What were the FotR's magic items?

[Griffith Dragonlake]

A poster in another thread (which I can't find at the moment) posited a comment along the lines that the members of the Fellowship of the Ring carried multiple magic items. I thought it was very few, but perhaps the experts of the ENworld community could elabourate.

Gandalf carried glamdring the sword and not sure if his staff was magical. I think he carried the ring of fire as well.

Frodo had sting, an Elven mithril chain shirt, Elven Cloak, and a rope of climbing. Did he have Elven boots also?

Likewise I thought Sam also wore an Elven cloak in the book.

Aragorn bore the sword narsil but only after it was forged anew.

What other magic items did they carry? And what were the stats?

 

[wingsandsword]

I don't think Gandalf's staff was itself a magic item, as much as it was a tool to use his magic. It worked a lot more like a Cleric's Holy Symbol or a Wizard's Spellbook, it was something he needed to use his "class abilities" effectively. Without it his powers were significantly reduced.

 

[PapersAndPaychecks]

There was this ring of invisibility too, you know. I seem to remember that being important?

 

[der_kluge]

I've never read the books, but I think all the hobbits (and maybe the others as well) wore elven cloaks.

Frodo and Samwise had that cloak that made them appear as a pile of rocks (cloak of concealment?) when they hid from the orcs.

They also had a rope that they tied to golem. I'm pretty sure it was magical, because it inflicted wounds on golem when he tried to resist.

The orb of seeing that Sauron could look through. There were a specific number of them, I think.

The Sword of the Kings that Aragon wielded in RoTK.

Legolas' quiver never ran out of arrows.

 

[green slime]

There was this ring of invisibility too, you know. I seem to remember that being important?

ROFL!

 

[VirgilCaine]

They also had a rope that they tied to golem. I'm pretty sure it was magical, because it inflicted wounds on golem when he tried to resist.

Hard fail.

Gollum.

 

[mmadsen]

A poster in another thread (which I can't find at the moment) posited a comment along the lines that the members of the Fellowship of the Ring carried multiple magic items. I thought it was very few, but perhaps the experts of the ENworld community could elabourate.

One could argue that most of the gifts from Galadriel were magic items in D&D terms, like Legolas's bow, the elf rope, etc. Or one could argue that they were mundane elven items that the outsiders didn't understand. Is lembas bread magical?

 

[mmadsen]

I've never read the books, but ...

I still find it shocking when a D&D player says this.

 

[kenobi65]

8 of the 9 received elven cloaks and lembas in Lothlorien (Gandalf didn't, because he had fallen in Moria, before the party reached Lothlorien).

Gandalf had Glamdring, as well as Narya (the Ring of Fire), one of the three Rings of the Elves; it was given to him by Cirdan the Shipwright, who himself was given it by Gil-galad. His staff seems to be a sort of focus for his power, but it's not clear if it, itself, is magical.

Aragorn has Anduril, the reforged Narsil. He also picks up the Palantir of Orthanc along the way.

Frodo has the One Ring and Sting, as well as the mithril shirt (which may or may not be "magical"). He's given the Phial of Galadriel in Lothlorien.

Merry, Pippen, and Sam all have the daggers that Tom Bombadil finds in the barrow (in the movie, they're given them by Aragorn instead); it's not clear if they're truly "magic". Sam has the rope given to him by the elves of Lothlorien.

Legolas' bow might be "magic", in the sense that anything crafted by the elves seems to have some sort of magic to it, but there's no evidence that it's a particularly exceptional bow (likewise with Gimli's axe).

Boromir has the Horn of Gondor; it's not clear if there's anything particuarly magical about it, or if it's just a really loud horn.

 

[SteelDraco]

By the end of the stories, this is what I would guess each person has that I would call a magic item in D&D terms. It's not quite the same as in D&D, though - superior craftsmanship by the elves or dwarves would be equivalent to magic items, IMO. Sam even has a conversation about this with one of the elves. ("Is it magic?" "I'm not sure what you mean. It's elven-crafted, is that what you're asking?")

Frodo - The One Ring, a Cloak of Elvenkind, Sting, a Mithril Chain Shirt
Sam - Cloak of Elvenkind, a box of magical dirt, a Rope of Climbing, and a magical sword (taken from the Barrow Downs. I presume all the swords from the Barrow Downs are magical because one of the hobbits actually manages to wound the lead Ringwraith with one of them.)
Merry and Pippin - Cloak of Elvenkind and a magical sword from the Barrow Downs
Gandalf - Gandalf IS magical, so it's hard to tell what is a product of him, and what's part of his equipment. He's carrying one of the elven Rings, and Glamdring is certainly a magical sword.
Aragorn - The Sword of Narsil is an epic weapon (or a Weapon of Legacy, if that's your preference) if I've ever heard of one. He's also carrying the Elfstone by the end of the books, which has got to be a pretty powerful item itself. I presume he's also given a Cloak of Elvenkind, since it doesn't seem like they were being stingy with 'em in Lothlorien.
Legolas - I always assumed the bow Galadriel gave him was magical.
Gimli - Dwarves aren't stupid, and Gimli's father has a chunk of Smaug's horde as his personal fortune. His kid had some really good dwarf-crafted items before he sent him out into the wide world, I'm sure.
Boromir - His horn was the stuff of legend already in Gondor; I presume it's a magic item of some kind. He claims help will always arrive if the horn is sounded. Turns out... not so much.