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ISENGARD
(Club), +3 ranks Armed Combat:
Whip, +2 ranks Intimidate, +1
rank Observe, +1 rank Search, +2
ranks Unarmed Combat: Brawling
equiPment: Whip, club, clothing,
horn
Half-orc Woodsmen
Charged with gathering fire-fuel,
Half-orc woodsmen travel in gangs
across the Vale of Nan Curunír,
and into Fangorn Forest. They hew
trees new and old and see that
Dunlending slaves drag the
wood back to Isengard.
aDvancementS: +1
StatiSticS: change to barbarian
order, change order ability
to Marking-signs, change
favoured attributes to Strength
and Vitality, change favoured
reaction to Stamina, add edge
Woodcrafty, +3 ranks Armed
Combat: Axes (Battle Axe), +2
ranks Climb, +2 ranks Survival
(Forests), +1 rank Weathersense
equiPment: Axe, clothing, whistle
C r a f tsm e n
‘The old world will burn in the fires of
industry. The forests will fall.
A new order will rise. We will drive the
machinery of war. ’
— Saruman, The Two Towers film
Beneath Isengard, new technologies
and methods are being developed.
No longer do craftsmen labour
on pieces of gear, each an expression
of artistry. Now teams of labourers
use great machines to speed production,
and objects are hammered
out uniformly, fashioned by rote.
Function, practicality, and efficiency
are valued above aesthetics and quality.
Equipment from Saruman’s foundries
is crude and abhorrent to the
eyes of any master craftsman, but it
serves his purposes adequately.
orC Cr aftsmen
‘I looked on [Isengard] and saw that,
whereas it had once been green and fair,
it was now filled with pits and forges.’
—Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Though not as skilled as Elves or
Dwarves, Orcs are cunning craftsmen,
and Saruman saw they would
serve him in this regard. Their corrupt
nature makes Orcs well-suited to
Saruman’s industry. Stooped, singed,
and scarred from their work, Orcs
tend the furnaces and boilers under
Isengard, and help Saruman fashion
Blasting Fire and other weapons
of war. Orcs employed by Saruman
as craftsmen are split almost evenly
between Isengard-orcs and Orcs of
the Deep. Very few Mordor-orcs are
placed in such positions.
Orc Armourers
Grizzled and iron-thewed, these
Orcs work endlessly, banging out
armour, shields, and weapons for
the armies of the White Hand. The
armourers take great pride in their
work, for they give the White Hand
its claws of iron. They also produce
the cogs, chains, and other special
parts required in Saruman’s warmachines.
aDvancementS: +4
attriButeS: add edge Craftmaster,
+3 ranks Craft: Industry (Gears
and Wheels), +3 ranks Lore:
Other (Metallurgy), +5 ranks
Smithcraft (Weaponsmith,
Armoursmith or Blacksmith), +1
rank Smithcraft (Weaponsmith,
Armoursmith or Blacksmith)
equiPment: Hammer and
tongs, other tools as appropriate.
Armourers carry only long knives
as weapons, and wear no armour.
Orc Builders
An army of builders is responsible
for construction detail
throughout Isengard. They level
entire forests (eventually clearing
the basin of trees), assemble
Saruman’s machines, build scaffolding
and towers, and direct
the delving of shafts, mines, and
tunnels.
aDvancementS: +4
attriButeS: add edge Doughty, +3
ranks Craft: Industry (Gears and
Wheels), +3 ranks Lore: Other
(Mining or Architecture), +6 ranks
Stonecraft (Building or Delving)
or +6 ranks Craft: Carpentry
(Woodwork)
equiPment: Whip, tools as appropriate
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