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Monster Play TOOLS &
WORKPLACES
Once you have chosen your voca-
tion, your fi rst stop should be at the
local Provisioner, to buy the tools
you will need to begin gather-
ing your necessary raw materials.
For some items, many of the raw
materials can also be acquired at the
Provisioner or a tradesman. Every
profession has a necessary tool that
must be equipped on your character
sheet to use it, and a necessary place
to actually do the work:
P ROFESSION W ORKPLACE
Cook Campfi re or Oven
Jeweller Study
Metalsmith Forge
Scholar Study
Tailor Workbench
Weaponsmith Forge
Woodworker Workbench
GATHERING
MATERIALS
Crafting materials are found
throughout Middle-earth on ven-
dors, as loot drops or ground spawns,
or in the assorted supply crates
around the world. Raw materials for
crafting consist of ores, woods, gems,
seeds, cooking supplies, dye components,
hides and lore items. Ores and woods
are most commonly found as ground
spawns, and if you have the gathering
skill to collect them, you will have
a tracking skill that you can activate
to give you an indicator when you
are near that resource. Ore nodes
can also produce gems for Jewellers
and minerals used as components
for dyes. Seeds and cooking supplies
can be purchased from Provisioners
or tradesmen. Hides are found as
loot drops from many creatures. Lore
items are almost exclusively found as
loot drops on humanoid enemies. All
of the assorted materials can also be
found in chests scattered throughout
the landscape and in dungeons.
MASTERY OPTIONS
When you master any tier of a
profession, you will fi nd a Mastery
Option tab at the bottom of the
crafting panel. For the gathering
professions, this usually only indi-
cates the outcome of a “critical suc-
cess” — a particularly well-executed
attempt to craft an item.
With the production professions,
such as Woodworker or Weapon-
smith, the Mastery Options panel
allows you to attempt to create a
customized item by adding optional
components to your recipes, which
may change the properties of the
fi nished product. The panel will
show trophy items that can be
selected for use during your crafting
attempt. If you check the “Use” box
to use a trophy item, that item will
be consumed in the crafting attempt,
and if you achieve a “critical success,”
you will have manufactured an item
that is much better than normal.
The items required in the Mastery
Options panel range from trophies
dropped by enemies, to items that
can be created by Scholars.
Monster play gives you the
opportunity to create your own
army of monsters and join the
Dark Lord Sauron in the War
of the Ring. Whether it is as a
savage Uruk crushing Hobbits or
a Warg in search of unsuspecting
prey, you can skulk across the
northlands in service to Angmar
and its master, the evil Witch-
king. Monster play allows you to
experience life as a foot soldier
of the Enemy, fi ghting against
the Free Peoples of Middle-earth
(played by both players and NPCs)
attempting to halt the advancing
shadow of Angmar.
The region of the Ettenmoors is
dedicated to the battle against the
forces of evil, and it is the only
place where players can directly
fi ght against other players (as Mon-
sters versus Heroes).
Here the battle rages
without end.
BECOMING
A MONSTER
Playing a monster
is a powerful and
exciting adventure all
of its own. Monster
characters can only
be unlocked by fi rst
creating a “hero”
character. Heroes are
any standard characters
(whether Elf, Dwarf, Man or Hob-
bit) who have achieved Level 10.
Once your regular character has
become a Hero, you can create
your fi rst monster. The fi rst step is
to locate a Fell Scrying Pool. Relics
of ages past, Fell Scrying Pools are
corrupted water basins whose an-
cient powers allow you to peer into
corrupted areas
of Middle-earth.
They are often
found in social
centers such as
the Town of Bree.
When you inter-
act with the Fell
Scrying Pool you
will be allowed to
create your fi rst
monster charac-
ter. Choose one
of the available
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