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<blockquote data-quote="Temmy" data-source="post: 6483263" data-attributes="member: 29945"><p>The main power of the One ring is to control the other rings. Saurons plan was to create rings of power for the mightiest members of the other races, then use his ring to dominate them. It worked on men..thus we got the ring wraiths. Due to the unique nature of Dwarfs in the Tolkien universe, they could not be dominated. So Sauron worked hard to reclaim as many dwarf rings as possible. The Elves created their own rings of power, very powerful rings that could do things like hold entropy at bay, but since those rings were created using the knowledge given to the elves by Sauron they were subject to the ruling ring. The moment Sauron put his ring off, the elves realised what was going on and took their rings off. They could only wear thier rings while Sauron did not possess the one ring. Since they were subject to the one ring, when the one ring failed, so did the elven rings. And since these rings maintained the elven realms in middle earth, the destruction of the one ring meant the end of elvish power.</p><p></p><p>The second thing the ring did was to enhance the inherent power of the person using them. Consider it a kind of spiritual focuser, taking the diffuse spiritual essence of the wearer, and focusing it into a more potent form..a bit like boiling water to get salt. Someone who has a great deal of spiritual power like Sauron or Galadriel would get far more use out of it than a simple hobbit. In DnD terms one could say that the rings added a crapload of extra levels, the more Wisdom and levels you have, the more levels it would add.</p><p></p><p>In Tolkiens universe objects of power are made by passing a bit of your essence into them. This can diminish the maker. In DnD terms, you are spending levels to create an artifact. (this was why morgoth got weaker and weaker over time..he mixed his essence into the earth and his minions to control them, and as they multiplied, his own personal essence declined) To make something as powerful as the great ring, Sauron had to pass the majority of his own essence into it. Now this wasn't a problem, as long as Sauron was wearing his ring because that essence is still usable by him. But with the ring gone, he lost the essence he used to make it, and his power was diminished, like a level 20 mage who places 10 of his levels in a ring, and loses the ring. To gain his full power, he needed his ring back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Temmy, post: 6483263, member: 29945"] The main power of the One ring is to control the other rings. Saurons plan was to create rings of power for the mightiest members of the other races, then use his ring to dominate them. It worked on men..thus we got the ring wraiths. Due to the unique nature of Dwarfs in the Tolkien universe, they could not be dominated. So Sauron worked hard to reclaim as many dwarf rings as possible. The Elves created their own rings of power, very powerful rings that could do things like hold entropy at bay, but since those rings were created using the knowledge given to the elves by Sauron they were subject to the ruling ring. The moment Sauron put his ring off, the elves realised what was going on and took their rings off. They could only wear thier rings while Sauron did not possess the one ring. Since they were subject to the one ring, when the one ring failed, so did the elven rings. And since these rings maintained the elven realms in middle earth, the destruction of the one ring meant the end of elvish power. The second thing the ring did was to enhance the inherent power of the person using them. Consider it a kind of spiritual focuser, taking the diffuse spiritual essence of the wearer, and focusing it into a more potent form..a bit like boiling water to get salt. Someone who has a great deal of spiritual power like Sauron or Galadriel would get far more use out of it than a simple hobbit. In DnD terms one could say that the rings added a crapload of extra levels, the more Wisdom and levels you have, the more levels it would add. In Tolkiens universe objects of power are made by passing a bit of your essence into them. This can diminish the maker. In DnD terms, you are spending levels to create an artifact. (this was why morgoth got weaker and weaker over time..he mixed his essence into the earth and his minions to control them, and as they multiplied, his own personal essence declined) To make something as powerful as the great ring, Sauron had to pass the majority of his own essence into it. Now this wasn't a problem, as long as Sauron was wearing his ring because that essence is still usable by him. But with the ring gone, he lost the essence he used to make it, and his power was diminished, like a level 20 mage who places 10 of his levels in a ring, and loses the ring. To gain his full power, he needed his ring back. [/QUOTE]
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