glen Sharah

C ARTOGRAPHY : Rob Lazzaretti

O RIGINAL A RT : Norman Lao

V ISUAL C REATIVE D IRECTION : Dan Burns

A RT D IRECTION : Jesse Cassem

P RODUCTION D ESIGN : Owen Seyler

In these days of dark foreboding,

Lord Faramir,who is the younger son of

the Ruling Steward ofGondor and also

the military commander in Ithilien,

needs as many stout men and true as he

can find to help defend this border of

the realm. At this moment, the belea-

guered garrison at Osgiliath needs a few

intrepid messengers to get through to

Faramir at the secret stronghold of

Henneth Annûn and ask him to come

to their aid. The fate of these brave

men—perhaps even the fate ofGondor

itself—hangs on successful delivery of

this message. Who will accept responsi-

bility for seeing it through?

Welcome to the Fast Play rules for

The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying

Game and its accompanying adven-

ture module,‘The Road to Henneth

Annûn.’ This product is designed to

introduce you to The Lord of the

Rings Roleplaying Gameregardless of

whether or not you have much experi-

ence with roleplaying games.

The Fast Play rules themselves

cover concepts that are important to

understanding how the game works,

and they are just detailed enough to get

you through the adventure module.

After the Fast Play rules you will

find three pre-fabricated, beginning-

level characters designed for use with

‘The Road to Henneth Annûn.’Each

requires a little bit of customisation

before they are ready for play—just

enough to give you a taste of the char-

acter creation process.

The adventure requires a Narrator

and 1–3 players,with each player tak-

ing the part of one character,in order

to play it. For their part, the players

must guide their characters through a

deed ofvalour upon which the fate of

the Osgiliath garrison hangs, while

the Narrator presents them with the

challenges that come with the great-

ness of the deed and adjudicates the

success of their efforts. Only the

Narrator should read the description

of the adventure before play begins,

however,as it would ruin the players-

fun to know in advance the exact

nature of the challenges they will face.

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T HE L ORD

F AST P LAY R ULES

F AST P LAY

may move up to 18 yards in a single

move action. During action time, it is

important to keep track of who goes

when,what everyone is doing,and how

long it takes. Life and death can hang in

the balance ofhow long it takes to draw

a weapon,for instance. Since time plays

such an important role during combat,

character location and movement

become crucial.

require particular skills,such as know-

ing something about the history of

Gondor (a Lore/Realms skill),follow-

ing a trail (Track skill), or shooting a

bow (Ranged Combat skill). Look at

the skills listed on your character sheet.

This list represents those things your

character knows, or can do well, and

make up your basic options during

play. The numbers behind the title are

called levels and represent how skilled

the character is (higher levels being

better). Any time you want to use a

skill,do the following:

‘Let those call in the wind who will;

there are fell voices on the air, and

those stones were aimed at us.’

— Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring

N ARRATIVE T IME

Narrative time isn’t measured in

rounds. It’s basically the time between

combats. Narrative time can pass

quickly or slowly depending on what

the players do. It could take you 10

minutes of real time to decide how

you want your characters to respond

to an encounter, even though they

take their actions within a few seconds

of narrative time. Likewise, if you tell

the Narrator that you and the rest of

the party are resting for the night, he

might determine that nothing hap-

pens while you rest. So, in just a few

moments ofreal time,you skip over an

entire evening of narrative time to

awaken the next morning and contin-

ue on your journey.

T hese Fast Play Rules represent a

condensed version of the game

rules found in The Lord of the Rings

Roleplaying Game core rulebook.

Everything you need to know in order

to play ‘The Road to Henneth Annûn’

is explained here,but the core rulebook

provides more detailed rules governing

every aspect of the game, as well as

tools for extending your game experi-

ence into a full-fledged chronicle con-

taining many exciting adventures.

1) Roll 2d6.

2) Add your skill level.

3) Tell the Narrator the total.

The Narrator follows the same

procedure when making skill tests for

NPCs and monsters, except, of

course,that he need not announce the

numerical result. He simply describes

the consequences (when the Orc

swings its scimitar, does the blow

strike home or miss?) if it’s something

the players would see.

The Narrator knows the number

you need to beat in order to succeed at

any given skill test. That number is

called the target number, or TN.

Situations can modify the target num-

ber. For instance, it’s harder to track

someone at night than it is during the

day. These modifiers are accounted

for by predetermined target numbers

included in the encounter instruc-

tions. The Narrator doesn’t have to

worry about them unless he decides to

alter the conditions surrounding a

particular test.

