Why I now think that Elrond will be conceptually even more broken than is now?
Instant refreshment fits to Galadriel, she instanly refreshed Frodo and Gandalf in the movie, not Elrond, Elrond was well known healer and healed Frodo, but it took quite a time.
Horse - do we have any precedent from the game that horse skill is combined with passive ability? For me it's quite odd.
And concerning Vilya ... I don't know, invincibility sounded magically, -100% sounds like some debuff ... yes, Angmar fortress, but honestly I also don't know how snowstorm can make things invincible.
There must be something more powerful, magical, and balance-wiser, than this ... I am sure of it, we just don't have in front of our nose for now, we should keep discussing ...
Instant refreshment does fit Galadriel, I agree, and that's why she will fully refresh the target hero, including health. Ergo: a unique, complete kind of restoration. The one Elrond performs we could regard as a secondary hero-supporter trait of his, which doesn't interfere with Arwen's influence (she heals only). I think it's a reasonable addition to enrich his power set with, as the banishment is for Galadriel (a mass-slayer and hero-interferer trait). Plus, it has more to do with Rivendell's renowned fame as a resting place, rather than the Lord's own healing knowledge.
I don't think we have one, but it makes enormous sense: I consider the horse as an integral part of his 'ancient equipment', when he would lead Elven battalions to war, during his years at the service of Gil-galad (as his most trusted herald). Also, it's possible to merge the two abilities together, since one of them is passive (it would not be as nice, say, if we were to combine Gandalf's mount with one of his super-active abilities).
I fear there is no other (suitable) alternative to preservation from all kinds of damage, even though it's not sheer invincibility (that carries the mentioned complications). Searching to and fro, within the good side, I cannot find anything worth choosing: healing is already taken and resistance against nature-type damages belongs to Narya. Remember that we also need to make sure that Vilya's effect surpasses Nenya's in might; concerning its whole magical feeling, I'm working with Aulë on some ideas for a decently satisfying rendition.
I don't believe he would end up being broken, role-wise. As you've written in your previous comment, our intent has never been centred on roles. We just wanted to focus a little bit more on mass-slaying skills, while correcting Vilya (which is my foremost goal). The current compromise leaves things quite unaltered, given that he's still going to be a mass-slayer, with a hero-supporter aspect. If anything, he's now stronger and more useful in combat, but this has been balanced through his suggested 3000-resource price.
Hey there, friends of old!
I see that many of those who comment desire things that maybe be against lore, to them -and also to the fellow edain companions- i ask:
Who is Elrond witthout Vilya?
Because we have dear Tiberius & Walküre explaining what are the elven rings and more properly Vilya and its power.
If something may fit the ring bearers -save Frodo & ring heroes- is that the double palantir should be aplied. Because it is not only one single power that the ring gives to them.
In the end i think we should first debate what can Elrond do without the mightiest of the three for he never shown he had it but did use it when it might.
He has never summoned mobile tornadoes, to be sure
Vilya's powers are quite tricky to debate, as they're overall very similar to what Nenya does. In the books, we have ample evidence of the wonders that both Rings have accomplished; on top of all, the fact of establishing two timeless sanctuaries in Middle-earth, immune to decay and evil. The fact is, though, we are never told about what really makes Vilya superior and higher in status, apart from Imladris mirroring the Lonely Island beyond the sundering seas. According to an interpretation I've once come across, the Ring of Air might be endowed with an additional global effect: maintaining a minimum level of order and peace in the world, though wars and hardship are not necessarily avoided. I'm striving and doing my utmost best to portray such themes in the most lore-accurate way possible
By the way, thank you for following forum discussions after so much time. I always remember you with fondness