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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 3360058" data-attributes="member: 151">There's one character who seems left out of the discussion entirely.&nbsp; One character who tends to mess things up, over and over again, for the heroes.I refer, of course, to the One Ring.Let's not forget that the Ring was imbued with a portion of Sauron's will, and it exerted its own influence on the world and its bearers.&nbsp; Why did Gollum travel to the Misty Mountains?&nbsp; The Ring made him do so, driving him closer and closer to its master in the Mirkwood, then known as the Necromancer of Dol Goldur.&nbsp; Why did Isildur lose the ring?&nbsp; Why did Smeagol find it?&nbsp; How did Gollum lose it?&nbsp; How did it fall so conveniently on Frodo's finger at the Prancing Pony?&nbsp; Because the ring willed it so.All it would take is for the ring to suddenly decide to slip it's chain or nudge Frodo from the eagle's back while they flew over Mordor....and now all hope is lost.&nbsp; The ring lost in a bog, fallen on an orc, claimed by an easterling buried in a ditch or reclaimed by a newly released Gollum.&nbsp; Who knows?Were I the DM, that's what likely would happen.&nbsp; The Ring would effect its own escape.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 3360058, member: 151"] There's one character who seems left out of the discussion entirely. One character who tends to mess things up, over and over again, for the heroes. I refer, of course, to the One Ring. Let's not forget that the Ring was imbued with a portion of Sauron's will, and it exerted its own influence on the world and its bearers. Why did Gollum travel to the Misty Mountains? The Ring made him do so, driving him closer and closer to its master in the Mirkwood, then known as the Necromancer of Dol Goldur. Why did Isildur lose the ring? Why did Smeagol find it? How did Gollum lose it? How did it fall so conveniently on Frodo's finger at the Prancing Pony? Because the ring willed it so. All it would take is for the ring to suddenly decide to slip it's chain or nudge Frodo from the eagle's back while they flew over Mordor....and now all hope is lost. The ring lost in a bog, fallen on an orc, claimed by an easterling buried in a ditch or reclaimed by a newly released Gollum. Who knows? Were I the DM, that's what likely would happen. The Ring would effect its own escape. [/QUOTE]

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