The Hobbit party is rough but perhaps as spoken story more interesting ....
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LOTR suffers like a number of great tales that you can't play along.
Only Frodo and Sam could carry the ring. Only Logan 5 could breach the city. Only 3P0 could defeat Darth Vader (or something).
Perhaps cover one stage. The ring is lost in Mines unknown to the A Team. The B Team has to recover it and then secret it back to the Hobbits.
Or perhaps just carry it forward in the shadows allowing the history to be written as it was. (Who indeed unlocked the trash compactor in the Death Star (tm) and luxury hotel? We know don't we?)
How did the Riders find the Orcs to slay with their Hobbit captives? How did Sting get in that crypt for the Hobbits to find?
Perhaps Shelob was already dead and just an illusion to keep the party moving?
Yours,
IronConrad
14-Aug-2025