The Nazgûl really seem to demonstrate a lot of the Conquest Paladin class features throughout the books, so I wanted to go through them and see how well they match up. Power in the Lord of the Rings tends to be a little subtler and is usually not so defined as casting a specific spell or using a class ability in DnD, so I’ll be a little lenient.
In terms of basic paladin abilities, Nazgûl don’t seem to necessarily fit all of them (no laying on of hands), but there are a couple that stand out. First, they’re nearly always mounted, initially on horses and later on great winged beasts. These aren’t magically summoned, but in the DnD world this would be them casting Find Steed and Find Greater Steed. Second, Nazgûl are proficient with martial weapons, wielding swords, knives, and large maces at various points. Third, they can wear armor, as demonstrated by the Witch King donning a hauberk before the siege of Minas Tirith. Fourth, there are some instances where Nazgûl use abilities that can be well modeled by casting general paladin spells, such as here:
> And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade.
where the Witch King of Angmar apparently casts Searing Smite (edit: or Elemental Weapon). So we have armed and armored, mounted soldiers who have magical abilities that can enhance their weapons strikes. Pretty solid start for a dark paladin.
With respect to Conquest paladins specifically, the most obvious comparison: Nazgûl exude an aura of fear that can paralyze and incapacitate their enemies. Example:
> Over the hills of slain a hideous shape appeared: a horseman, tall, hooded, cloaked in black. Slowly, trampling the fallen, he rode forth, heeding no longer any dart. He halted and held up a long pale sword. And as he did so a great fear fell on all, defender and foe alike; and the hands of men drooped to their sides, and no bow sang. For a moment all was still.
This matches perfectly with the first use of the Conquest Paladin Channel Divinity, 7th level aura, and the inclusion of Fear on their Domain Spell list. The psychic damage their aura deals also works well to model the black breath, an illness caused by being too near Nazgûl, recovery from which is explicitly dependent in part on the mental state of the afflicted. This could also be the Witch King casting Bestow Curse from his domain spell list.
Scornful Rebuke and access to Armor of Agathys are a great fit for the damage that anyone takes who stabs one
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Fellowship is hidden, fellowship Ring at 1 step. Shadow player has placed a Nazgûl and an army in fellowship region after I had already moved .
New round I declare fellowship one region away( no longer in the same region as Nazgûl). As FPP I get to choose to go first? Move the fellowship as first move. No longer in same region as Nazgûl so no negative consequences.
Did I do this correctly? Essentially the placement of the Nazgûl +army had no effect on the fellowship?
Making sure I understand the rules correctly.
Is there anything to this? I noticed that the description of the Lord of the Nazgûl is eerily similar to the description of Death in John Milton's Paradise Lost. Both are imposing shadowy figures who wear a "kingly crown."
The Return of the King:
>In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face.
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>The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark.
Paradise Lost (Book 2, 666-673):
>[...] The other shape,
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>If shape it might be call'd that shape had none
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>Distinguishable in member, joynt, or limb,
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>Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd,
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>For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night,
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>Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell,
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>And shook a dreadful Dart; what seem'd his head
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>The likeness of a Kingly Crown had on.
The Lord of the Nazgûl himself even says "Do you not know Death when you see it?" Notably, "Death" is capitalized.
Additionally, the Lord of the Nazgûl is described while he attempts to cross the gate into Minas Tirith, and Death is described while he guards the gate out of Hell as Satan attempts to escape.
The Wild hunt comes to Middle earth. After slaughtering the other factions, and bathing the realm in blood, they face off against sauron's last line of defence, the ringwraths
Rules
- Both are at the height of their power
- All the in universe rules apply to each
- Battle ends when either side is unable to fight
The dancer is the closest I have to lotr and this game has ring in the name, I have hope
After seeing the new Evil Commanders, why not just use the rest of the Nazgûl.
These are the names of the rest of the Nazgûl taken from the wiki:
Nazgûl | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom
The Dark Marshall
The Knight of Umbar
The Betrayer
The Shadow Lord
The Undying (we already have)
The Dwimmerlaik
The Tainted
Hi,
I just came across the hilarious "Sauron's Blog" where he writes this about the men he has given rings:
"three of them are Númenórean Sea-Kings, so-called “Black Númenóreans,” whose fear of death led them to accept my rings; and one was even a woman."
Is it indeed canon that one of the Nazgûls was a woman?
Many thanks.
