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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6384903" data-attributes="member: 42582">I think I posted the reference upthread (p 916 in my one volume edition with appendices).Imrahil suddenly laughed aloud. "Surely," he cried, "this is the greates jest in all the history of Gondor: that we should ride with seven thousands, scarce as many as the vanguard of its army in the days of its pwer, to assail the mountains and impenetrable gate of the Black Land! . . . If the Dark Lord knows as much as you say, Mithrandir, will he not smile rather than fear . . . ?" "No . . . ," said Gandalf. "And there are names among us that are worth more than a thousand mail-clad knights apiece. No, he wil not smile."Why is Aragorn worth hundreds of knights? Because of his ability to fight. Because he does not tire. Because he inspires others to great valour. Because he is the heir of Elendil, who turned a Palantir to his will and taunted Sauron by means of it, and who wields Narsil reforged, and has the weight of history and prophecy behind him.A 20th level fighter in 5e satisfies the "does not tire" bit fairly well, but nevertheless is not really worth hundreds of knights. (Whereas a wizard, arguably, is - with well-placed AoE a wizard can really do a lot of damage to an opposing force.)</blockquote>