Thought I would do some possessions and artifacts next.
•Guthwine, Battle Friend ![Rohan [Rohan]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/rohan.png)
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +1
Vitality +1
Bearer must be Eomer.
Each wounded minion skirmishing Eomer loses all damage bonuses and cannot gain damage bonuses.
Skirmish: Exert Eomer to make a unbound Man strength +2.
Guthwine
for the Mark! That card is strong, and it definitely helps a
HiDaN deck and opens up a
![Gandalf [Gandalf]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/gandalf.png)
men/
![Rohan [Rohan]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/rohan.png)
deck too... I think I would forgo the vitality bonus and make it strength +2 instead, or for
![3 [3]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/3.png)
do the strength +2, Vitality +1 like
Herugrim, Sword of the Mark and
Anduril, Flame of the West.
•Sting, Bane of Evil Things ![Shire [Shire]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/shire.png)
Artifact • Hand Weapon
Strength +1
Resistance +1
Bearer must be Frodo or Sam.
Skirmish: If bearer is not exhausted, add 3 burdens to wound a minion in bearer's skirmish for each wound on bearer.
That's pretty sweet...would you want to add Bilbo as a bearer for this? Or maybe: "Bearer must be a Ring-Bound Hobbit."
•Merry's Sword, Barrow Blade ![Shire [Shire]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/shire.png)
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be Merry.
Skirmish: Exert Merry twice to exhaust a Nazgul an unbound companion is skirmishing.
This one is pretty good to. I agree with Dain--it's specific enough to work.
•Pippin's Sword, Troll's Bane ![Shire [Shire]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/shire.png)
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength +2
Bearer must be Pippin.
While Pippin is skirmishing a Troll or a Uruk-Hai he is strength +3.
This is nice. I like that it plays off of the books, where Pippin did take on a troll (it didn't in specifically well), but at least makes him a companion that you could throw out there to absorb some wounds. As with
Merry's sword, I would consider making them the
![1 [1]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/1.png)
that the other swords are, because they are specific to the hobbits. You could make them both "Bearer must be a hobbit" and then have the bonus, "While bearer is Pippin..." or
Skirmish: If bearer is Merry, exert...
-wtk