Originally posted by Puke
I'm still trying to figure out the power of the ring.
Lets geek this to a whole new level.
"The One Ring: aka "the Ruling Ring", the "One" ; the "Ring":
A seemingly normal gold band, the One Ring will adjust to fit the wearer's ring size or, if it desires so, it will expand to fall from the wearer's finger whenever the rings feels the wearer is unsuitbable (see below). The One's hidden inscription glows when the Ring is placed in a fire. In Black Speech it reads:
"Ash nazg durbabatuluk, ash nazg gimbul, Ash nazg thrakatuluk agh burzum ishi krimpatul."
The translation reads:
"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to brng them all and in darkness bind them."
The One is a artifact of unparalled proportions, it is a sentinent artifact that has one purpose to return to its master Sauron. However, powerful wearers (15th level plus) can try and master some of its abilities. Its primary purpose is to increase the sorcerous powers of its master, it take 60 days to master this first power. This is its primary power as far as anyone other than Sauron is concerned. This power either increases a Wizard or Sorcerer by 10 levels in ALL respects, if the wear is not a spellcaster he will become a Sorcerer of the 9th level in all respects (use the multiclass rules as if they had multiclasses). The other powers of the ring come with time and mastery of the One: The first secondary power is that the Ring Wearer is Invisible this is always in effect, however one who has mastered the primary power can will themselves visible with the ring still on. The other powers are:
Control or Resist anything created with the aide of the ring.
The Ring controls the wearers of all the Nine Rings without regard to distance. (Only Sauron currently has the mastery level to do this. It is the last power granted).
All spell are x3 normal range or any target the wear can see (scrying counts).
Ring-wearer's physical, mental and magical attacks never fail.
The One purpose is again to get into Saurons hands, treat it as a Int 18 Wis 18 Ego 20 to figure this against your player. The rings other purpose is to corrupt along the way back to its master. Every power learned shifts the wearer's alignment on shift towards Lawful Evil. Should any character be allowed to master all of the rings powers, with the exception of the Ringwraith control which is Saurons sphere. They will become Lawful Evil and very subseptible to the voice of Sauron through the ring. In the end after 10 years of the rings use a will save must be made every month there after or the wearer becomes a Gollum-like creature. Once the save is failed all the rings powers fade within a day and unless they are cured by a 20 level Priest of good alignment (the following spells are needed: Neutralize Posion, Cure Disease, Prayer, Heal, and finally Restoration). This will reverse the Gollum Curse but the character will lose 50,000 XP in the process. They also can "feel" when anything dealing with the One (Nazgul, Priest of the Darklord, etc...) are within 100' of them. Many of these survivors go on to become Paladins, or some other prestige class dealing with undead hunting or monster hunting."
Other rings can be found here.
http://www.planetadnd.com/references/lotr/the_rings_of_power.php
