About Arda Marred

Basics

● Has been in development since 2006
● Attributes, Personality Traits, Senses, Skills, Actions
● 'Level-less'
● Spells solely from Tolkien’s writings, somewhat inspired by The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game
● Strives to be extremely faithful to Tolkien’s writings

Noteworthy

● Middle-earth peoples carefully researched and designed to be true to Tolkien’s writings — no balance of power between peoples
● Currently 11 ‘Tolkienish’ Occupations to choose from including Gardener, no balance of power between Occupations
● Not restricted to play in 3rd age Middle-earth, but allows playing in any time also in Beleriand, Númenor and Aman
● The earlier the age, the stronger the characters
● ‘Fading’ for Elves and Dúnedain
● Almost HârnMaster-like grittiness and realism
● Senses such as Sight, Hearing and Sense of Smell
● Seldom implemented actions such as Decision Making and Travelling
● Carefully researched and designed weapons, armour and turnless combat system
● Almost complete weariness system
● Rules for the ‘daily lives’ of the Player Characters
● Personality Traits resembling those in Pendragon
● Extensive background for Player Characters, including annals and a name generation system true to Tolkien’s writings
● Very extensive and carefully researched equipment list drawn from ...and a 10-Foot Pole
● Rulebook is illustrated by Ted Nasmith and Anke-Katrin Eissmann (with permission)

Below are download links for the Rulebook and Character Sheet.

Rulebook (27 June 2021) [PDF]
Character Sheet (27 June 2021) [PDF]