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T REASURES OF M IDDLE-EARTH

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

5.0 CREATORS..............................................................................105

5.1 Eru and the Ainur.............................................................. 105

5.11 The Valar.....................................................................105

5.12 The Maiar....................................................................106

5.13 The Istari .....................................................................106

5.2 The Free Peoples ...............................................................107

5.21 Dwarves ...................................................................... 107

5.22 Elves ............................................................................ 109

5.23 Ents .............................................................................. 111

5.24 Hobbits........................................................................ 111

5.25 Men.............................................................................. 112

PART ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION........................................................................ 2

2.0 USING TREASURES OF MIDDLE EARTH............................ 2

3.0 GUIDELINES................................................................................ 3

3.1 Abbreviations........................................................................ 3

3.2 Definitions.............................................................................. 3

3.3 Converting Statistics ............................................................ 4

3.31 Converting Hits and Bonuses...................................... 4

3.32 Converting Combat Abilities........................................ 4

3.32 Converting Spells and Spell Lists ................................ 5

PART TWO

4.0 ITEMS........................................................................................... 6

4.1 Arms ........................................................................................ 6

4.2 Armor....................................................................................31

4.3 Garments and Gear..............................................................42

4.4 Jewelry, Gems, and Valuables............................................55

4.5 Mage's Items ........................................................................73

5.3 The Great Enemies.............................................................112

5.4 Servants of Darkness........................................................114

5.41 Demons........................................................................ 114

5.42 Nazgûl......................................................................... 115

5.43 Orcs .............................................................................. 115

5.44 Trolls ............................................................................116

6.0 MATERIALS ...........................................................................116

6.1 Gems .................................................................................... 116

6.2 Herbs, Plants, Panaceas, and Poisons ........................... 117

6.3 Metals ................................................................................. 129

6.4 Stones ................................................................................. 132

6.5 Woods ................................................................................ 133

6.6 Enchanted Materials ......................................................... 135

PART THREE

7.0 GENERATING TREASURES ................................................. 136

7.1 Treasure Classifications................................................... 136

7.2 Generating Random Treasures ........................................ 137

4.51 Books .............................................................................73

4.52 Foods, Elixirs, and Ent-draughts................................ 77

4.53 Scrying Devices ........................................................... 79

4.54 Staves and Wands.......................................................82

4.55 Talismans and Miscellany..........................................86

4.6 Musical Instruments ...........................................................89

4.7 Rings .....................................................................................91

4.71 Rings of Power.............................................................91

4.72 Lesser Rings.................................................................96

4.8 Tools and Trappings ........................................................103

7.21 Money, Gems, and Jewelry ...................................... 137

7.22 Magic Items ................................................................138

7.23 Choosing Spells and Spell Items ............................. 140

CREDITS

Author: Wolfgang Baur

Editor: Jessica Ney

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Introduction

FOREWORD

Fantasy role playing is akin to a living novel where the players

are the main characters. Under the guidance of the referee or

Gamemaster, each player directs his or her character and, in the

process, helps write a new story. Each game is a new and unique

adventure.

This work is part of a series designed as a flexible tool for

Gamemasters who wish to introduce the treasures and artifacts

from The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings into their fantasy

campaigns. ICE's Treasures of Middle-earth is a compendium of

the remarkable items of power found in the works of J.R.R.

Tolkien. A game supplement, it is a statistical reference for use

with most major fantasy role playing games.

This supplement is based on extensive research and attempts to

meet the high standards associated with the Tolkien legacy.

Rational linguistic, cultural, and geological data are employed.

Interpretive material has been included with great care and fits into

defined patterns and schemes. ICE does not intend it to be the

sole view; instead, we hope to give the reader the thrust of the

creative processes behind, and the nature of, each magic item.

This is an authorized secondary work. It is specifically based on

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , and has been developed so

that no conflict exists with any of the other primary publications.

Of course, always remember that the ultimate sources of

information are the works of Professor Tolkien. Posthumous

publications edited by his son Christopher shed additional light on

the world of Middle-earth.

PART ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

How would you like to wield the sword of an Elf who fell in the

War of the Great Jewels in the distant First Age? Could you gaze

into the depths of one of the Palantíri and survive the visions that

might be sent to haunt you? Have you ever wanted to gather in your

arms all the finest jewels and necklaces of a Dwarven hoard? All

these and more are waiting for you.

Treasures of Middle-earth makes it possible to find some of the

famous, powerful, and glorious treasures that have surfaced again

and again in the history of Arda. All the potent rings, swords, and

jewels of The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings , and the legends of

the Elder Days are here for your inspection.

