Sample Fellowship of the Ring Stats

         The following are the stats of a few selected characters from the Decipher RPG sourcebook The Fellowship of the Ring. I noted them down out of interest in the character generation and experience rules -- specifically in how well they matched the characters of the books.

         What strikes me about these characters is the enormous cost they pay for breadth of ability, compared to their primary abilities. For example, a warrior with only 4 advancements might easily do better in combat than Aragorn, who has 68 (!!) advancements.


NAME: Frodo Baggins     RACE: Hobbit               ORDER: Noble

ATTRIBUTES:             REACTIONS:
Bearing      8  (+1)    Stamina   (Str/Vit) +3     Initiative    ??
Nimbleness   6  (+0)    Swiftness (Nim/Per) +2     Defense       ??
Perception   9  (+1)    Willpower (Brg/Wit) +4     Health        ??
Strength     4  (+0)    Wisdom    (Brg/Per) +4     Reknown        0
Vitality     8  (+1)                               Courage        ?
Wits         9  (+1)                               Corruption     2

ADVANCEMENTS: 6
ORDER ABILITIES: Deference
SKILLS: Armed Combat: Blades +3, Craft: Cooking +3, Insight +5,
Language: Quenya +2, Language: Sindarin +2, Language: Westron
(Common, Hobbit-dialogue) +6, Lore: History (Hobbits) +6,
Lore: Realm (The Shire) +7, Lore: Rings of Power +1,
Observe (Spot) +6, Perform: Perform Verse +3, Stealth (Hide) +6,
Survival (Forest) +5

EDGES: Allies 6, Elf-friend, Faithful (the Wise), Favour of Fortune,
Hoard 3 (Bilbo's treasure), Incorruptible, Resolute

NAME: Gandalf           RACE: Istari               ORDERS: Magician, Wizard

ATTRIBUTES:             REACTIONS:
Bearing     16  (+5)    Stamina   (Str/Vit) +4     Initiative    ??
Nimbleness  10  (+2)    Swiftness (Nim/Per) +4     Defense       ??
Perception  14  (+4)    Willpower (Brg/Wit) +8     Health        14
Strength    10  (+2)    Wisdom    (Brg/Per) +7     Reknown       40
Vitality    10  (+2)                               Courage        6
Wits        16  (+5)                               

ADVANCEMENTS: 66

ORDER ABILITIES: Dwimmer-craft (Fiery Missile, Kindle Fire), Final
Strike, Imposing, Mastery of Magic, Sense Power, Spellcasting 14,
Spell Specialty (Fire), Staff, Staff of Power, Wizard's Heart,
Wizardly Power

SPELLS: Animal Messengers, Beast Speech, Blinding Flash, Break
Binding, Burning Sparks, Create Light (60-ft radius), Display of
Power, Enhance Food, Evoke Awe (no gesture or incantations),
Fiery Missile, Finding and Returning, Fireshaping, Flame of Anor,
Guarding-spell, Imitation-spell, Ithildin-fire, Kindle Fire (range and 
multiple objects), Lightning, Mind-speech (ability), Naming,
Opening-spell, Quench Fire, Resist Fear, Shatter, Shutting-spell,
Smoke-weaving, Spellbinding (multiple targets), Spoken Thoughts
(ability), Sundering, Transformation, Veil, Voice of Command,
Watershaping, Wizard's Fist, Wizard's Hand, Word of Command

SKILLS: Armed Combat: Blades +7, Armed Combat: Clubs +7, Craft:
Fireworks +7, Debate (Negotiate) +10, Healing (Treat Illness) +6,
Inquire (Converse) +6, Insight +10, Inspire +12, Intimidate (Power)
+15, Language: Adunaic +4, Orkish +4, Quenya +6, Silvan +6, Sindarin
+6, Wargs +4, Westron (Common) +6, Lore: Realm (Arnor, Eriador,
Gondor, Wilderland) +6, History (Dwarves, Elves, Hobbits, Men) +10,
Magic +12, Moria +4, Rings of Power +6, Observe (Spot) +8, Persuade
(Oratory) +10, Ranged Combat: Thrown Weapons +5, Ride (Horse) +6,
Search +5, Survival (Forests, Plains, Mountains) +6, Teamster (Carts)
+3, Weather-sense +4

