Yesterday, D&D Beyond announced that it will be selling the sourcebook The Lord of the Rings role-playing game from acclaimed Swedish role-playing game publisher Free League. Although the announcement on D&D Beyond claims this setting guide is a “brand new adjustment,” it was published last year and is based on Free League’s second edition One ring TTRPG by Francesco Nepitello. New or not, the award-winning ruleset adapted for Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons is among the most popular role-playing games set in the world of JRR Tolkien, and now integrates seamlessly into D&D’s custom virtual tabletop.
The 240-page book contains six classes, 12 subclasses, 14 types, and 42 unique feats, available for use in D&D Beyond’s character creation tool. Free League has created travel rules to evoke the adventures of the original books, which inspired the modern fantasy genre and the game of D&D itself. The setting guide also includes adventure paths for groups from levels 1-10, with new maps and monsters compatible with D&D Beyond’s tactical VTT, Maps, which has just entered beta testing.
The sourcebook’s mechanics are specifically tailored to Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition. (Not the latest 2024 update, but with backwards compatibility, players should be able to use the Lord of the Rings roleplaying game book in their 2024 games.) The D&D Beyond Edition of the book is currently available at a discounted price of $29.99, with the original book available for just over $50 on the Free League site.