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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glamdring" data-source="post: 296554" data-attributes="member: 4835">I wondered the same thing.  This is the kind of thing that one shouldn't make the mistake of thinking of things in gaming terms.  If one of my gamers were playing a character fighting a group of wraiths, even if he were a 16th level ranger (or whatever you want to think Aragorn's level is), such easy success would seem easily won.  First of all, in the game, wraiths only suffer corporeal damage 50% of the time.  This is a big problem in game, and I doubt Aragorn's sword was ghost-touched, and I'm certain his torch wasn't.  The "DM" allowed Aragorn to win, and I think it would be obvious to any player, and perhaps it was obvious to Aragorn, though we aren't made aware of his thoughts in the movie.The only gaming rationalization I can come up with is this:Sauron sent a mental order to his minions to retreat for now, and strike again when the moment is better suited for the group to snatch the ring without anyone knowing it is gone.  Perhaps the Evil One would rather Frodo die without fanfair, and with as little overall bloodshed as possible, so as to make it seem as if Sauron's minions are everywhere, and cannot be seen or stopped.  Such a straightforward, bullheaded attack seems beneath a being such as Sauron, and of course, doesn't every villain take his or her good old time in all mediums?  ;-)</blockquote>