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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GwydapLlew" data-source="post: 3356365" data-attributes="member: 40373">So the Fell Beasts are large enough to see when they are over a furlong away in land distance and who knows how far in the air. So from the walls of Minas Tirith, Pippin can clearly see the Fell Beasts, but barely make out the men on horseback beneath them. They moved quickly enough to travel the entirety of the Pelennor multiple times while men on horseback rode across it. Note how Faramir's horn is barely audible - that must be some distance! Clearly, these things can't handle eagles. Especially with the emphasized statement in the quote above. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Again, I'm thinking from the description that a Fell Beast outclasses an Eagle. Just sayin' <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Seeing as the sight of the Nazgul is their weakest sense, methinks it stands to reason that the Fell Beasts are quite capable hunters and quite capable of flying as high as Eagles. Elf-sight is a pretty potent thing in Tolkein-land, after all.Now, to counter all of this:Then the Nazgul flee. Why do they flee? Because Sauron called them to Mount Doom to try to stop Frodo. There is no actual battle between the two of them, so we can't compare their stats from the literature. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />So...after all this long-windedness, I have to say that I think that Eagles vs Fell Beasts is an even match. I think that the Fell Beasts would be quite capable of fending off Eagles, and that the Eagles are large enough to attract attention to them. That being said, if my players attempted to pull this stunt, I'd let them...and then make sure I was well-versed in the aerial combat rules as they duked it out over the skies of Mordor. It's possible for the Eagle Approach to work, but it relies a great deal on the PCs making the right rolls at the right time, and no self-respecting demigod would leave something this important up to chance. IMC, of course. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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