How Tolkien Incidentally Built an RPG Class System - Building a World

While Tolkien was building his fantasy, he could not have known that many games would use his fantasy tropes to build RPGs and classes based on his characters, but none of them really get the lore exactly right… so let’s take a look at what these RPG classes would actually be! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description! #Tolkien #LordoftheRingslore #Middle-earth Masters of Mythology (second channel):    / @mastersofmythology   Consider donating to our Patreon for the Westernesse Podcast and Discord Server:   / menofthewest   MOTW Store:    / @menofthewest   Castle Kon Replicas (use code “West” at checkout): https://castlekon.com/ Check out our music channel:    / @musicmotw   Join us on Facebook at:   / yoystan   Join us on X at:   / yoystan   Thank you for your patronage and support (Valar and Elf tiers)! Valar Joby Weasel Ed Patterson Comicnut64 Zoomi Peter Sheppard Malleus Flavus Elves Emperor Kane scooterdtx Denis Warner Ashley Dilley Inge Marie Schmidlin Van Hardison Dale Starbuck Chiara Siasat Jpcjr Susan Henry Matthew Jacoby (These are active patrons and members according to YouTube and Patreon. Please email me at [email protected] if there are any issues!) The new Men of the West thumbnail logo overlay was created by Raffe: @RaffetheRandom on Twitter The new Men of the West logo was created by Beau: https://www.instagram.com/beauy.art/?... The new Men of the West intro was created by Tyler Lund: https://www.artstation.com/tylerlund6 The image “Bag End” was created by Wayne Glassbrook at designly.net The first song used in this video: Private Reflection by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song... License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The last song used in this video is from: https://library.techsmith.com/ Many related and/or used art come from these artists and sources: Ralph Damiani: https://ralphdamianiart.com/ https://www.artstation.com/ralphdamiani Ted Nasmith: https://www.tednasmith.com/ Jenny Dolfen: https://goldseven.wordpress.com/ Alan Lee: https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-alan-... John Howe: https://www.john-howe.com/portfolio/g... Hildebrant Brothers: http://www.brothershildebrandt.com/Br... Magali Villeneuve http://www.magali-villeneuve.com/ EKukanova: https://www.deviantart.com/ekukanova/... steamey: https://www.deviantart.com/steamey SaMo-art: https://www.deviantart.com/samo-art/g... Anke Eissmann: http://anke.edoras-art.de/anke_illust... Kip Rasmussen: https://www.kiprasmussen.com/ alystraea: https://www.deviantart.com/alystraea peet: https://www.deviantart.com/peet Abe Papakhian https://www.deviantart.com/abepapakhian LOTRO (screenshots): LOTRO.com ArdaCraft: https://www.ardacraft.me/ Kapriss-art: https://www.deviantart.com/kapriss-art