Gandalf as patron?

[cad1132]

I wonder if there will be any rules down the line for taking Gandalf as a patron? I was sure Rivendell would provide them, as he seems to spend a lot of time in Eriador.

I know the Loremaster can just use the rules as is to make Gandalf a patron, but I think he's a special kind of patron in need of a little more detail as to what patronage under Gandalf would imply, as well as a write-up of his in-game abilities. We get such write-ups for important patrons with special abilities like Elrond, Radagast and Beorn. I think Gandalf would make the ultimate patron, considering his errands take him all over Middle-earth. Heroes would have a wide variety of adventure seeds stemming from Gandalf. Particularly errands against The Enemy, as he is Gandalf's chiefest concern.

[Terisonen]

He has at least sponsorized two Fellowship, for all we know

[Beran]

I'm sure he will be included sometime in the release schedule. Though you pretty much use the same rules under Radagast I would think.

[Angelalex242]

They don't need to make rules for Gandalf as a Patron.

Professor Tolkien conveniently gave us 4 whole books on what he does as a Patron. It's pretty easy to extrapolate from that.

Notably, he is considerably more 'hands on' then any other Patron.

[Stormcrow]

Here are the required rules for Gandalf:

"You know what Gandalf is like, right? Do that."

Edit: Drat! Ninja'd by Angelalex242!

[Rich H]

Section on pages 8 and 9 for Patron Benefits: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/795 ... 0Rules.pdf ... of which Gandalf is one.