Editing Ring-bearer

Your Ring-bearer is a [[companion]] who you place on the table before your starting fellowship, bearing the [[One Ring]].  He or she is the key component of your deck, as all strategies rely on killing or corrupting the Ring-bearer, and you only win if your Ring bearer is alive at the regroup phase at site 9. 

== Alternate Ring-bearers ==
At the game's initial release with [[Fellowship of the Ring]], the only playable Ring-bearer was Frodo, and if Sam was in play when he died, [[the One Ring]] would pass to Sam and you would continue on with Sam as your Ring-bearer. This remained true until the release of [[Reflections]], when 6 new '''Alternate Ring-bearers''' (or '''ARBs''') became available. Alternate Ring-Bearers represented what would happen if Frodo had given or had the [[One Ring]] taken by someone else. These ARBs typically have lower [[resistance]] than Frodo, but compensated by having higher strength or powerful effects. 

The primary impact this has was to permit true monoculture decks to exist; {{C|Gondor}}, {{C|Elven}}, {{C|Dwarven}}, and {{C|Gollum}} could all dispense with any {{C|Shire}} cards used to keep Frodo alive. 

Once [[Bloodlines]] was released, two new alternate Ring-bearers were made of Sam and Gandalf, allowing every [[Free Peoples]] culture except {{C|Rohan}} to have a Ring-bearer.

==Rules Entries==
{{RulesQuote
|source=Ring-bearer and The One Ring
|text=You may choose any character with the ringed resistance icon, or any version of Frodo, to be your Ring-bearer. You may choose any version of The One Ring. These two cards are not part of your draw deck (they do not count against your total of Free Peoples cards).}}
{{RulesQuote
|source=Ring-bearer
|text=One Free Peoples character always begins the game as your Ring-bearer. (See building your deck.) He bears The One Ring for you, much as when Frodo carried the Ring in his pocket or on a chain around his neck.

If a character other than Frodo is your Ring-bearer, you cannot play any version of Frodo with the Ring-bearer keyword during the game.

While wearing The One Ring, your Ring-bearer can perform all normal actions such as moving and skirmishing. He may defend against attacking minions as usual.

The Ring-bearer cannot be discarded or returned to your hand, and skirmishes involving the Ring-bearer cannot be cancelled.}}


==List of Ring-Bearers==
{{ThumbnailTable
|filter= CR.CanBearRing='1' AND {{PromoFilter}}
|sort={{StandardSort}}
}}

==Cards That Interact With the Ring-Bearer==

===Free Peoples===
{{ThumbnailTable
|filter= C.Side = 'Free Peoples' AND CR.GameText RLIKE 'Ring-bearer' AND CR.GameText NOT RLIKE '(?<!\\w )Ring-bearer \\(' AND CR.GameText NOT RLIKE '(?<!\\w )Ring-bearer\\.' AND {{PromoFilter}}
|sort={{StandardSort}}
}}

===Shadow===
{{ThumbnailTable
|filter= C.Side = 'Shadow' AND CR.GameText RLIKE 'Ring-bearer' AND CR.GameText NOT RLIKE '(?<!\\w )Ring-bearer \\(' AND CR.GameText NOT RLIKE '(?<!\\w )Ring-bearer\\.' AND {{PromoFilter}}
|sort={{StandardSort}}
}}

===Sites===
{{ThumbnailTable
|filter=  C.CardType = 'Site' AND CR.GameText RLIKE 'Ring-bearer' AND CR.GameText NOT RLIKE '(?<!\\w )Ring-bearer \\(' AND CR.GameText NOT RLIKE '(?<!\\w )Ring-bearer\\.' AND {{PromoFilter}}
|sort={{StandardSort}}
}}

===The One Ring===
{{ThumbnailTable
|filter= C.CardType = 'The One Ring' AND  CR.GameText RLIKE 'Ring-bearer' AND CR.GameText NOT RLIKE '(?<!\\w )Ring-bearer \\(' AND CR.GameText NOT RLIKE '(?<!\\w )Ring-bearer\\.' AND {{PromoFilter}} AND {{RingFilter}}
|sort={{StandardSort}}
}}
@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 == Alternate Ring-bearers ==
 At the game's initial release with [[Fellowship of the Ring]], the only playable Ring-bearer was Frodo, and if Sam was in play when he died, [[the One Ring]] would pass to Sam and you would continue on with Sam as your Ring-bearer. This remained true until the release of [[Reflections]], when 6 new '''Alternate Ring-bearers''' (or '''ARBs''') became available. Alternate Ring-Bearers represented what would happen if Frodo had given or had the [[One Ring]] taken by someone else. These ARBs typically have lower [[resistance]] than Frodo, but compensated by having higher strength or powerful effects.
-The primary impact this has was to permit true monoculture decks to exist; {{C|Gondor}}, {{C|Elven}}, {{C|Dwarven}}, and {{C|Gollum}} could all dispense with any {{C|Shire}} cards used to keep Frodo alive. Once [[Bloodlines]] was released, two new alternate Ring-bearers were made of Sam and Gandalf, allowing every [[Free Peoples]] culture except {{C|Rohan}} to have a Ring-bearer.
+The primary impact this has was to permit true monoculture decks to exist; {{C|Gondor}}, {{C|Elven}}, {{C|Dwarven}}, and {{C|Gollum}} could all dispense with any {{C|Shire}} cards used to keep Frodo alive.
-While Alternate Ring-bearers have twilight costs, the ring-bearer is "placed" on the table, not played, so the twilight cost does not need to paid. Similarly, when using {{Card|Smeagol, Bearer of Great Secrets}}, you do not need to add a burden to play him.
+Once [[Bloodlines]] was released, two new alternate Ring-bearers were made of Sam and Gandalf, allowing every [[Free Peoples]] culture except {{C|Rohan}} to have a Ring-bearer.
 ==Rules Entries==
@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 The Ring-bearer cannot be discarded or returned to your hand, and skirmishes involving the Ring-bearer cannot be cancelled.}}
-{{RulesQuote
-|source=Starting Fellowship
-|text=Your fellowship begins with a character bearing The One Ring. This can be any character with the ringed resistance icon, or any version of Frodo. That character gains the keywords Ring-bearer and Ring-bound, if he does not already have them.
-Place your Ring-bearer face up on the table. Place The One Ring under your Ring-bearer (so the title is showing) and place on him the burdens that you bid.
-You may then play other companions (not allies, possessions, artifacts, or conditions) one at a time from your draw deck, as long as the total twilight cost of these companions is 4 or less. The twilight cost of your Ring-bearer is not included in this total.}}