EDGES: Allies 10, Armour of Heroes, Charmed Life, Curious, Elf-friend,
Faithful (The West), Favour of Fortune 3, Incorruptible, Indomitable,
Keen-eyed, Night-eyed 1, Stern, Strong-willed, Wakefulness, Wise

FLAWS: Duty (aid the Free Peoples to resist the Shadow), Enemies
(Sauron and his servants)

NAME: Aragorn           RACE: Human                ORDERS: Warrior, Noble, 
                                                           Ranger, Captain
ATTRIBUTES:             REACTIONS:
Bearing     14  (+4)    Stamina   (Str/Vit) +5     Initiative    14
Nimbleness  10  (+2)    Swiftness (Nim/Per) +4     Defense       12
Perception  12  (+3)    Willpower (Brg/Wit) +6     Health        14
Strength    10  (+2)    Wisdom    (Brg/Per) +4     Reknown       14
Vitality    12  (+3)                               Courage        7
Wits        10  (+2)                               

ADVANCEMENTS: 68

ORDER ABILITIES: Air of Command, Deference, Evasion, Fires of
Devotion, Hard March, Hero's Strength, Protector (Eriador), Swift
Strike, Tactics, Warrior Born, Wilderness Lore

SKILLS: Armed Combat: Blades +10, Climb +6, Debate (Parley) +7, 
Guise +5, Healing (Herbal Remedies) +10, Inquire (Converse) +7,
Inspire +12, Intimidate (Majesty) +12, Insight +10, Jump +6,
Languages: Adunaic +3, Black Speech +2, Orkish (dialect) +4,
Orkish (alternate dialect) +2, Quenya +6, Rohiric +4, Sindarin +6,
Westron (Common) +8, Lore: Realm (Arnor, the East, Eriador, Gondor
Rohan) +4, Moria +2, Mimicry (Beasts) +4, Observe (Spot) +10, Perform:
Compose Verse +6, Persuade (Oratory) +8, Ranged Combat: Bows +6,
Ranged Combat: Thrown Weapons +4, Ride (Horse) +8, Run +7, Sea-craft
(Sailing) +5, Search +6, Siegecraft (Catapult) +6, Stealth (Sneak) +8,
Survival (Forests, Mountains, Plains) +10, Swim +4, Track (Orcs) +12, 
Weather-sense +5

EDGES: Allies 8, Armour of Heroes, Command 2, Elf-friend, Faithful 
(the Wise/the West), Fell-handed (+1 vs Orcs), Foresighted, Healing 
Hands, Honour's Insight, Incorruptible, Quick Draw, Rank 2, Resolute, 
Stern, Strong-willed, Swift Recovery, Valiant, Valour, Wakefulness, 
Warrior's Heart, Warwise, Woodcrafty

FLAWS: Duty (to defeat Sauron and claim the throne of the Reunited
Kingdom), Enemies (...), Love (Arwen)

NAME: Legolas           RACE: Elf                  ORDERS: Warrior, Archer

ATTRIBUTES:             REACTIONS:
Bearing      9  (+1)    Stamina   (Str/Vit) +4     Initiative    ??
Nimbleness  14  (+4)    Swiftness (Nim/Per) +7     Defense       ??
Perception  14  (+4)    Willpower (Brg/Wit) +5     Health        13
Strength     8  (+1)    Wisdom    (Brg/Per) +4     Reknown        5
Vitality    12  (+3)                               Courage        5
Wits        12  (+3)                               

ADVANCEMENTS: ??

ORDER ABILITIES: Deadly Shot, Far Shot, Favored Weapon (Longbow, Shortbow),
Mighty Shot, Swift Shot, Swift Strike

SKILLS: Acrobatics (Balance) +8, Armed Combat: Blades +6, Climb +8, 
Insight +6, Jump +7, Languages: Quenya +4, Silvan +4, Sindarin +6, 
Westron (Common) +4, Lore: History (Elves) +5, Realm (Mirkwood) +6, 
Observe (Spot) +10, Perform: Sing +4, Ranged Combat: Bows +12,
Ride (Horse) +4, Run +7, Search +3, Stealth (Sneak) +10,
Survival (Forests) +8

EDGES: Accurate, Armor of Heroes, Dodge, Fair, Keen-eyed, Swift Recovery

FLAWS: Enemy (Orcs)

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Last modified: Mon Mar 21 01:09:40 2005