raCe:Man (Middle-Man: Gondorian)
raCial aTTribuTes: Adaptability,
Dominion of Man, Skilled
aTTribuTes: Bearing 12 (+3)*,
Nimbleness 8 (+1), Perception 8 (+1), Strength 6 (±0), Vitality 8 (+1), Wits 12 (+3)*
reaCTions: Stamina +3, Swiftness
+1, Willpower +4*, Wisdom +3
DefenCe:11
orDers: Magician
orDer abiliTies: Spellcasting 3,
Spell Specialty (Sorcery), Wizard’s Heart
sPells: Bane-spell, Bladeshattering,
Blast of Sorcery, Evoke Fear, Lame, Leech Strength, Morgul Wound, Veiling Shadow, Victory-spell
aDvanCeMenTs:7
skills: Armed Combat: Blades
+2, Inspire +5, Intimidate +5, Language: Black Speech +5, Language: Sindarin +4, Language: Westron +8, Lore/Race: Men (Gondor) +4, Lore/Realm: Mordor +5, Lore/Spellcraft: Air and Storm +4, Lore/Spellcraft: Beasts and Birds +5, Lore/Spellcraft: Fire, Smoke and Light +4, Lore/ Spellcraft: Other +5, Lore/Spellcraft:
Sacred Flame +5, Lore/Spellcraft: Sorcery +5, Search +4
eDges: Command (see below),
Tireless, Wary
flaws:Arrogant, Hatred (Elves)
healTh:8
Courage:4
renown:3
CorruPTion:Corrupt
gear:Longsword, scale mail, staff
History
The Daughter of Shadow was not always a thrall of Sauron; once, she was one of the last, desper- ate residents of Osgiliath before the minions of the Enemy con- quered the ruined city in TA 2374. She was taken captive by the Orcs and brought to Mordor, where she went mad in her captivity, exactly as her jailers had intended. Broken in mind, the Dark Lord remade her as one of his minions, her body preserved by dark magic so that, as with many of Sauron’s other lieu- tenants, she has attained by unnat- ural means a life span beyond that of normal Men.
She serves now as a sub- lieutenant; she has at her
disposal a band of about 50
Orcs and warriors of Khand who will do her bidding, but she herself answers to the Mouth of Sauron. Her mind has been twisted to hate all things living and fair, but in par- ticular she regards the Elves with malice; Sauron has convinced her (falsely, of course) that treachery by Elves led to the fall of Osgiliath and her family’s death.
Usage
The Daughter of Shadow is a combat-oriented NPC magician. Her spells are, for the most part, sorcer- ies meant to injure other characters directly, cripple their morale, or at least interfere with their ability to fight. Her order abilities and the Tireless edge grant her, in total, a significant bonus to her Stamina tests to avoid Weariness, allowing her to cast spells in relatively rapid succession, and also to cast more powerful spells with little risk. The edge Hardy enables to endure wounds with less penalty to her abilities. Her Lore/Race: Men (Gondor) specialty helps her identify at a glance any foes from her native land by order, allowing her to devise tactics according to their likely strengths and weaknesses. She uses her Lore/Spellcraft skills to iden- tify spells as her foes cast them, allow-
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raCe:Man (Wild Man: Dunlending)
raCial aTTribuTes: Adaptability,
Dominion of Man, Skilled
aTTribuTes: Bearing 11 (+2)*,
Nimbleness 7 (+0), Perception 8 (+1), Strength 8 (+1), Vitality 8 (+1), Wits 12 (+3)*
reaCTions: Stamina +3, Swiftness
+1, Willpower +3, Wisdom +3*
DefenCe:10
orDers:Loremaster
orDer abiliTies: Spellcasting 4,
Accurate Recall
sPells: Display of Power, Evoke Awe,
Farseeing, Farspeaking, Spoken Thoughts, Voice of Suasion
aDvanCeMenTs: 7
skills: Armed Combat: Clubs +2,
Debate +5, Healing +4, Insight +2, Inspire +6, Intimidate +6, Language: Dunlendish +9, Language: Northman (Rohiric) +6, Language: Westron +8, Lore/ History: Dunlendings +9, Lore/ Realm: Enedwaith (Dunland) +6, Lore/Spellcraft: Enchanted Items +8, Observe +4, Perform (Tell Stories) +5, Persuade +4
eDges: Honey-tongued, Rank, Stern
flaws:Hatred (Rohirrim), Reckless
healTh: 9
Courage:4
renown:5
gear: Longsword, leather armour,
staff
History
Grumhal is a tribal elder among the Dunlendings. He is unusually learned for one of his people; he knows much of the history of Dunlendings from tales told to him by his elders. In turn, he does the best he can to pass his knowledge on through the telling of traditional tales and reciting rhymes of lore, and he is much respected among his folk.
Along the way, he has travelled throughout Dunland and knows the lay of the land quite well. He has also acquired knowledge of spellcraft, and can practice it a little himself. His greatest pas- sion, however, is enchanted items, especially items of great antiquity. He is obsessed with the glory of the Dunlendings’ distant ancestors, the Men who lived in the vales of the White Mountains in the Second Age and built the fortress of Dunharrow. He knows all of the traditional stories about these people and the great works that they wrought.
Usage
Grumhal is a loremaster NPC who can present a party with a Social-skill-based stumbling block. When using him (or someone simi- lar), you should consider augment- ing any roleplaying of encounters with Social skill tests,
opposed if necessary, to determine Grumhal’s ability to influence or control your PCs. He has learned to use a wide variety of rhetorical tricks and flourishes to command his audience, from genial persuasion (as reflected by the edge Honey- Tongued) to harsh intimidation (as reflected by the edge Stern, and sup- ported when necessary by the spells Display of Power and Evoke Awe). He knows how to switch from one to the other without any warning.
In fact, all of his spellcraft aims to exert control over minds and hearts, rather than bind his foes through physical means or harm them directly. Even Farseeing and Farspeaking are, for him, tools that he uses in a carefully wrought method for controlling fellow tribesmen and outsiders who dare to pass through his lands. He uses the former spell to track and observe such folk, and then uses the latter to project his voice through one of a number of pre-set points (large rocks, cave mouths, trees that he has marked with a rune) and ‘talk’ to them. This trick never ceases to amaze the semi- barbaric folk he
lives among, but its effectiveness in cowing out- siders depends on the sophisti- cation of their spell-lore.
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