Ancient Close Fitting
Additionally
Craftsmanship: Elven, Dwarven,
Item: Armour
Ancient Elven-craft
Craftsmanship: Elven
Item: Medium Armour
Special: Bane
Ancient Cunning Make
Craftsmanship: Elven, Dwarven
Item: Armour
Bane Creature explained
Biting Dart
Craftsmanship: Elven
Item: Ranged weapon
Special: Bane
Cleaving
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Close combat weapon
Close-fitting
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Armour
Crushing
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Close combat weapon
Cunning Make
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Armour or shield
Fell
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Any weapon
Fireproof Craftsmanship: Dwarven
(Belegost)
Item: Armour, Helm
Elven-craft
Craftsmanship: Elven
Item: Medium Armour
This Quality enhances the AC rating of an item by +2.
once per short or long rest, if your Proficiency Bonus is +4 or more
after an enemy has hit you, but before damage is rolled, you can
declare that the blow missed you instead.
In addition to the benefit provided by the Elven-craft
construction of this armour, it is wrought with spells for
the protection of its wearer in battle against a certain foe.
When a bane creature attacks you, gain an additional
bonus to your AC equal to half your Proficiency Bonus
(rounded up) against that attack only.
This Quality enhances the AC rating of this armour by +1. Reduce
this armour’s weight to a quarter of the normal. All Strength
Requirements are waved, and its user no longer suffers
Disadvantage on Stealth checks. Additionally, its wearer is immune
to critical hits, taking only normal damage on such a strike.
Blades, spears and arrow-heads forged in Númenor may have been
wound about with spells for the bane of two creature types.
• Choose two races from the following: Orcs, Trolls, Wolves, Evil
Men, Undead.
Items crafted by the Elven-smiths of Beleriand or Eregion were
generally created with only one type of enemy in mind.
• Choose one race from: Orcs, Wolves or Spiders
When you attack a bane creature using a ranged weapon possessing
this Enchanted Quality, you must make two separate attack rolls. If
you hit your target with both attacks, you inflict damage for both;
however, your attack goes astray entirely if either roll misses. When
you would have Advantage on the rolls, you instead roll 4 d20s and
keep the two best.
When you successfully hit your target with a weapon blessed by this
Enchanted Quality, you automatically deal an additional amount of
damage equal to your Proficiency Bonus to another enemy creature
engaging you in combat.
Increase the AC of this armour by 2.
This weapon deals an additional number of hit points equal to three
times your Proficiency Bonus on your first successful attack. You
must take a short or long rest before using this quality again.
This Quality enhances the AC rating of this armour or shield by +1.
Halve this armour’s weight. Strength Requirements are lowered by
3, and its user no longer suffers Disadvantage on Stealth checks.
Add +2 to all attack rolls with this weapon.
While wearing armour with this Enchanted Quality, you gain
resistance to fire damage, including Dragon-flame.
This Quality represents the fine armour-craft of the
Firstborn and allows the wearer to add their full Dexterity
modifier to their Armour Class. Most items found of this
type are Corslets of Elven-mail but a few Hauberks of

Fierce
Craftsmanship: Dwarven (Nogrod)
Item: Close combat weapon
Flame of Hope
Craftsmanship: Dwarven
Item: Close combat weapon
Foe-slaying
Craftsmanship: Elven,
Númenórean
Item: Close combat weapon
Special: Bane
Gleaming Blade
Craftsmanship: Elven
Item: Close combat weapon
Special: Requires Luminescence
Gleam of Terror
Craftsmanship: Dwarven
Item: Close combat weapon
Grievous
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Any weapon
Keen
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Any weapon
Luminescence
Craftsmanship: Elven
Item: Close combat weapon
Special: Bane
Masterpiece Craftsmanship:
Dwarven
Item: Any
Mithril Armour
Craftsmanship: Dwarven
Elven-scale were made for the War of the Last Alliance.
When you miss on an attack roll with a weapon with this Enchanted
Quality, as long as you did not roll a natural 1, you still deal 1 point
of the appropriate damage type to the target as the tip of your
weapon cuts into its armour.
