1. From Tolkien Gateway: "Skin-changers were creatures who could take different forms at will. Little is known of their abilities; the only famous skin-changers were Beorn and his descendants (who could take the shape of a Man or of a bear),[cites The Hobbit] but evidently other skin-changers also existed." I think that regardless of whether we call them Skin-changers or Beornings, we will specifically be using the actual Beornings, because those are the only Skin-changers that we have information on.
As for there being other Beornings/Skin-changers, here's a quote from The Hobbit, "The Return Journey": "Beorn indeed became a great chief afterwards in those regions and rules a wide land between the mountains and the wood; and it is said that for many generations the Men of his line had the power of taking bear's shape, and some were grim Men and bad, but most were in heart like Beorn, if less in size and strength." So it seems clear that there were at least some Beornings after Beorn himself.


2. The Beornings alone, probably not. However, it seems that their sub-HQ is going to mostly consist of woodmen, with Beornings as some elite units.

2B. I'm not entirely sure I understand what you're asking, but I can only assume that you're asking if these locations have enough people to be HQs/sub-HQs. Esgaroth I really don't know. I honestly am not sure about how many people were left there after Dale was rebuilt. However, it is one of the most logical sub-HQs for Dale (alongside the Vales of the Anduin, and perhaps Dorwinion). As for Bree, it's more of a "Confederacy of the Free Peoples of Eriador" HQ based in Bree than it is an actual Bree HQ. In addition to Bree-men, it also includes the Dunedain, Hobbits of The Shire, and Men from other towns and the countryside. Bree is simply the HQ because it seems to be the most significant and most centrally-located town, and it would serve as a good base of operations for the included peoples.

1. I will do my best to work on it now. Though I don't remember all the regions we had, so it may require future editing.

2. Yes I think it would be best to have the Ring arc happen after the start of the main RP. Also to address certain points, The fellowship would not be known to the enemy initially, and would have greater stealth factors. Like in the War of the Ring game, the fellowship's location would only be revealed periodically. This version would be more on the honour system, and yes of course would require further guidelines. I also assume the Fellowship would take several days to travel through each region.

No I have not, though I'll have to look into it now.

Sort of. We seem to have decided on a sort of variation on HQs. Not only do we have six full HQs for each side, but each HQ also has a sub-HQ that has its own ten thousand troops (with some unique unit types) and regeneration capabilities, but is under command of the members of the main HQ and can also be captured (for a reduced bonus to the new owner). Dol Amroth isn't its own HQ, but is rather the sub-HQ of Minas Tirith. So if you want to join Gondor, you could use at least some troops from Dol Amroth.

1. If you want to finish it up and give it to us (or even just give it to us so we can finish it), there won't be any complaints.

2. That could be interesting. Right now I think we should focus on getting the RP up and running, but this is something that we could keep in mind for future reforms. It could perhaps sabotage the long-term strategies of capturing territory, but it may be worth it for the extra twist. Of course, there are also other issues that would need to be sorted out first. For one thing, I feel like the Ring-bearer would be awfully exposed to enemies, as all it would take is a single evil army placed to be able to intercept the fellowship. And it's also quite possible that the Ring could be rushed through to Mount Doom even before the RP made much progress, seeing as how it'd only take a couple of weeks to cross all of Middle-earth, yet battles can last months.

Harad is definitely light troops, with a slight focus on cavalry. I think just about any light cavalry of theirs will be relatively good, along with their light infantry and Oliphaunts. On the other hand, I know of no evidence that Rhun or Khand were particularly noted for their cavalry in any way. At the very least, we know that the Haradrim used a relatively large amount of cavalry in the Battle of Pelennor Fields. I just read "The Battle of Pelennor Fields", and found a few quotes to indicate this: "Southward beyond the road lay the main force of the Haradrim, and there their horsemen were gathered about the standard of their chieftain." "[After Theoden had destroyed said chieftain.] Then all that was left unslain of their [the Haradrim's] cavalry turned and fled far away." ". . . from the southward fields came footmen of Harad with horsemen before them, and behind them rose the huge backs of the Mumakil with war-towers upon them." ". . . Riders had passed clear through the ranks of the Southrons, discomfiting their horsemen and riding their footmen to ruin." That was every quote from that chapter that mentioned the Haradrim troops (besides just their Oliphaunts). Although they certainly had infantry in that battle, they also were confirmed to have cavalry too (and I don't know that any of the other evil armies were). The repeated emphasis on their cavalry would imply that said cavalry made up a notable portion of their forces. I didn't see a single instance where Haradrim infantry were mentioned but not their cavalry. There was but one mention of non-Oliphaunt Haradrim troops in that chapter that I could find (and it was simply "Southrons in scarlet" mentioned alongside Easterlings, Variags, and Men from Far Harad).
As for Rhun, the only two specific Easterling tribes mentioned in detail were the Wainriders and Balchoth. All we really know about the Wainriders is that they used wagons and chariots in battle (TG cites Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion" as the source for this). The Balchoth, on the other hand, were most certainly not cavalry-heavy (though related to the Wainriders). According to TG, "They had crude weapons and few horses, used mostly for drawing their large wains." (cites The Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan") Although Rhun would certainly have chariots and wagons in its army, this information leads me to doubt that they would have any significant amount of conventional cavalry within their militaries. Of course some cavalry is acceptable, but I don't see anything to indicate that they would have a lot of cavalry, are especially good cavalry, unlike Harad. Khand I can find no real information on. On TG, there is a little bit of etymological evidence mentioned that could imply that Tolkien likely though of them as mercenaries, but even that says little. The best I have, from the chapter I read earlier, is ". . . Gothmog. . . had flung them into the fray; Easterlings with axes, and Variags of Khand, Southrons in scarlet, and out of Far Harad black Men like Half-trolls with white eyes and red tongues." These two evidences make me think of the Variags as medium infantry, but I really can't bring up anything to support that idea. We still have far more evidence to show that, if any, Harad would be the cavalry HQ.

No I have not, though I'll have to look into it now.

Sort of. We seem to have decided on a sort of variation on HQs. Not only do we have six full HQs for each side, but each HQ also has a sub-HQ that has its own ten thousand troops (with some unique unit types) and regeneration capabilities, but is under command of the members of the main HQ and can also be captured (for a reduced bonus to the new owner). Dol Amroth isn't its own HQ, but is rather the sub-HQ of Minas Tirith. So if you want to join Gondor, you could use at least some troops from Dol Amroth.

1. If you want to finish it up and give it to us (or even just give it to us so we can finish it), there won't be any complaints.

2. That could be interesting. Right now I think we should focus on getting the RP up and running, but this is something that we could keep in mind for future reforms. It could perhaps sabotage the long-term strategies of capturing territory, but it may be worth it for the extra twist. Of course, there are also other issues that would need to be sorted out first. For one thing, I feel like the Ring-bearer would be awfully exposed to enemies, as all it would take is a single evil army placed to be able to intercept the fellowship. And it's also quite possible that the Ring could be rushed through to Mount Doom even before the RP made much progress, seeing as how it'd only take a couple of weeks to cross all of Middle-earth, yet battles can last months.