This volume draws on both the works of Professor Tolkien and

the many adventure supplements from ICE to bring together

magical and valuable items, the workers who made them, and

descriptions of the materials used to forge them. Like the three

volume Lords of Middle-earth series, this work is a comprehensive

supplement intended to provide role players with a single source

of information for indexing and generating treasures for their

Middle-earth adventures and campaigns.

G UIDELINES

The Guidelines provide the means to use Treasures of Middle-

earth in your fantasy role playing game. This section includes

abbreviations, definitions of game terminology, and conversion

notes. Since this work is described in terms of ICE's Middle-earth

Role Playing and Rolemaster game systems, we include

provisions for translating game stats and bonuses for use with other

games.

T REASURE C OMPENDIUM

The Treasure Compendium is divided into three subsections:

Items, Creators, and Materials. Each portion of the Items

subsection begins with a brief summary of the general

characteristics typical of items to be covered (e.g., weapons,

armor, potions, rings, etc.). An alphabetical compilation of

individual magic items follows each general summary.

Each magic item is described in terms of its appearance,

location, history, and ownership. In addition, we provide a listing

of the item's game statistics — its effect on the wearer's Defensive

Bonus, Offensive bonus, Resistence Rolls, spell casting abilities

- with statistics for either the Middle-earth Role Playing or

Rolemaster game systems.

The Creators subsection describes the focus of each of the races

of Middle-earth when at the forge. Particular emphasis is placed

on the media used (e.g., the Flame Imperishable created and

molded by Eru versus metals mined from the earth and hammered

by the Dwarves) and on the attitudes behind their work.

The Materials subsection covers the general characteristics of

each catagory of materials (e.g., stone, wood, metal, etc.) used to

create magic items. It also includes more focused information on

specific substances within the catagory (e.g., gold, copper, mithril,

etc.).

None of the items in Treasures of Middle-earth is given the

exhaustive treatment found in the treasures listings in ICE's

Middle-earth Campaign and Adventure Modules. Instead, the

emphasis is on providing sufficiently pertinent information. An

item's general appearance, effect on Arda's history where

pertinent, and magical powers are listed, but they are not described

in any great detail. These works are game supplements, general

aids; they are not substitutes for products that focus on particular

places and the persons and possessions located there.

2.0 USING TREASURES OF

MIDDLE-EARTH

Treasures of Middle-earth is divided into three parts:

(1) GUIDELINES — a section devoted to abbreviations, a

citation key, and notes on converting statistics and adapting this

work to any major fantasy role playing game.

(2) TREASURE COMPENDIUM — sections describing the

principal individual magic items as well as the general

character of the materials and forging techniques used to create

these treasures.

(3) TREASURE GENERATION — a section providing specific-

procedures along with applicable charts and tables to create

treasures in any role playing game.

Guidelines

The material in Treasures of Middle-earth is drawn from

authorized sources and, wherever reasonable, these entries

provide citations to pertinent sections in The Hobbit and The Lord

of the Rings. Where ICE has extrapolated information, the entry

cites ICE's Middle-earth Role Playing rules and supplements.

More information about the works and the use of these citations is

located in the guidelines section described above.

T REASURE G ENERATION

A section on generating treasures (Section 7.0) is located near

the end of Treasures of Middle-earth. This section provides (1) a

means to quickly generate treasures for your campaign. (2)tips for

dealing with potent magic items and artifacts, and (3) complete

tables to expedite the generation of treasures.

G AME T ERMS

AT ...... Armor Type Lvl ......... Level(exp. or spell lvl)

bp ....... bronze piece(S) MA ....... Martial Arts

cp ....... copper piece(s) Mod ....Modifier or Modification

Crit ..... Critical strike mp ........ mithril piece(s)

D ........ Die or Dice NPC ....Non-player Character

D100 ...Percentile Dice Result OB ........ Offensive bonus

DB ........ Defensive Bonus PC ........ Player Character

FRP .... Fantasy Role Playing PP ........ Power Points

GM ..... Gamemaster

Rnd or Rd Round

ip .......... iron piece(s)

RR ......... Resistance Roll

tp ......... tin piece(s)

M IDDLE-EARTH T ERMS

A ...... Adûnaic Kh ....Khuzdul (Dwarvish)

Be ...... Bethteur (Silvan Elvish) LotR .The Lord of the Rings

BS ....Black Speech Or ...... Orkish

Cir ....Cirth or Certar Q ....... Quenya

D ...... Dunael (Dunlending) R ........ Rohirric

Du ....Daenael (Old Dunael) Rh ...... Rhovanion

E ....... Edain S ........ Sindarin

El ....... Eldarin S.A. ..Second Age

Es ..... Easterling Si ........ Silvan Elvish

l.A. ..First Age T.A. ..Third Age

F.A. ..Fourth Age Teng .Tengwar

Hi ...... Hillman V ........ Variag

H ....Hobbitish( Westron variant) W ....... Westron(Common

Speech)

3.0 GUIDELINES

Space does not permit us to spell out every thought or include

statistics for every major role playing game system, so we include

the following abbreviations, definitions, citation guidelines, and

conversion notes.