You may take an action to hold a weapon with this Enchanted
Quality aloft or similarly brandish it to rally your comrades. All of
your allies within 30 feet lose the Frightened condition, get back 1d6
+ your Proficiency Bonus in hit points, and gain Inspiration. You
must take a long rest before you can invoke this ability again
When you attack a bane creature, this Quality extends the critical
range of your weapon by a number equal to half your Proficiency
Bonus, rounded up. For example, say a 8th level Scholar bore a
broadsword with this Enchanted Quality activated. With a
Proficiency Bonus of +3, she extends her critical range by 2. Thus,
her broadsword causes a critical on a roll of 18, 19, or 20.
When your weapon’s Luminescence quality is activated,
you may take a bonus action and spend Inspiration to
make the weapon’s light glow fiercely in the presence of
its enemies. Until the end of your turn, all attacks made
with the weapon produce radiant damage instead of the
weapon’s normal damage type.
A weapon with this Quality inspires fear in the hearts of enemies.
You may take an action to force a number of creatures of your
choice, up to your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1), within 30 feet of
you to succeed at a Wisdom saving throw equal to a Difficulty Class
of 15 + your Proficiency Bonus or become Frightened of you.
While Frightened in this way, a creature must spend its turns trying
to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t willingly move
to a space within 30 feet of you. It also can’t take reactions. For its
action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect
that prevents it from moving. If it has nowhere it can move, the
creature can use the Dodge action. At the end of each of its turns, a
creature can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a
success. This ability cannot be used again until you have taken a
short or long rest.
This Quality adds 2 (1d4) bonus damage to all damage rolls made
with this weapon. This bonus damage is doubled as normal on a
critical hit.
This weapon adds 1 to the range on which it can score a critical hit.
(Without any other factors, this weapon would score criticals on
both 19 and 20.)
This Quality makes the weapon’s blade shine with a pale, cold light
when a bane creature is within a distance equal to 30 feet times your
Proficiency Bonus. You and your companions cannot be surprised
by such creatures. Additionally, you have a +4 Initiative bonus if
you encounter any bane creatures when so forewarned.
This Quality adds a further +2 bonus to this armour’s AC.
Additionally, you have resistance to piercing and slashing damage.
Item: Armour
Special: Requires Cunning Make
or Ancient Cunning Make
Raging
Craftsmanship: Elven,
Númenórean
Item: Close combat weapon
Special: Bane
Reinforced
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Shield
Runes of Clarity
Craftsmanship: Elven
Item: Helm
Special: Bane
Runes of Resilience
Craftsmanship: Dwarven
Item: Armour, Helm
Rune-scored Armour
Craftsmanship: Dwarven
Item: Armour
Rune-scored Shield
Craftsmanship: Dwarven
Item: Shield
Special: Requires Reinforced or
Superior Reinforced
Runes of Protection
Craftsmanship: Dwarven
Item: Heavy armour
Runes of Victory
Craftsmanship: Dwarven, Elven
Item: Any weapon
Sigil of Guarding
Craftsmanship: Elven,
Númenórean
Item: Helm
Smiting
Craftsmanship: Dwarven
Item: Close combat weapon
Superior Fell
Craftsmanship: Dwarven,
A weapon graced by this Enchanted Quality deals a number of hit
points in damage equal to your Proficiency Bonus to an attacked
bane creature even on missed attack rolls.
+1 AC bonus to the standard Armour Class this shield normally
provides. Additionally, this shield cannot be shattered or smashed by
normal means.
A helm bearing Runes of Clarity can help a hero focus on
her enemies. By spending Inspiration, she gains Advantage
on attack rolls against a bane creature until the end of the
combat. The wearer must take a short or long rest before
using this ability again.
While wearing armour with this Enchanted Quality, you have
Advantage on death saving throws.
This Enchanted Quality enhances the AC rating of this armour by
+3.
Gain a +1 bonus to the standard Armour Class this shield normally
provides. Additionally, during the course of a battle, when an
opponent misses striking you due to the Armour Class bonus
provided by your shield, you may spend Inspiration and 3 Hit Dice
to shatter their weapon. This does not work on Legendary Weapons
but will automatically disarm them.
