Decipher CODA Lord of the Rings ruleset

**kairos** · February 15th, 2011, 18:49

Hi, everyone:

I'm working on a ruleset for Decipher's defunct Lord of the Rings system (CODA). I'm incorporating some houserules from this site as well (although the smart thing would be to make these houserules into an extension). I'm doing this as a way to familiarize myself with ruleset creation. Happily, CODA is similar enough to d20 to make the project a bit easier.

Anyway, here are some screenshots. Once it's done, I'll see about putting it up on the wiki.

**StuartW** · February 15th, 2011, 22:51

Very neat! I'm not familiar with the game system, but the character sheet looks very accessible and makes me interested to find out more

Stuart

**SoupViking** · February 16th, 2011, 02:40

Very nice job.

**Blue Haven** · February 16th, 2011, 11:07

Wonderful

my precious...eh eh

**Veldehar** · February 17th, 2011, 14:52

Being an old-time MERP guy I always found this system interesting but lacking... however, your work look great!

Veldehar

**kairos** · February 17th, 2011, 15:07

Originally Posted by Veldehar

Being an old-time MERP guy I always found this system interesting but lacking... however, your work look great!

Veldehar

Thanks!

Yeah, the Decipher system is a diamond in the rough. The Heren Turambarion's Compendium goes a long way to fixing it. The Decipher game as written suffered from terrible organization and a notable lack of play-testing. But, if you dig into it a little, it's a nice little system tailored to Tolkien-esque roleplaying.

I love me some MERP, too.

The supplements are some of the best in the industry, IMO.

**tdewitt274** · February 19th, 2011, 16:10

I always found LotR CODA as what one person put it, "What 3rd Edition should have been." Of course, didn't play it a lot. Sure, it had it's flaws (baddies were tough to take down), but it had a gritty realism to it.

Besides, Steve Long wrote it. How can you go wrong there?

**Harrier** · March 25th, 2011, 22:03

neat-o

hope you release it soonish - can't wait for it ;-)

**kairos** · March 26th, 2011, 17:47

Originally Posted by Harrier

neat-o

hope you release it soonish - can't wait for it ;-)

I put it aside briefly, but since there's interested, I can get a drafty version out pretty soon. Stay tuned!

**Bryon** · October 25th, 2013, 10:14

Hello, was there any final version of this ruleset which could be used? I am fairly new to FGII so I am not sure if I have looked on all relevant places for a download/package

Regards,

Bryon

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