T IME

This adventure, ‘The Road to

Henneth Annûn,’ should provide you

with up to an afternoon’s worth of

gameplay, depending on how many

player characters (or PCs) are

involved. This time, the time you and

your friends experience as you play, is

called real time. During those few

hours of real time, the PCs could

spend several days adventuring. That

time,the time characters experience,is

called game time. Game time falls into

one of two categories:action time and

narrative time.

A CTION S EQUENCE

During a combat scenario or action

sequence,all characters make initiative

tests to determine who acts in what

order. Each player rolls 2d6 and adds

their character’s Swiftness reaction

modifier. The Narrator makes one roll

for all the villains and adds the highest

Swiftness modifier belonging to a vil-

lain in the group. Once every player

totals their result,characters begin act-

ing in order,from highest to lowest ini-

tiative results. They maintain this

order every round until the combat or

action sequence ends.

A CTION T IME

Action time passes in rounds. A

round represents about six seconds of

game time. All participants, whether

they’re PCs, or non-player characters

(or NPCs) or monsters controlled by

the Narrator, get to act twice each

round. Moving,attacking,and casting a

spell each cost one action. Characters

A TTRIBUTE T ESTS

Occasionally, PCs, NPCs and

monsters want to do something sim-

ple, like carrying a heavy object or

remembering something that hap-

pened earlier in the adventure. There

are no skills for these basic tasks.

Instead, they require an attribute test,

using the appropriate attribute modifi-

er in place of skill level. If you need to

S KILL T ESTS

Most of the things that PCs,

NPCs, and monsters alike can do

R ULES

The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game: Quick-start Booklet

make an attribute tests, the Narrator

will tell you which attribute is being

tested so you know which modifier to

apply to your roll. To make an attrib-

ute test,do the following:

As with skill and attribute tests,

the Narrator handles reaction tests

for NPCs and monsters.

You’ll know which is the right reac-

tion modifier because the Narrator will

tell you. He’ll say ‘make a Swiftness

reaction test,’meaning ‘roll two dice and

add your Swiftness reaction modifier.’

lished target number (your oppo-

nent’s Defence rating).

R ANGED C OMBAT

Shooting someone with a bow

requires skill just like attacking with a

sword. Like all skill tests, it involves

rolling 2d6 and adding the attacker’s

skill with a bow (‘Ranged Combat:

Bows (Longbow)’ or some similar

skill). The target number for ranged

attacks is the target’s Defence, just as

in melee combat, but range modifiers

based on the distance to the target

must be accounted also. As a general

rule,add +2 to the roll if the target is

within 5 yards,and subtract two if the

target is more than 30 yards away.

Each type ofbow also has a maximum

range, beyond which it cannot shoot.

To make a ranged attack, do the fol-

lowing:

1) Roll 2d6.

2) Add your attribute modifier.

3) Tell the Narrator the total.

As with skill tests, the Narrator

handles attribute tests for NPCs and

monsters.

Attribute modifiers tend to be

lower than skill levels. This is because

skill levels happen to include attribute

modifiers. You don’t see them because

they are already factored into the

character skill levels to keep things

simple.

N AT U R A L T WELVE

Any time you make a skill test, an

attribute test, or a reaction test and

roll sixes on both dice (called a natural

twelve),you get to roll another die and

add it to your total. Ifyou roll another

six,you get to add 6 to your total and

roll again. Keep rolling and adding

until you roll something other than a

six, add the last number rolled, then

stop. Through this open ended rolling

method, you could achieve very high

scores indeed!

R EACTION T ESTS

Skills and attributes play a role

when determining the outcome of

actions initiated by the character. But

some circumstances may force your

character to react. In these situations,

you make reaction tests. The Narrator

will tell you whenever you need to

make a reaction test. When making

the test,do the following:

M ELEE C OMBAT

Striking with a weapon during

close combat involves a skill test, just

like using any other skill. Check your

character sheet for skills that let you

use weapons. These include ‘Armed

Combat: Blades (Longsword)’ or

‘Armed Combat: Axes (Battle Axe).’

As with any other skill test,you must

roll 2d6,add your skill rating,and tell

the Narrator your total. He will then

tell you if you hit,based on the estab-

1) Roll 2d6.

2) Add your Ranged Weapon

skill level.

3) Add the range modifier (penal-

ty or bonus).

4) Tell the Narrator the total.

I NFLICTING D AMAGE

1) Roll 2d6.

2) Add the appropriate reaction

modifier.

3) Tell the Narrator the result.

A successful combat skill test

inflicts damage in Wound Points.

Damage varies by weapon type,and is

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