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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 bon olivier (order #42065) 8
Orc Mixers Mixers tend carefully to the brewing, refining, and mixing of the alchemical substances in Saruman’s mixing rooms, including various forms of the Fire of Orthanc. Some also work in the spawning tunnels, concocting the filth used to quicken Orc-spawn. aDvancementS: +1 attriButeS: +3 ranks Craft: Alchemy (Mixing), +2 ranks Observe (Spot) equiPment: Long stirring poles and various scoops, vials, and urns of reagents. Orc mixers carry no armour or weapons. Orc Beast-masters These rugged brutes breed the Wargs Saruman’s Orcs use for mounts, training them for ferocity. As a result, beast-masters often lose fingers, hands, and even lives to the Wargs they keep. aDvancementS: +3 attriButeS: +3 ranks Armed Combat: Other (Whip), +4 ranks Craft: Breeding (Wargs), +4 ranks Craft: Animal Training (Wargs), +2 ranks Lore/Wilderness Lore: Fell Beasts (Wargs) equiPment: Whip, leather armour, bucket of Warg fodder Orc Breeding Pit Tender Least-esteemed of their kind in Isengard, Breeding Pit Tenders prepare and stir the filth quickening Orc-spawn gestate in, and assist when Saruman’s creations emerge screaming, into terrible new life. For whatever reason, this role is assigned almost exclusively to Deep Orcs. aDvancementS: +1 attriButeS: +2 ranks Craft: Alchemy (Mixing), +3 ranks Observe (Spot) equiPment: Long stirring poles and little else Orc Leeches Orc Leeches serve as physicians to Saruman’s forces. They use tribal remedies, Orc-medicine (see page 96 of Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic), and brutal surgery, (often sewing or nailing pieces of metal and leather over more grievous injuries) to keep Saruman’s troops alive. They are also adept poisoners, who can concoct toxins and venomous broths as well as dispense them. aDvancementS: +4 attriButeS: add order ability Brew Poison (two improvements: any onset time, brew damaging poisons), +3 ranks Craft: Alchemy (Orc-brews), +3 ranks Healing orC food and drink ‘I will not . . . touch Orc’s meat or anything else that they have mauled.’ — Gimli, The Two Towers The White Hand Orcs’ foul medicine and fiery liquor are detailed on page 96 of Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic, but Saruman has also helped create other varieties of enchanted provisions for his Orcs. orC-rations Specially cut and prepared, these raw strips of flesh smell vile and taste worse. Those without Orc-blood who eat them must make a TN 10 Vitality test or retch and sicken, suffering one level of Weariness and a –2 penalty on all physical tests for 2 hours. They serve Orcs and Half-orcs far better: a single strip of flesh can sustain an Orc for an entire day of hard labour, and grants a +2 bonus to Stamina tests to resist Weariness. orC war-wine Saruman’s Uruk-hai berserkers use War-wine to provoke their battle-frenzy. This thick, milky liquid is brewed from mushrooms sprouting around the breeding pits, as well as other foul ingredients. To those who are not Orc-spawn it acts as a poison similar to serpent’s venom (see ‘Sample Poisons’ on page 246 of the core rulebook). Orc-spawn, however, find their blood enflamed by the brew, which fills them with a feral rage and deadens the sensation of pain. For 1d6 hours, drinkers reduce all wound penalties by 3 (this stacks with the Hardy edge), and suffer the equivalent of the Battlefury 2 flaw. This effect is cumulative with any levels of Battle-fury the drinker already possesses. (Treat Wounds), +2 ranks Lore/ Wilderness Lore: Herbs (Curative Herbs) equiPment: Orc-medicine and Orcliquor (see page 96 of Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic), various talismans. Orc leeches also typically carry a variety of wicked knives, bone-saws, etc. Orc Shamans Powerful magicians, Orc Shamans have learned much of their craft from Saruman. They cast beneficial spells on Uruk soldiers and help brew Orc-liquor and War-wine. They are feared and revered by their fellows. bon olivier (order #42065) 8
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