During the past few hours, a stranger appeared in our camp. Snatches of song had been heard from within the forest, sometimes very close to our paths our troops have taken. On a few occasions, some of the troops had seen glimpses of this man who can best be described as being bigger than a Hobbit but smaller than a Man. He claimed that his name was Tom Bombadil and he seemed to be a very merry fellow. We invited him to sup with us, and he regaled us with stories well into the night. In the morning he was gone, but our food supplies seemed to have been replenished.
Army Encounter
1409 or 1310 as reported locations
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Dave Rossell and Rochelle Neuman report that after a visit to Rochelle's army, Tom raise the morale a few points but did nothing else useful. Bear in mind that it appears that Tom's influence may be variable. (Bobbins)
Virtually nothing is known about this encounter except that it exists. No one knows if Tom is an army encounter, a character encounter, or both. Tom's ranks are as follows: Command 100+, Agent 100+, Emissary 100+, Mage 100+, and has a challenge rank of 156+. He does not appear to react to characters, so he may be an army encounter under special circumstances. The following is the first and only direct encounter with Tom Bombadil that I've heard of. Note that this was an army encounter, not a character encounter, and no options were given.
[net effect: +3000 food to the army, about three turns worth for that army, and below]
[On the character turn result for the same turn for Finlous was the following message]
She had a special encounter. See Encounter Messages. Scouting was performed by Radagast the Brown. A scout of the area was attempted. Foreign armies identified: None. See report below.
[The area scouted by Radagast was on the east side of the map and contained no armies. He believes it was a random hex, as he had no reason to be interested in the area. He said that Tom Bombadil had no other effect on the character or the army.]