Morgul Horse

AUTHOR: Matt Kearns (GandalfOfBorg)

ISSUE: 8:37

 

Attributes

BRG 10 (+2)*

NIM 9 (+1)

PER 8 (+1)

STR 14 (+3)

VIT 10 (+2)*

WIT 4 (+0)

Reactions

STAM +3

SWIFT +1

WILL +3*

WIS +2

 

Defence

11

Size

Large

Courage

 

Health

13

Move

12

Renown

 

 

Edges

none

Flaws

none

Special Abilities

Armour (3), Mount: Steady, Mount: War-trained, Natural Weapons (Bite, 1d6; Kick, 2d6), Pestilence, Trample (3d6)

Skills

Armed Combat: Natural Weapons (Bite, Kick) +9, Jump +8, Observe (Sense Power, Spot) +6, Ride (Keep Rider) +9, Run +12, Stealth (Sneak) +6, Survival +6

 

TN Equivalent

15

 

Description

Morgul horses are huge creatures with hideous, skeletal faces and bony-plated in black horn. They don't have eyes so to speak as jets of red fire issue from their eye sockets, nostrils, and mouth.

 

 

Unique Special Abilities

Pestilence: As a full-round action commanded by its rider, the Morgul horse can breathe a noxious fume that spreads to affect an area with a radius equal to its Vitality. The fume will kill all natural plant-life within the radius and all living beings other than the rider and other creatures of twisted form (orcs, trolls, etc.) by the will of Morgoth or Sauron within the radius shall become affected by a pestilence similar to the Black Breath, but of lesser virility (-5 to Potency and Treatment). The Morgul horse may do this a number of times per day equal to its Stamina.

 

 

History

The Morgul horse most recently came into being as the fruit of further twisting of the Black horses once used by the Nazgūl as they were abroad in search of the One Ring.

 

 

Habitat

Morgul horses are specifically bred to the service of Sauron. They live in captivity within the pens of Barad-dur itself and live off of the flesh of Men and Orc alike.

 

 

Usage

Morgul horses are the mounts of Sauron's most trusted lieutenants and advisors and would only be encountered as such if the players encountered one of them.