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The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring is a voluntary association of no
more than 9 heroes, selected from the good races. Their
goal is to destroy the One Ring, which can only be done by
casting it into the fires of Mount Doom. This is a
treacherous quest, so the Fellowship is made up of very
strong fighters, powerful and wise leaders, and tough,
magic-resistant halflings.
The Fellowship has been created by the Council of Elrond,
which has occurred just prior to the start of the game.
If the Gondor and Fellowship players agree, they may swap
roles for Boromir and Faramir – Faramir starts in Rivendell
and is controlled by the Fellowship player, and Boromir
may be set up with any Gondor force at the start of the
game. Boromir may start with heavy armor if he does not
start in Rivendell.
Character figures may voluntarily leave the fellowship at
any time, but may not then rejoin the quest to destroy the
ring (see Breaking of the Fellowship, below).
Ringbearer –
The fellowship player must designate one of the hobbit
figures as the ringbearer. If the ringbearer is captured, the
ring passes to the control of the capturing player.
If the Ringbearer puts on the ring he becomes invisible to
all except ethereal figures, who may make an immediate
full move towards the Ringbearer each turn he wears it and
attack if within 1‖ (he is automatically located). Unless
Gollum is the ringbearer, he is placed within 1‖ of the ring
wearer and immediately attacks to try to recover the ring.
An invisible ringbearer may not be attacked by any figure
except Gollum or any ethereal figures.
If the ringbearer puts the ring on inside Mordor (or enters
wearing it) he is revealed to Sauron, and any Evil forces
within Mordor may attempt to kill or capture him
(supercedes the Orc Armor rule). Any non-hobbit character
who obtains the ring will immediately attempt to take it to its
home base (see Breaking the Fellowship).
Hunting the Ring
The ring is inherently very evil, and it attracts evil creatures.
In addition, Sauron has encouraged all of his minions to
hunt the ringbearer. The evil forces may not directly handle
the one ring, but must instead wound, capture and carry off
the ringbearer and deliver the captive figure to their home
base.
If any character figure(s) [including the Fellowship] move
across country, each turn roll 1d6 to see if there is an
encounter, and on a result of 1, roll again to determine the
result below:
Roll
Result
Random Encounter Table
1 Roll again: encounter troll (1-3) or 6 + d6 Ruffians (4-6)
2 Encounter 10 goblins
3 Roll again: encounter 7 orcs (1-3) or 5 Uruk-hai (4-6)
4 Roll again: encounter d3 shades (1-3) or d3 wights (4-6)
5 Marsh/bog – no move and roll again on next turn
6 Encounter 8 wild wargs
If the characters are within 4‖ of the West Gate of Moria,
any encounter rolled is automatically the Watcher.
If a force is encountered, it is automatically hostile. Resolve
the combat normally. If the characters win the combat, the
random force is eliminated and removed from play. If the
characters lose the combat, they retreat as normal and
another player will take control of the remaining random
force as follows:
• Troll – eliminate the troll (it wanders off)
• Watcher – submerges back into the black lake
• Others – come under control of the minion
whose home base they are closest to
Wandering Elves:
The Fellowship could be assisted by wandering elves if any
happen to be in the neighborhood. On any turn in which an
encounter occurs, the Elven player may roll 1d6 to see if
Gildor appears to aid the Fellowship. On a roll of 6 he
arrives, and fights normally alongside the Fellowship. Once
Gildor has appeared and fought on one turn he is
permanently removed from the game.
Ring of Power War of the Ring Scenario pg. 8