Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28479713-20160813031042

So, currently, the barrow downs are nice but don't represent what they're like in the book and the lore that much. For one, barrow wights burned in the sunlight. So, barrow downs should have the entrance blocked by stone or cobblestone or dirt. Barrow wights should also burn whenever it's not foggy out. Also, in "appendix A: annals of the kings and rulers"; its states that:

‘It is said that the mounds of Tyrn Gorthad, as the Barrow-downs were called of old, are very ancient, and that many were built in the days of the old world of the First Age by the forefathers of the Edain, before they crossed the Blue Mountains into Beleriand, of which Lindon is all that now remains. Those hills were therefore revered by the Dúnedain after their return; and there many of their lords and kings were buried. [Some say that the mound in which the Ring-bearer was imprisoned had been the grave of the last prince of Cardolan, who fell in the war of 1409.]’

So, about half of the barrows should be ruined and crumbled and made of mainly gravel, dirt and cobblestone. They would of course still contain a chest but it would only contain bones and cobwebs, perhaps a skull or dagger. Normal barrows should also have valuable loot be rarer but in higher quantities. Additionally, I think it's appropriate that chain mail and rusted items be found commonly in barrows. As well and arnorian gear in a few.

That's it. Hope you like it! 