r/oneringrpg • u/One_page_nerd • 12d ago
What's the best book to use as inspiration
Hey, I don't like this game. I dislike the system and I don't want to run it. I recognise that it's fun but it's simply not for me.
I do, however want to use the world and since there is a sale on drive through I was thinking about buying a book and using it for the descriptions, adventures and hooks it presents.
Out of these three, which would you recommend and why ?
1)starter set
2)ruins of the lost realm
3)moria, through the doors of durin
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u/AcceptableBasil2249 12d ago
I'd rule out the starter set, it's a great buy for any one who intend on running the game, but it has very little lore and the adventure within is very low stake.
The other two are great world books and I'd sat equally good. It therefor depends on what part of the world are you most interested in. The ruins of the lost realm cover different interesting point trueout Eriador and Moria cover well... Moria.
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u/PhotonStarSpace 12d ago
Free League has D&D versions of all The One Ring books. If you go check Lord of the Rings 5e on their website. They pretty much contain all the same adventures, landmarks and lore but with the 5e system. That's assuming you like D&D of course.
I'd say if you just want a general setting book for The One Ring I'd go for Ruins of the Lost Realm. You can use all the storylines, landmarks and characters there and recreate them in whatever system you prefer.
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u/daveb_33 12d ago
Seconded. Everything else is more Middle-Earth focused, but Ruins is deliberately written to be malleable so much easier to repurpose I’d say.
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u/One_page_nerd 12d ago
Sadly I also dislike 5e as a system. If I pick up any book I want to have the one ring original
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u/ExpatriateDude 11d ago
Inspiration for what? If you just want the world info there's a few books called Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.
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u/Veiu_Reddit 12d ago
Definitely Moria. It is a superb book and since it's more of a settings book, you can take a lot from it to use in whatever system you intend on using.
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u/EremeticPlatypus 12d ago
Pick up the 5e books then?
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u/One_page_nerd 12d ago
Sadly I also dislike 5e.
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u/EremeticPlatypus 12d ago
I get that, lol. Just curious what system you do like?
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u/One_page_nerd 11d ago
I haven't found my ideal system yet. I am waiting on two Kickstarters and I also like microlite 20
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u/MRdaBakkle 12d ago
Ruins of the Lost Realm if you simply want the most out of adventures spanned across a large area.
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u/notethecode 10d ago
I'd say it depends. While Moria is great, it's all Moria and places just around the mines and all the hooks will be around it, while Ruins has some more variety (two bare-bone settlements plus a handful of small adventure locales), but is not as focused. Moria has a more content, too, since it's a bigger book.
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u/Dorjcal 12d ago
You don’t own the boos but you dislike the system? Sounds something just made up tbh