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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6251066" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>I was explaining to one of my players today that the new system is lower-magic than the prior two versions of D&D, and I said it was "Closer to Lord of the Rings" than the prior D&D games he was used to.</p><p></p><p>He then asked "Do you think the members of the Fellowship really had much in the way of magic items?"</p><p></p><p>So I figured I'd count them up, to compare the 5e baseline to the LOTR one.</p><p></p><p>Here are the ones that come to mind, from the barrow-downs (not shown in the movie), from Galadriel's Gifts, or from inheritance (Sting, Anduril, etc.).</p><p></p><p>Frodo had mithril chainmail armor, a magic sword from the barrow-downs but it broke and was replaced by another one, Sting. He also has elven cloak, a phial of magic light (Light of Eärendil), and and magic ring (the One).</p><p></p><p>Sam has the hithlain rope (which moved on command and knotted itself and could ensnare evil creatures), an elven cloak, a box of earth (Earth from Galadriel's Orchard and a Mallorn Seed), and a barrow-downs magic short sword.</p><p></p><p>Aragorn has a magic sword (Andúril), and Elven Scabbard (A magical scabbard, any sword sheathed in this scabbard will never break), Elessar the Elfstone ("the light of the Sun within it and those who looked through it saw everything that was aged and withered as young once more."), and an elven cloak.</p><p></p><p>Merry and Pippin each have unnamed magic short-swords from the barrow downs ("red in colour, will not rust if kept in their sheaths, with flowing characters of Númenor, a work of Westernesse, wound about with spells for the bane of Mordor") and elven cloaks.</p><p></p><p>Legolas has the Bow of the Galadhrim, and an elven cloak.</p><p></p><p>Gimli has an elven cloak, and strands of Galadriel's hair thought to be magical.</p><p></p><p>Boromir died before the session where the DM handed out the magic items. He did have the Horn of Gondor (which broke), and I think he got some sort of gold belt from Galadriel, no idea if it was magic.</p><p></p><p>Gandalf is an NPC in my opinion, but he has a magic sword and staff at least, probably a lot more.</p><p></p><p>What did I miss, or get wrong? And, given these numbers, how would that equate to levels for these PCs in 5e?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6251066, member: 2525"] I was explaining to one of my players today that the new system is lower-magic than the prior two versions of D&D, and I said it was "Closer to Lord of the Rings" than the prior D&D games he was used to. He then asked "Do you think the members of the Fellowship really had much in the way of magic items?" So I figured I'd count them up, to compare the 5e baseline to the LOTR one. Here are the ones that come to mind, from the barrow-downs (not shown in the movie), from Galadriel's Gifts, or from inheritance (Sting, Anduril, etc.). Frodo had mithril chainmail armor, a magic sword from the barrow-downs but it broke and was replaced by another one, Sting. He also has elven cloak, a phial of magic light (Light of Eärendil), and and magic ring (the One). Sam has the hithlain rope (which moved on command and knotted itself and could ensnare evil creatures), an elven cloak, a box of earth (Earth from Galadriel's Orchard and a Mallorn Seed), and a barrow-downs magic short sword. Aragorn has a magic sword (Andúril), and Elven Scabbard (A magical scabbard, any sword sheathed in this scabbard will never break), Elessar the Elfstone ("the light of the Sun within it and those who looked through it saw everything that was aged and withered as young once more."), and an elven cloak. Merry and Pippin each have unnamed magic short-swords from the barrow downs ("red in colour, will not rust if kept in their sheaths, with flowing characters of Númenor, a work of Westernesse, wound about with spells for the bane of Mordor") and elven cloaks. Legolas has the Bow of the Galadhrim, and an elven cloak. Gimli has an elven cloak, and strands of Galadriel's hair thought to be magical. Boromir died before the session where the DM handed out the magic items. He did have the Horn of Gondor (which broke), and I think he got some sort of gold belt from Galadriel, no idea if it was magic. Gandalf is an NPC in my opinion, but he has a magic sword and staff at least, probably a lot more. What did I miss, or get wrong? And, given these numbers, how would that equate to levels for these PCs in 5e? [/QUOTE]
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