I want to point out that while, yes, Gimli DID set out with the Fellowship, etc,
Dwarf of Erebor depicts him ARRIVING at
the Council of Elrond. LATER versions of him would work better with Fellowship characters. Also, we don't actually see him in a close-knit relationship with the other characters until the Two Towers, and the game DOES show that pretty well already, so, the characteristics of this Gimli toward other races would be:
-Grateful to
;
-Indifferent to
and
;
-Does not like and does not trust
;
-Is oblivious to
.
Which would mean it should basically work within the
/
theme, which I thik is actually nice, since very few cards enfoce this theme (which SHOULD be there, story-wise AND movie-wise), since both cultures tend to be card-heavy, meaning decks end up going HUGE.
To work with the idea I gave previously, but without using Tokens (although I actually do not see any harm in it, for clarification purposes - and, as a side note, people need to stop posting Gimlis with resistance values, he has a SIGNET, people!), I'd suggest one of the following versions (or an amalgamation of them):
•Gimli, Dwarf of Erebor (V) Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Signet: Aragorn
Damage +1.While you can spot Gandalf, all your
conditions are
tales.
Regroup: Exert Gimli twice to play a
condition from your discard pile.
Explanation: Due to Gandalf's role in assisting the Dwarves, it's only logical he'd be part of their tales. It pairs up nicely with the idea of playing a Dwarven deck with a Gandalf thrown in for good measure (without needing a bunch of cards to be anything than an extra companion that does not forward the strategy at all), specially if we're talking about a deck with Gloin.
•Gimli, Dwarf of Erebor (V) Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Signet: Aragorn
Damage +1.While Gimli is
damage +2,
conditions in play are
tales.
While Gimli is
damage +3, all Free Peoples conditions in play are
tales.
While Gimli is
damage +4, all Free Peoples conditions are
tales.
Explanation: This Gimli is a throwback to the first one I suggested, giving the possibility of not being so narrow (but, if played as a narrow card, being way better, since you need a single condition you'd otherwise not play -
Lord of Moria - or
Gimli's Battle axe to turn him on). However, if played as a not-narrow card, you need to jump through some hoops to make him work, stacking your deck a little, meaning it makes deckbuilding harder (which is a pro, IMO).
•Gimli, Dwarf of Erebor (V) Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Signet: Aragorn
Damage +1.Skirmish: Discard a tale to make a companion of that tale's culture strength +2.
Explanation: This is the most bland version of
Dwarf of Erebor I could come up with and still like. The idea is simple, as they share stories, their bond strenghtens and they grow stronger. This shows the start of the process. It still plays well with Dwarves in Fellowship Block, just not so Gloin-oriented (still good enough with him as well, though).