Saruman the White

ResRef

sarumanthewhi001

Tag

ms_orth17

Race

Human

Appearance

Human

Class(es)

Wizard 60/Fighter 60

HP

9,553

CR

1228.0

Faction

Commoner (id 2)

Conversation

saurman

Where to find

Placed directly

Abilities

Classes

Saruman first appears in 1954's The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of the fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. Unlike some of the other characters in the novel, Saruman had not appeared in Tolkien's 1937 children's book, The Hobbit, or in his then-unpublished Quenta Silmarillion and related mythology, which date back to 1917. The Lord of the Rings describes a quest to destroy the One Ring, a powerful and evil talisman created by the Dark Lord Sauron to control Middle-earth (Tolkien's term for the world in which his story takes place). An important early plot point is the failure of the wizard Gandalf to arrive as agreed to accompany the hobbit Frodo Baggins, who bears the Ring lost by Sauron thousands of years before. When he started writing The Lord of the Rings in late 1937, Tolkien had very little idea of the story ahead and Saruman's character did not emerge until several years later. Tolkien later wrote of this early phase: "Most disquieting of all, Saruman had never been revealed to me, and I was as concerned as Frodo at Gandalf's failure to appear". Tolkien tended to write in waves, proceeding so far before returning to rewrite, sometimes significantly, from the start. He had in this fashion produced a fairly complete version of the first half of The Fellowship of the Ring before Saruman appeared. A rough narrative outline dated August 1940, intended to account for Gandalf's absence, describes how a wizard titled 'Saramond the White' or 'Saramund the Grey', who has fallen under the influence of Sauron, lures Gandalf to his stronghold and traps him.[4] This character developed fairly quickly into Saruman the White, traitorous leader of the White Council that opposes Sauron, and the most powerful of the five wizards.

Combat

AC extras: +10 AC Bonus

Saves shown = stored bonus + ability mod + item bonuses (Saving Throw Bonus: Specific); class-table progression and feat bonuses (Great Fortitude, etc.) are applied at runtime.

Abilities & combat properties

Dodge AC and save bonuses are factored into the main combat stats above. Dodge AC stacks (cap +20); haste adds +4 more (separate). All other same-type bonuses do not stack — only the highest is shown. Regeneration stacks without limit. Immunities marked (racial) are granted by the creature's racial type by the engine, not by its equipment.

Weapons

Spells

Wizard

Special abilities

Equipment

Inventory (6)

Feats (73)

• Alertness
• Arcane Defense (Abjuration)
• Arcane Defense (Conjuration)
• Arcane Defense (Divination)
• Arcane Defense (Enchantment)
• Arcane Defense (Evocation)
• Arcane Defense (Illusion)
• Arcane Defense (Necromancy)
• Arcane Defense (Transmutation)
• Armor Proficiency (heavy)
• Armor Proficiency (light)
• Armor Proficiency (medium)
• Armor Skin
• Automatic Quicken Spell III
• Automatic Silent Spell III
• Combat Casting
• Damage Reduction 4
• Darkvision
• Deflect Arrows
• Diamond Body
• Diamond Soul
• Disarm
• Dodge
• Empty Body
• Energy Resistance, Acid IV
• Epic Spell Focus (Abjuration)
• Epic Spell Focus (Conjuration)
• Epic Spell Focus (Divination)
• Epic Spell Focus (Enchantment)
• Epic Spell Focus (Evocation)
• Epic Spell Focus (Illusion)
• Epic Spell Focus (Necromancy)
• Epic Spell Focus (Transmutation)
• Epic Spell Penetration
• Epic Spell: Epic Warding
• Epic Spell: Greater Ruin
• Epic Toughness X
• Evasion
• Extend Spell
• Fearless
• Great Charisma IX
• Great Charisma X
• Great Cleave
• Great Fortitude
• Greater Spell Focus (Abjuration)
• Greater Spell Focus (Conjuration)
• Greater Spell Focus (Divination)
• Greater Spell Focus (Enchantment)
• Greater Spell Focus (Evocation)
• Greater Spell Focus (Illusion)
• Greater Spell Focus (Necromancy)
• Greater Spell Focus (Transmutation)
• Greater Spell Penetration
• Immunity to Fire
• Immunity to Paralysis
• Immunity To Sleep
• Improved Combat Casting
• Improved Evasion
• Iron Will
• Lightning Reflexes
• Mobility
• Quick To Master
• Shield Proficiency
• Skill Focus (Spellcraft)
• Sneak Attack (+3d6)
• Spell Focus (Enchantment)
• Spell Focus (Evocation)
• Spell Penetration
• Summon Familiar
• Toughness
• Uncanny Dodge IV
• Weapon Focus (dagger)
• Weapon Proficiency (wizard)

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