This armour was crafted and ensorcelled such that it
grants powerful protection against a singular damage
type. The Loremaster will choose bludgeoning, piercing or
slashing. When wearing the armour, you have resistance
to non-magical damage of that type.
While bearing a weapon with this Enchanted Quality you gain a +1
bonus to all saving throws. When you attack with this weapon, a roll
of 1 becomes a critical hit instead of an automatic failure. Factors
that increase the critical hit range expand the range from 20 as
normal. For example, a weapon with Keen and Runes of Victory
scores a critical hit on a 1, 19, and 20.
A helm with this sigil allows the wearer to anticipate the
most dangerous strokes of an enemy. When struck by a
critical blow, a hero can spend a Hit Die to take only half
of the damage dealt.
This weapon is larger and heavier than others of its kind
and is designed to produce profound effects upon those it
makes contact with. When you score a critical hit with this
weapon, you may elect to not do any bonus damage and
instead force the target to make a Strength saving throw
(DC equal to 12 plus your Proficiency Bonus). If the target
fails the saving throw it is thrown 10 feet in a direction of
your choice and is knocked Prone.
If this weapon is of Dwarven craftsmanship, its bonus to attack and
damage rolls is equal to half its bearer’s Proficiency Bonus, rounded
 Númenórean
Item: Any weapon
Special: Bane (if Númenórean)
Superior Runes of Protection
Craftsmanship: Dwarven
Item: Heavy armour
Superior Grievous
Craftsmanship: Elven,
Númenórean
Item: Any weapon
Special: Bane (if Númenórean)
Superior Keen
Craftsmanship: Dwarven, Elven
Item: Any weapon
Superior Reinforced
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Shield
Sure Shot
Craftsmanship: Any
Item: Ranged weapon
Swiftness
Craftsmanship: Elven,
Númenórean
Item: Close combat weapon
Venomed Craftsmanship:
Dwarven
Item: Close combat weapon
Warding-spell
Craftsmanship: Elven,
Númenórean
Item: Armour, shield, any close
combat weapon
Special: Bane
up. If the weapon is of Númenórean craftsmanship it grants a +1
bonus for attack and damage rolls. Against a bane creature, the
bonus increases to be equal to half its bearer’s Proficiency Bonus,
rounded up.
This armour was crafted and ensorcelled to provide
extraordinary protection against ordinary weapons. When
you take non-magical damage from an attack, you may
spend Inspiration and two Hit Dice to negate that damage.
If this item is of Elven craftsmanship, it adds a bonus to all damage
rolls equal to 2 (1d4) plus half of its bearer’s Proficiency bonus,
rounded up. For Númenórean weapons, this bonus is applied for
bane creatures only. When you score a critical hit, the bonus die is
doubled as normal and then add your full Proficiency bonus.
This weapon adds 2 to the range on which it can score a
critical hit. (Without any other factors, this weapon would
score criticals on 18, 19, and 20.)
Gain a +2 bonus to the standard Armour Class this shield normally
provides. Additionally, if your Proficiency Bonus is +4 or more,
once per combat after an enemy has hit you, but before damage is
rolled, you can declare that the blow clanged off your shield without
harming you. Finally, this shield cannot be smashed by any means.
The bearer of a weapon with this Enchanted Quality always enjoys a
clean shot, even shooting against a strong wind or when his target is
protected by darkness. The wielder never suffers Disadvantage on
ranged attacks and ignores all negative attack roll modifiers due to
sources of hindrance.
This weapon is exceptionally balanced and feels natural
to even the least experienced of its wielders. You may use
your bonus action to make a single melee attack with this
weapon.
When you are using a weapon bestowed with this Quality and you
inflict damage on an adversary for the first time, your foe is
considered to be Poisoned for a number of rounds equal to your
Shadow rating (minimum of 1 round). Using this weapon against
those who do not serve the Enemy directly (for example, against
misguided Men or beasts who are defending their home or young) is
a Misdeed worthy of Shadow points
When you are fighting against a bane creature, an item bestowed
with such an Enchanted Quality gives you a bonus to your Armour
Class equal to your Wisdom modifier or half of your Proficiency
Bonus (rounded down), whichever is lower.

