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CuriousG
Gondor
Nov 19 2012, 10:08pm
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I think Gandalf was making the distinction between the beast (killable) and the Nazgul riding it (not killable). Calling it a "Winged Messenger" might be a bit confusing since Nazgul don't have wings (unlike balrogs), and it was just riding a winged beast.
As for killing or maiming Nazgul, my own guess is that an arrow wouldn't even stick to a Nazgul, so there would be no need to pluck it out, other than sticking to its clothing as a nuisance. When Frodo stabbed at the Nazgul on Weathertop, he only succeeded in ripping its clothing, and Aragorn says that if Frodo had connected with the wraith's "body," then his sword would be gone, since all blades perish that strike those deathless creatures. (Except the Barrow-blades, of course, but no one seemed to know that.) Which makes me think an arrow would perish also.
You raise a thorny point, since the Nazgul were somehow robbed of their corporeal bodies by the Bruinen flood. Was it just the water, or Elrond and Gandalf's power in the water that made them mostly harmless ghosts until Sauron put them back together again? What happens if they fall off of the top of Barad-dur--do they lose their bodies, or get up and dust themselves off? The rules aren't clear how you can rob them of their physical form without killing them.
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Legolas in FOTR
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iandea14
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Nov 19 2012, 6:51am
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Gandalf says so
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sador
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Nov 19 2012, 7:40am
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How does Gandalf know this stuff?
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squire
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Nov 19 2012, 12:52pm
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TTT
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iandea14
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Nov 19 2012, 2:57pm
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Yes. Book III, ch. 5. //
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sador
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Nov 19 2012, 2:59pm
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Uglúk gets in on this too
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Felagund
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Nov 27 2012, 1:48pm
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slaying with arrows
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Elthir
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Nov 19 2012, 7:01pm
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So they are semi-physical?
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CuriousG
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Nov 19 2012, 10:08pm
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physical but invisible maybe
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Elthir
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Nov 20 2012, 7:00pm
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