A Nameless Thing
Description
It can be described as Spider-like with remorseless eyes.
Before you see it, you feel a terrible cold.
What you see first are its eyes, glowing in the dark.
Rumour: When Sauron reoccupied Dol Guldur, he sought the allegiance of the many dark things living in Mirkwood. Some refused, and were imprisoned in the vast dungeons of the fortress. When the White Council attacked, one such creature was still kept there in chains, dying. Later, it managed to break free and vanish into the darkness, a sworn enemy of any living being.
Where the Thing is remembered: A sentence carved onto the wall of a dark cave in the north near the Grey Waste, reads: “Here Belegorn son of Bergil of Dol Amroth banished the thing from the Abyss but died of its foul wounds. Glorfindel of the Elves retrieved his body to return to his family”
| The Stalker | Attribute Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | ||||
| Endurance | Might | Hate | Parry | Armour |
| 70 | 3 | 9 | +3 | 3 |
Combat proficiencies:
- Bite (bite, beak) 3 (10/14, Pierce)
- Rend (fangs, claws) 3 (10/16, Seize)
Fell abilities
- Horrible Strength. If the creature hits and causes a Piercing Blow, spend 1 Hate to make the target’s Protection roll Ill-favoured.
- Thing of Terror. At the start of the first round of the battle all Player-heroes in sight of one or more creatures with this ability gain 3 Shadow points (Dread). Those who fail their Shadow test are daunted and cannot spend Hope for the rest of the fight.
- Hate Sunlight. The thing loses 1 Hate at the start of each round it is exposed to the full light of the sun.
- Hideous Toughness. The creature is unaffected by unarmed attacks. Additionally, when an attack inflicts damage to the creature that would cause it to go to zero Endurance, it causes a Piercing Blow instead. Then, if the creature is still alive its Endurance score is set back at half its maximum rating.