A Nameless Thing
Description
It can be described as Man-like with great horns.
Before you see it, you smell a hideous stench.
What you see first are its huge fangs, so big and long that it cannot close its mouth.
Rumour: Forced long ago to serve Sauron, the thing fought at the battle of Dagorlad, spreading terror among the ranks of the Elves. Since no one had the courage to face it, Gilgalad himself had to intervene. Surprised by the steadfastness of the High King and the splendour of Aiglos, his great spear, the thing chose to retreat. With the defeat of its master, the thing regained its free will and fled across Middle-earth.
Where the Thing is remembered: Saruman loves secrets. And he is adept at keeping quiet about his well-stocked collection of texts concerning the presence of dark creatures roaming Middle-earth. He tried to classify them once, but soon desisted: too many, and too different from each other.
| The Watcher | Attribute Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Endurance | Might | Hate | Parry | Armour |
| 120 | 2 | 10 | — | 3 |
Combat proficiencies:
- Rend (fangs, claws) 3 (8/16, Seize)
- Crush (hooves, paws) 3 (10/12, Break Shield)
Fell abilities
- Strike Fear. Spend 1 Hate to make all Player-heroes in sight gain a number of Shadow points (Dread) equal to the Might rating of the creature. Those who fail their Shadow test are daunted and cannot spend Hope for the rest of the fight.
- 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.
- Fear of Fire. The thing loses 1 Hate at the start of each round it is engaged in close combat with an adversary wielding a torch or other sort of burning item.
- Horrible Strength. If the creature hits and causes a Piercing Blow, spend 1 Hate to make the target’s Protection roll Ill-favoured.
- 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.