Darken
When the item is revealed (a sword is unsheathed, a glove is removed to reveal a ring and so on) all
shadows in the area seem to deepen, and all sources of light seem to grow
weak. The phenomenon is particularly serious for the bearer of the item, who finds his sight seriously
impaired. The companion makes any ability checks that rely upon
sight with Disadvantage. Since no source of light is able to dispel this darkness,
bystanders may be confused and disoriented.
Enfeebled
The item’s Curse worms away at its bearer, bringing with t a terrible weakness. The Loremaster
chooses a single saving throw from Strength, Dexterity, Constitution or
Charisma. The bearer makes those saving throws with Disadvantage.
Hunted
The presence of the item does not go unnoticed, and one type of enemy (Orcs, Evil Men, the Enemy)
perceive it when they come near it. For the purposes of The Eye of Mordor
rules this counts as the Enemy pursuing the Company, lowering the Veil score by 4 points. In addition,
Journey Events and Revelation episodes triggered by the company may be made to revolve around
these stalkers.
Ill-luck
Bad luck dogs the bearer at every turn, his victories turned to defeats by simple – but persistent –
misfortune. Any roll of 1 on the d20 (even for ability checks or a saving throw)
means an automatic failure for the bearer.
Ill-omen
The bearer’s arrival is preceded by dark warnings and fell omens, filling the hearts of former allies with
dread and fear. Whenever the bearer is present for an Audience, the Company makes both the
Introduction roll and Final Audience Check with Disadvantage.
Malice
The object does not love its bearer, and will try to cause him harm, or otherwise trouble him. If a skill
roll concerns the item (as in the case of a skill check augmented by a Blessing, an attack roll for a
weapon, or an foe’s attack roll for armour), the companion has Disadvantage on the roll (for armour,
the attacker gains Advantage).
Owned
The item is owned or was created by another creature, such as the Ring was owned by Sauron. The
item may have found its way into the hands of the companion so that the hero might unwittingly return
it to its master. The Loremaster should decide upon a specific enemy to be the owner of the item,
possibly choosing a recurring villain in his own campaign. When in the presence of its owner, the item
becomes useless: its special features turn out to be
completely ineffective.
Shadow Taint
The item bears a greater shadow-stain upon it than most cursed items. As long as the hero carries the
item, his Shadow score is augmented by a value, ranging from 1 to 4 points: 1 point for an artefact with
one Blessing, 2 for one with 2 Blessings or a Greater Blessing; in the case of a Legendary Weapon or
Armour the Shadow increase is equal to the number of Qualities on the item. This Shadow increase
cannot be removed or healed, and will raise the
hero’s Shadow score until the Curse is lifted.
Weakness
So long as he bears this Curse, the bearer displays the worst Flaw connected to his own Shadow
Weakness. The Loremaster can invoke it as per the normal rules, to impose
Disadvantage, to make a saving throw to remain in control of themselves, or as a Failure Aggravation,
and possibly to determine the effects of a Bout of Madness (see page 183 of
the Adventures in Middle-earth Player’s Guide).
• Cowardly (Wandering-madness). When the curse takes hold of the bearer, all he can think of is
turning tail and fleeing into the night.
• Murderous (Curse of Vengeance). A terrible thirst for blood and malevolence lies within the item,
provoking the bearer to dark thoughts of violence and murder.
• Tyrannical (Lure of Power). The item foments a sense of overconfidence and arrogance within the
bearer, causing him to belittle and undermine his companions.
• Treacherous (Lure of Secrets). The item fosters thoughts of paranoia and discord within the mind of
mits bearer, causing him to mistake his friends for foes.
• Thieving (Dragon-sickness). The item glitters with a sickly light that causes the bearer to desire more
and more.
Note that this Flaw is temporary, and does not count towards a companion’s full complement of four
Flaws for the purposes of Succumbing to the Shadow.