I'm making a L.O.T.R themed campaign where all the rings were destroyed but have recently been recreated. Any suggestions, ideas, or lore that I should add. Always open to new ideas!
You probably will want to start in the Fourth Age, a century or so after Return of the King. The Rings at that point are either destroyed, lost, or have gone West, giving you the precondition you were looking for, without upsetting most of the established lore.
More importantly, it gives you a blank canvas with which to work - LOTR is one of those franchises where folks either know a lot about the lore, or nothing beyond what is in the film trilogy. Placing something in the Second or Third Age creates a situation where some of your players might be upset because “you are not following the lore!” while others might be lost and feel “but the other players have an unfair advantage because they already know the lore!” That’s a lose-lose situation, and one you do not want to put yourself in as DM.
I'm not sure that remaking the rings is precisely a thing that would make sense for Middle Earth. They were powerful but so long as the One Ring existed, all the others were either directly slaves of the One or at least the wearer's exposed all the secrets amd defenses of their kingdoms. It was interesting that many of the Elves and Dwarves actually kept their rings rather than destroy them, which I guess speaks to the beauty and strength of what they wrought with them. Something that was irreplaceable and reminded them of better times.
On the other hand, that in and of itself could speak to at least the intent behind reforging the rings. A desire powerful enough to be mistaken for a need, to recapture something otherwise irretrievably lost rather than move forward as Tolkien suggested Middle Earth needed to do at the end of LotR. Hell, while you're at it, you could have someone try to create a faux Tree or Silmaril.
Personally I'd prefer it be one of the unseen Wizards or a total unknown of the writers own imagination. LotR was so inspirational and beautiful but for myself it's now something more of an art piece I put on my top shelf, something that I can be proud I had the good taste to love without being told to by others. My current favorites may not totally stand up (particularly because the writers are so impressed with themselves they can't press on after getting to the 5th or 2nd book (you know who I'm talking about)), but there's something fresh there even so.
I'm making a L.O.T.R themed campaign where all the rings were destroyed but have recently been recreated. Any suggestions, ideas, or lore that I should add. Always open to new ideas!
JAM
You probably will want to start in the Fourth Age, a century or so after Return of the King. The Rings at that point are either destroyed, lost, or have gone West, giving you the precondition you were looking for, without upsetting most of the established lore.
More importantly, it gives you a blank canvas with which to work - LOTR is one of those franchises where folks either know a lot about the lore, or nothing beyond what is in the film trilogy. Placing something in the Second or Third Age creates a situation where some of your players might be upset because “you are not following the lore!” while others might be lost and feel “but the other players have an unfair advantage because they already know the lore!” That’s a lose-lose situation, and one you do not want to put yourself in as DM.
I'm not sure that remaking the rings is precisely a thing that would make sense for Middle Earth. They were powerful but so long as the One Ring existed, all the others were either directly slaves of the One or at least the wearer's exposed all the secrets amd defenses of their kingdoms. It was interesting that many of the Elves and Dwarves actually kept their rings rather than destroy them, which I guess speaks to the beauty and strength of what they wrought with them. Something that was irreplaceable and reminded them of better times.
On the other hand, that in and of itself could speak to at least the intent behind reforging the rings. A desire powerful enough to be mistaken for a need, to recapture something otherwise irretrievably lost rather than move forward as Tolkien suggested Middle Earth needed to do at the end of LotR. Hell, while you're at it, you could have someone try to create a faux Tree or Silmaril.
Personally I'd prefer it be one of the unseen Wizards or a total unknown of the writers own imagination. LotR was so inspirational and beautiful but for myself it's now something more of an art piece I put on my top shelf, something that I can be proud I had the good taste to love without being told to by others. My current favorites may not totally stand up (particularly because the writers are so impressed with themselves they can't press on after getting to the 5th or 2nd book (you know who I'm talking about)), but there's something fresh there even so.
Thanks, might need to change some things around or something.
JAM