Section 3.1 covers abbreviations. Definitions of frequently

employed game terms are set out in Section 3.2, while Section 3.3

enables readers to translate statistics into numbers useable in most

other fantasy role playing games.

3.1 ABBREVIATIONS

The most commonly used abbreviations are listed here

alphabetically according to sub-categories.

Har ...Haradrim

Wm ..Womaw

Hob ..Hobbit

Wo....Wose(Druedain)

Kd ....Kuduk(ancient Hobbitish)

G AME S YSTEMS AND S UP PLEMENTS

AL/CL .................. Arms Law & Claw Law

Ch&CaL ............... Character Law & Campaign Law

LOME .................. Lords of Middle-earth""

FH .................... Fantasy Hero

MERP ................ Middle-earth Role Playing"

RM .................... Rolemaster

3.2 DEFINITIONS

The majority of unique terms are described later in the text.

Those defined below, however, are frequently used or very

important terms.

Ainur: (Holy Spirits) The divine servants of Eru, born out of

Eru's thought. Although they are formless spirits, they have male

and female genders and are capable of assuming corporeal form.

Most of the Ainur reside with Eru in the Timeless Halls outside Eä,

but a few — the Valar and Maiar — reside in Eä. The Ainur are

also called the Holy Ones, the Singers, or the Spirits. (See Lords

of Middle-earth, Volume I.)

Aman: (Blessed Realm) The continent west of Middle-earth,

across the Belegaer (Great Sea). It contains Valinor (the home of

most Valar and Maiar and many Elves), mainland Eldamar, and the

Halls of Awaiting (the place of the dead).

Arda: (The Place) The entire world created by Eru, through his

servants the Valar, including Endor (Middle-earth) and Aman but

not Menel (Heaven). In the First Age and most of the Second Age

it is circular and flat, but in the Third Age it is remade as a sphere.

Belegaer: (Great Sea) The ocean which separates Aman (to the

west) from Middle-earth (to the east). Also called the Mighty Sea

or Sundering Sea.

Beleriand: (Great Country) The northwestem most part of the

continent, it is the area of Middle-earth west of the Blue

Mountains. Most of this land sinks into the ocean and is destroyed

in the cataclysmic battle that ends the First Age. The surviving

portions of Beleriand are called Lindon. Also called the Great

Land or Country of Balar.

S OURCES

Hob ................... The Hobbit (Ballantine ed.)

LotR .................. The Lord of the Rings ( Ballantine ed.)

LotRI ................. The Fellowship of the Ring (Ballantine ed.)

LotR II ................ The Two Towers (Ballantine ed.)

LotRIII .............. The Return of the King (Ballantine cd.)

LTales1 .............. Lost Tales ,Volume 1 (Houghton Mifflin ed.)

LTales2 .............. Lost Tales, Volume 11 (Houghton Mifflin ed.)

Sil ..................... The Silmarillion (Ballantine ed.)

UT ...................... Unfinished Tales (Houghton Mifflin ed.)

A UTHORIZED P UBLISHER S

GA&U ................. George Allen & Unwin (a division of Unwin Hyman,

Ltd., London, England)

Bal ...................... Ballantine Books (a division of Random House, New

York, NY)

HM ..................... Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston)

UP ...................... Unwin Paperbacks (a division of Unwin Hyman, Ltd.,

London, England)

C HARACTER S TATS

Ag … Agility ( RM and MERP ) Me ........ Memory ( RM )

Co .... Constitution ( RM and MERP ) Em ......... Empathy ( RM )

Pr ..... Presence ( RM and MERP ) Re ......... Reasoning

( RM )

Ig ............ Intelligence

St ..... Strength ( RM and MERP )

lt (In) …. Intuition

gp ........ gold pieces(s)

R or Rad Radius

jp ......... jade piece(s)

Stat ....... Statistic or

Characteristic

SD … Self Discipline ( RM )

Definitions

Eä: (Existence) Eä is all that is, the whole of Eru's Creation and

includes Arda and Heaven (Menel). Born out of the Great Music

(Ainulindalë) that defined the divine order of existence, it remains

bound by the patterns (Essence) of the Song. Outside of Eä are the

Timeless Halls of Eru (The One) and the Ainur (Holy Spirits) and

the Void (Nothingness).

Elves: (Q. "Quendi") The immortal Children of Eru and the

noblest of the Free Peoples. Also called the Firstborn, they awoke

before Men or Dwarves and were the first race to speak. Elves

settled in both Middle-earth and Aman.

