merp - the tower of cirith ungol and shelob’s lair
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A revirew of an adventure module for Middle-earth Role PlayingTRANSCRIPT
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MERP
First Edition (First Printing)Product: The Tower of Cirith Ungol and Shelob’s Lair
Stock #: 8030
Producer: Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE)
Designers: Jeff !"eage# $eter %enlon#
John &'eler# Colean Charlton# Terr
*thor# Chris Christensen and +r'!e
,eidlinger-
Release date: ./8
Category: iddle1earth Series *d2ent're
od'le
Format: Shrin1wrapped So'r!eboo
(Saddle1stapled soft!o2er *,SI *# 3. pages4
Sto! 5 8030) with a f'll1!olor ap of the
north1western part of ordor-
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Comments: This ad2ent're od'le set in the generi! E&$ gae tie T-*- .60 des!ribes
the passagewa whi!h leads to ordor thro'gh inas Ithil and the dar fortress of Cirith
Ungol# whi!h also hosts the giant spider’s lair in its 2i!init- The od'le follows the sae
str'!t're as the pre2io's ones and begins with abbre2iations# definitions# ap es and
!on2ersion r'les# before it presents an o2er2iew
des!ription of the land# plants and anials#in!l'ding the giant spiders- Then follows three
!hapters on the politi!s# phsi!al o2er2iew and
operations of the land# its histor# 7ondor and
inas Ithil (in!l'ding its garrison# proinent
fig'res and pri!es table)# the 2ario's r! Tribes# the
Tower of Cirith Ungol# and Shelob the 7reat# that
terrifing spider and her lair (Torech Ungol ) as
des!ribed b J-&-&- Tolien in The Lord of the
Rings# who is des!ribed in detail for 'se in the
gae b the 7aeaster- Then follows a !hapter
des!ribing possible ad2ent'res filled with 2al'ableinforation for the 7# s'!h as floorplans for the
2ario's pla!es of interst# tables for ,$C’s and
en!o'nter tables- ne ad2ent're !enters on Cirit
Ungol# another one of Cirit Ungol and Shelob’s
Lair# a two ore onl on Shelob’s Lair (of whi!h
one is set in the beginning of the %o'rth *ge)- The
od'le ends with a se!tion dealing with a list of agi!al ites# tables of ,$C’s# poisons and
rotten things (9)# and en!hanted or potent s'bstan!es- This od'le presents '!h ba!gro'nd
inforation to flesh o't the area of the two eeps in detail- In total# the boo !ontains one
a:or f'll !olor ap# three a:or and se2en lesser floorplans-