Sillmarilion

Pratputajao · #1 July 24th, 2007, 07:12 PM

Well it seems you are correct on the origin of Bombadil warhammer. At least according to the encyclopedia of Arda. In my "Lords of Middle earth" compendium for MERP (Middle Earth Role Playing game) he is listed a Maiar. However he is never listed among them. He was never said not to be Maia though....He could be Vala as there were Lesser unnamed Vala? But again no one knows. Tolken himself said he left Bombadil an enigma-- 'And even in a mythical Age there must be some enigmas, as there always are. Tom Bombadil is one (intentionally).'-- Interesting. Kind of a mystery like where did Ungoliant come from? Thanks for the correction

Anyway I would love this too and am surprised no one has made a mod like this for any game? You dont get any more High fantasy than the Silmarillion

llamabeast · #2 July 24th, 2007, 07:19 PM

Modding dominions is very easy, and quite a number of modded nations have already been created. I'm working on one myself - it's good fun. The time consuming part is indeed creating the graphics, although the face that only two fairly low-res sprites are needed per unit makes it reasonably manageable.

I think Foodstamp already did a Rohan mod - you can probably find it in the mods forum.

Taqwus · #3 July 24th, 2007, 09:13 PM

Hardest part might be dodging the lawyers, if they ever notice.

NTJedi · #4 July 24th, 2007, 10:11 PM

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Taqwus said:
Hardest part might be dodging the lawyers, if they ever notice.

I contacted Tolkien Enterprises for permission on creating a Mordor nation for our dominion3 community, but they denied my request.

Wahnsinniger · #5 July 24th, 2007, 11:30 PM

Then just make one and pass it around the forums. Without a link to it on a website then it isn't official enough to be able to go after, no? Its not like it'll be "officially suported" by Illwinter or anything.

Lingchih · #6 July 25th, 2007, 03:31 AM

You guys are nerds.

Just joking. I would love a Silmarillion mod. Maybe change the names slightly, to avoid litigation? I know there was a Civ 2 mod that was very Tolkien based, but with the names changed. And it survived for a long time, and was very popular.

llamabeast · #7 July 25th, 2007, 05:33 AM

I don't think they would ever bother with litigation. They'd never notice for a start. And in the extremely unlikely event that they threatened you - well, you could just take it down. Nothing more serious than that.

Sombre's producing Warhammer mods, there've been no problems there. And the one he's finished already, Skaven, is quite excellent and worth checking out incidentally.