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Army Encounter
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Free Peoples: Supposed to have no effect. However, has been known to attack a North Gondor and an Eothraim army. (Bobbins)
Neutral: ?
Dark Servants: Influences away population centres and disbands armies. (Bobbins)
Saruman carries the artifact Glosovagil (#162), Combat +1500. Can this be stolen?
Will improve command rank, possibly mage rank or emissary rank. Might teach mages a lost list spell. Saruman has been known to grant mage skill to a character who didn't have it prior to the encounter. Saruman's ranks are as follows: Command 30-39, Agent 10-19, Emissary 70-79, Mage 100+. Base challenge rank for Saruman is thought to be around 123+. Saruman carries artifact 162, Glosovagil, which gives him a +30 to his challenge rank.
Encounters with wizards are always army encounters; they'll ignore individual characters. If an evil or neutral army is unfortunate enough to run into one of these folks, they'll cause the loss of several hundred troops (up to one thousand). If a good army moves into their location, they'll provide benefits.