Encircling Sea: (Ekkaia) The great ocean that encircles Arda. It

lies south, east, and north of Middle-earth. Also called the Outer

Sea. In the First Age and late Second Age it was surrounded by the

Walls of Night; but, in the late Second Age, when Arda was remade

as a sphere, it circumscribed and covered most of the world.

Endor: (Middle Land; Middle-earth) The Sindarin Elvish label

for the Middle Continent of Arda. Also called Ennor or Endóre.

Eru: ("The One"or"He that is Alone;"Q."Ilúvatar") The creator

of Eä and all things within and without.

Dwarves: (Kh. "Khazâd") Although fashioned by the Vala Aule

before the awakening of Men, this hardy but short race came into

Endor after the Secondborn. Long-lived yet mortal, they remain

apart from both Elves and Men.

Hobbits: (Kd. "Khuduk") Also called halflings, the Hobbits are

the shortest of the Free Peoples. They are a simple race of curious

origin, divided into Stoor, Harfoot, and Fallohide subgroups.

Maiar: (Q. sing. "Maia") The lesser Ainur who entered Eä as

servants of the Valar. They are also known as the People of the

Valar, the Servants of Valinor, and the Servants of the Guardians.

The ignorant (notably among Men) call them "Lesser Gods." (See

Lords of Middle-earth, Volume 1.)

Nazgûl: (Ringwraith) One of the Nine who as Mannish kings

accepted and were corrupted by the Rings of Power forged by

Sauron. (See Lords of Middle-earth, Volume I.)

Númenor: (Westernesse) The great island continent located in

the middle of the Great Sea until its destruction (Downfall) in

Second Age 3319. From the early Second Age until its Downfall,

Númenor was occupied by the High Men (Edain) who called

themselves Númenóreans. These Men were the ancestors of the

Dúnedain race. Númenor literally means West Land and was the

westernmost home of mortal Men. Elves called it Andor, the

"Land of Gift."

Undying Lands: Sometimes considered synonymous with

Aman, it includes Aman and Tol Eressëa. Its inhabitants — Elves,

Maiar, and Valar — are immortal; thus the origin of the label. The

land itself does not necessarily confer immortality.

Valar: (Q. sing. "Vala;" S. "Belain;" S. sing. "Balan") The greater

of the Ainur who entered Eä as guardians and executors of Eru's

vision. Their were originally fifteen Valar; however Melkor

(Morgoth) fell from grace, leaving seven male and seven female

Valar. The eight called the Aratar are mightiest. Morgoth's name

was never again spoken by the Exalted and he was counted as the

greatest of the Great Enemies. The Valar are also known as the

Mighty, the Exalted, the Great Ones, the Lords of Arda, the

Guardians, the Lords of Valinor, the Lords of the West, and (by the

ignorant) the Gods. (See Lords of Middle-earth, Volume 1.)

3.3 CONVERTING STATISTICS

This supplement is designed for use with most major fantasy

role playing systems. Since the various FRP rules have their own

particular approaches to combat, spells, and character generation

and development, certain common descriptive terms have been

selected. Unfortunately, statistical data such as bonuses and

character "stats" differ widely between systems; after all. they are

keyed to specific game mechanics. ICE has chosen to use

percentile (D100) terms as a base, since conversion to D20, D18,

and D10 can be achieved with relative ease.

When using this supplement with your FRP campaign, be

careful to note the item statistics before beginning play. Should

any adjustments need to be made, you may wish to consider the

following guidelines. The material provided is in terms of

percentages and is intended to give the reader a relatively clear

picture of the strengths and weaknesses of the individual items

discussed. Most FRP systems will relate to the data, and

conversion should be simple; remember, however, that there are

dozens of role playing rules and the change-over from the statistics

given here may be troublesome.

3.31 CONVERTING HITS AND BONUSES

• When converting percentile values to a 1 -20 system a simple rule

is: for every +5 on a D100 scale you get a +1 on a D20.

• The concussion hit numbers found in this module represent

general pain and system shock. They cover bruises and small

cuts rather than wounds. Critical strike damage is used to

describe serious wounds and fatal blows. The hit figures shown

here are less important than those used in game systems where.

death occurs as a result of exceeding one's available hits.

Should you use a game system that employs no specific critical

strike results, such as TSR Inc.'s Dungeons and Dragons,

simply double the number of hits your characters take or halve

the hit values found in this module.

STAT BONUS CHART

1-100

Stat

102+

101

100

98-99

95-97

90-94

85-89

75-84

60-74

40-59

25-39

15-24

10-14

5-9

3-4

D100

Bonus

+35

+30

+25

+20

+ 15

+ 10

-5

-10

-15

-20

-25

D20

Bonus

+ 1

-1

-2

-3

-4

3-18

Stat

20+

10-11

2-12

Stat

17+

15-16

13-14

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