Design a Nazgul

[ElfBane]

How would you folks design a 'Nazgul'? Have fun with this!
I'll go first...Nazgul should have this;
The ability to cast,,,
Fear
Horror
Wail of the Banshee(this is a very high level spell, so it should probably be in a "once per day" item,,a RING perhaps??)
All of the Charm/Domination type spells

He should have, as innate abilities,,
Infravision
True Sight
Ghoul/Vampiric Touch

He should have as weapon abilities,,
Mace-2 stars
Flail-2 stars(why are mace and flail two different abilities???)
Short Sword(of Poison[Morgul Blade])-1 star

He should be able to wear,,
Up to Chain, but no Plate, armors

He should be,,
Immune to damage from human males

Also, perhaps this ability, if it can be created,,
An "Aura of Fear" that humans, hobbits and orcs have to make a saving throw against

So, what do you folks think? Add(or subtract) to this, and remember, have FUN!

[ 02-05-2005, 10:25 AM: Message edited by: ElfBane ]

[Kestrel Daystar]

I would say lose the infravision. Nazgûl have very poor eyesight dont they?

--Kestrel--

[ElfBane]

I don't know about their vision, but I think they should be able to see the invisible.

[Lord]

They smell out their prey as well, don't they? They stab Frodo even when his ring is on, so I'd stick in 'see invisible' as well.

[Jerry_Seinfeld]

Shouldnt they have stars in Swords since thats what they use in the movie?

[Sir Goulum]

Originally posted by Lord: They smell out their prey as well, don't they? They stab Frodo even when his ring is on, so I'd stick in 'see invisible' as well.

He couldn't see where Frodo was, he sensed the ring. Then he reached out to see if Frodo was there, and he touched him.

[SixOfSpades]

Movie be damned, but in the book they do use swords, and a mace, and of course the Morgul-blade.

There is no description of armor of any kind, either it wasn't visible under their cloaks or it wasn't there at all--and why shouldn't they trust the sheer terror of their presence to be armor enough? The Witch-king is described as wearing a "hauberk," which is Chainmail, so we know they could at least wear that much--and it's worthy of note that nobody in all of Tolkien is ever described as wearing Plate, at least not that I can recall, and I can recall quite a lot.

Instead of "immune to damage from Human Males," I would put "Cannot be killed by Human or Half-Elven Males," and the fact that only Undead-slaying weapons can truly kill them: If their hitpoints reach 0 through any other means, they become a Gaseous Form that slowly regenerates back (although how is this different from simply Resurrecting a dead party member?).

Immune to Normal and +1 weapons.
Immune to Fear, permanent Cloak of Fear.
Invisibility detection by script.
Permanent Blindness in daylight.
Each unarmed hit drains 3 levels from victim
Once per round can cast a short-ranged Level Drain, drains 2 levels, 5x/day.

Or something like that.

[Balintherlas]

why would it be +1 weapons, shouldnt it be immunity to gender? Technicaly aragorn shoudlnt be able to hurt him even with narsil right?

[shamrock_uk]

Well, it is only the film, but I certainly seem to remember the Witch King react in a 'hurt' manner when stabbed with the dagger.

I would agree with Six - only a female can take them past 1HP - perhaps like a troll. A good place to start looking might be the Valen mod because she enters a similar gaseous form and regenerates slowly, whilst remaining vulnerable to certain types of damage.

[Sir Goulum]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Movie be damned, but in the book they do use swords, and a mace, and of course the Morgul-blade. There is no description of armor of any kind, either it wasn't visible under their cloaks or it wasn't there at all--and why shouldn't they trust the sheer terror of their presence to be armor enough? The Witch-king is described as wearing a "hauberk," which is Chainmail, so we know they could at least wear that much--and it's worthy of note that nobody in all of Tolkien is ever described as wearing Plate, at least not that I can recall, and I can recall quite a lot.

Didn't the Gondor soldiers have plate? Or is that only in the movie.