# Miscellaneous

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## Character skills tables

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> **Notes**: Dashes (—) under an individual’s skill indicate that he/she has chosen no actual “picks" in that area. It is entirely possible, however, that the individual’s stat and/or level bonuse would still give that individual a bonus for that skill. 

#### Skill abbreviations are as follows: 

CL Climb; SW Swim; RI Ride; DI Disarm Trap; PL Pick Lock; S/H Stalk/Hide; PE Perception; RU Runes; SW Staves/Wands; CH Channeling; DS Directed Spells; AM Ambush; LI Linguistics; AM Adrenal Moves; AD Adrenal Defense; MAT Martial Arts Stk; MAW Martial Arts S/T; AB Acrobatics; AC Acting; AD Administration; AT Animal Training; AP Appraisal; AR Architecture; AG Athletic Games; CV Caving; CH Chemistry; CN Contortions; CO Cookery; CR Crafting; DA Dance; DP Diplomacy; DV Diving; FS Falsification; FA First Aid; FL Fletching; FO Foraging; FR Frenzy; GA Gambling; HE Herding; LE Leadership; LW Leather-working; MA Mathematics; MD Meditation; MU Music; NV Navigation; PS Public-speaking; RM Rope Mastery; SA Sailing; SE Seduction; SG Signaling; SI Singing; SK Skiing; SH Smithing; SM Spell-mastery; SG Star-gazing; SC Stone-carving; ST Strategy/Tactics; SU Subduing; TK Tracking; TD Trading; TP Trap-building; TY Trickery; TM Tumbling; WW Weather-watching; WC Wood-carving. 

Directed Spells are calculated (for the Elves) based on the assumption of using the Level Bonus Table, Character Campaign Law pg 65. 

\* under “Linguistics” indicates not a specific proficiency, but the number of languages known. 

\* under “Linguistics” indicates that the individual knows all languages in Ea. 

t refers to the four incarnations of Sauron: 

- I: before the One Ring was made (previous to SA 1600); 
- II: Sauron after the One Ring was taken from him, and while as the “Necromancer” (TA 1 — 2941); 
- III: Still without the One Ring, but revealed as Lord of Mordor (TA 2941-3019): 
- IV: Sauron while in possession of the One Ring (SA 1600 — 3441).  

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## Selected Reading 

- **Fonstad, Karen Wynn**. **The Atlas of Middle-earth**. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981. Copyright® 1981 by Karen Wynn Fonstad. 
- **Foster, Robert**. **The Complete Guide to Middle-earth**. New York: Ballan¬tine Books, 1978. Copyright® 1971, 1978 by Robert Foster. 
- **Tolkien, J.R.R.**
    + **The Fellowship of the Ring**. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1965. Copyright® 1965 by J.R.R. Tolkien. 
    + **The Hobbit. Revised Edition**. New York: Ballantine Books, 1966. Copyright® 1937, 1938, 1966 by J.R.R. Tolkien. 
    + **The Return of the King**. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1965. Copyright® 1965 by J.R.R. Tolkien. 
    + **The Silmarillion**. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1977. Copyright® 1977 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 
    + **The Two Towers**. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1965. Copyright® 1965 by J.R.R. Tolkien. 
    + **Unfinished Tales**. Boston: Copyright® Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. Copyright® by George Allen & Unwin L.td. 
- **Tyler, J.E.A.** **The New Tolkien Companion**. New York: Avon Books, 1978. Copyright® 1976, 1978 by J.E.A. Tyler. 

This work is based on **The Hobbit** and **The Lord of the Rings**, particularly the appendices from The Return of the King, the third volume of the trilogy. Great pains have been taken to assure no conflict with any other primary source material. Since the material in ICE’s series is derived from the histories of the Third Age, The Lord of the Rings stands as the most instrumental resource. 

The **Silmarillion** and **Unfinished Tales** may provide crucial data for campaigns set in the First or Second Ages of Middle-earth. The former is certainly key to any in-depth cosmological overview. 

