One Druid, Many Worlds

One German LotRO Lore-master has been putting out entertaining and informative movies for the class. The soundtrack he uses are great and he explains everything in English subtitles.

First, he shows how a level 12 Lore-master can solo elites:

Then, he tackles the frustrating level 15 Lore-master class quest. It shows you exactly what you have to do and how to do it. Bonus: great sound track.

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I plan on writing up a page on Lore-master non-combat pets complete with pics and maps, but until then you can find a good starter guide at LotRO Vault.

Confirmed non-combat pets so far: hare, sparrow, turtle, dog, cat and fox. Two have yet to be found.

You can’t have a non-combat pet and a combat pet out at the same time. And you can rename your pet by targeting it and typing /pet rename (newpetname). More info in the linked article.

In the Book 11: Defenders of Eriador content patch, LotRO introduced a new cosmetic change to Lore-master pets. Using a new crafted Amulet, Lore-masters can change the appearance of their summoned combat pets.

For example, the normally black Raven pet can be summoned looking pure white or mottled brown. Every one of the Lore-masters four summonable combat pets now have different skins in addition to their default texture.

There is no other buff or change to the pet or its abilities. This is purely a cosmetic change for variety.

The Amulets need to be worn during the summoning process and are crafted by Jewellers. Their recipes drop randomly from creatures in Middle-earth. You’ll either have to farm mobs for the recipe drop or scan the Auction House for an already made Amulet.

I’m starting a separate page to collect information and will update it as I find more information. It’s the Lore-master Amulet Page and is linked to my Lore-master Info page.

I’ve recently created a Lore-master in Lord of the Rings Online and am having a hard time finding core information about the class all in one place. So as I’m collecting all the information I need, I’m also putting this information here for others to find. I’ve created a page with basic information here.

In this first article, I will cover the basics of the Lore-master’s first pet.

The Raven.

First attained at level 4, the summoned Raven is two levels lower than the Lore-master so be sure to resummon when you level up. When called, the Raven grants the group +15% Shadow damage mitigation which makes it useful in certain situations, mostly high level.

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I was a very big cheerleader for Lord of the Rings Online when it first launched. Since Druid was not an option, I went with Minstrel, the default healer in the game who had some dps capacity. I like healing. I like spell damage. Sounded like a good plan. But something happened when I finishing out my quests in The Shire in my mid-teens. I lost my motivation to continue.

This is not unusual for me. I play many different games and many alts on each. When one game gets too grindy or repetitive, I focus on one of the others for a few months. However, I talked my crazy World of Warcraft buddy Claus into trying a hunter in LotRO and he never looked back. As the level difference between us grew, I became even more desponded in catching up with him.

Then last night, I got on the Test server and got insta-leveled to 30 to check out the new Lore-master changes in the latest patch. For those of you new to LotRO, a Lore-master is a pet class (creatures of the forest) with some spell dps (lightning and fire), some necromantic type emergency healing (they give up health to heal others), and some very good crowd control (roots, stuns, mezzes, etc.) Versatile, but overall kind of blah.

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