Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-33719810-20180317041546/@comment-32013442-20180317065534

In simple terms, the rings of power are boosters. They take who you are, and multiply it exponentially.

The humans? You a great warrior? You become greater still. You a powerful wizard/sorcerer? More power still.

The dwarves? You wealthy? More wealthy still.

The elves? Again, everything you have is amplified. More power, more skill, more mastery in all things you can do.

The downside to all this? All of your worst attributes are amplified assell. Humans? Our iniquity/bent towards evil is amplified. Dwarves? Greeeeeeeeeed. The elves? Not sure, since they took their rings off when they felt the presence of Sauron.

But the 3 elvish rings? They are special. They did not belong to Sauron. They belonged to Celebrimbor the elven smith. Sauron still had power over them/a direct connection to them via the one ring, but because Sauron did not have a hand in making them, these 3 rings are not inherently corrupting.

So what does the one ring do? Well, it amplifies the wearers abilities exponentially as well, but far more so than the other rings. It is also the most corrupting of the rings, being an extension of Sauron himself. This is why only he can control the one ring. It belongs to him alone. Even if anyone else had the strength of will to bend it to his service, it would corrupt him utterly.