Become a healer yourself. Why should a great warleader also be skilled at healing? Aragorn was exceptional in that, so can the player. I will agree that the dark factions should get one, at least.
Damien said:The good guys don't -need- a healer in the party. That's what the actual healer at Minas Tirith is for. Bam!
Btw: I think that heroes, while never being truly necessary, are one of the most enjoyable parts of the game. The 21 NPC mod is my favorite right now, until The Last Days comes out. I'm just too lazy to do the self-conversion thing.
Because the healer at Minas Tirith is really convenient to reach, right?
As is decently common, I agree with Damien, though adding a healer at Dol Amroth might not be a bad idea.Damien said:Not hard to get to at all. I never have a problem getting there, at least. Wanna add a few more at places like Dol Amroth or the Corsair camp? Fine by me. I just don't think, as I state above, that NPCs should be relegated to skill monkeys for the player.Because the healer at Minas Tirith is really convenient to reach, right?
But I think too many people would rather treat heroes as simply extra skill points on legs than as actual characters and companions who would have their own needs.
Damien said:By the way, Uruks are not totally derivated from elfs but orcs as a whole originated from elves, but the most important thing is Uruks are somehow cross-generation of orcs, goblins and the most important is Wild Men! Wild Men characteristics give them ability to walk under the sun along with strength and intelligence.
What? Eh. Stop with the conjecture - it isn't needed. And this has been discussed umpteen dozen times (check the Factoids thread, I believe) but Tolkien changed his mind about the origins of Elves, you can find this in the various books published after his death. It seems that he originally planned for Orcs to come from Elves but later decided that might not be the best approach and started designing possibilities for, I believe, if Orcs came from Men. You'll have to look around the boards yourself to find all the information on this - I'm not going to repeat it all here.
I prefer to refer the books and Mark Fisher more.
He is a friend of Christopher Tolkien
In fact, only Uruks are originated from wild men, orks of mordor are not!
I'd like your source on that one.sencer said:In fact, only Uruks are originated from wild men, orks of mordor are not!
Grocat said:So, speaking of SUGGESTIONS, I'd like it if the people around the Lonely Mountain were somehow implemented, not as part of the map necessarily, but I did rather recall liking them as a whole. Wasn't there a race descended from Beorn, or something like that? It'd be pretty awesome to have some hero who was part bear. (He wouldn't have to look like a bear, just be mighty in combat).
Note: I haven't read the LOTR books in seven ages, so I am only talking about something that I vaguely recall existing. But I thought I'd suggest it.
Anyhow, how about discussing the origin or Orcs(Orks) and Uruk-Hai in the Tolkien Factoid House? Or just dropping it altogether, as it hardly seems important. Unless we're sugesting that there be an Historian in the Bandit Fort who you can ask about the History of Middle Earth. Maybe he'll give you quests to help him in his studies. (Since he's at an age where adventuring simply wouldn't complement his good health)
-Grocat the Portly Pope Pursuer