Lord of The Rings 3.5

[Dark_Ansem]

Which is the most complete 3.5 supplement for the Lord of the Rings?

[Person_Man]

Well, you could argue that the entire D&D franchise is basically a pastiche of Tolkien's work made into a tabletop roleplaying game, especially 1st edition. I don't think there's a specific 3.5 supplement for it though, mostly because of licensing issues.

[Dark_Ansem]

a custom ruleset, then?

[Shining Wrath]

Any D&D book that assumes a small group of special people perform dangerous deeds where the strengths of each contribute to the success of the whole is a LotR based book.

[Dark_Ansem]

Trolling galore?

[Shinken]

You could try the current incarnation of the official RPG. (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/93673/The-One-Ring-Adventures-over-the-Edge-of-the-Wild)

[Eldan]

Other than the list of races and a handful of monsters, there's really not much D&D has taken from Lord of the Rings. It owes a lot more to Fafhrd or Conan.

In the very old editions, there were officially halflings and balrogs, in addition to orcs, goblins and worgs, but there was a lawsuit. So, you won't find any direct references in anything 3.5.

[Dark_Ansem]

however I seem to recall that somewhere there was a compilation of homebrew detailing races and whatnot... I can't quite remember the name tho

[Shining Wrath]

Trolling galore?

Just pointing out that what Tolkien did established not just a set of races remarkably similar to the core races of the PhB (gnomes aside). The Fellowship is the prototype for the very fundamental concept of Party, in a way that Fafhrd and Conan (mentioned above) don't really do.

[Eldan]

Just pointing out that what Tolkien did established not just a set of races remarkably similar to the core races of the PhB (gnomes aside). The Fellowship is the prototype for the very fundamental concept of Party, in a way that Fafhrd and Conan (mentioned above) don't really do.

The troll is quite close to a lot of dwarves in fiction, especially the legendary ones.

Also, Tolkien's English translation for "Noldo" was "gnome".

And yes, from Tolkien we get the races, probably the ranger class and the concept of a party going on a quest to save the world. And probably dragons. But from pulp and Sword and Sorcery, we get most of the monsters and classes, a lot of the general tone of older editions and the entire idea of a "dungeon".

[Shining Wrath]

The troll is quite close to a lot of dwarves in fiction, especially the legendary ones.

Also, Tolkien's English translation for "Noldo" was "gnome".

And yes, from Tolkien we get the races, probably the ranger class and the concept of a party going on a quest to save the world. And probably dragons. But from pulp and Sword and Sorcery, we get most of the monsters and classes, a lot of the general tone of older editions and the entire idea of a "dungeon".

I think we're on the same page. You can't have D&D without LotR, but you can't have D&D with only LotR. Necessary but not sufficient.