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He knew what he was doing (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] samus12345 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You really think any of them were high enough level to take on that Balrog? He was looking out for them! No group XP in LotR, otherwise Gandalf could have spent a few days powerleveling them beforehand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also they were on similar level, Gandalf and the balrog, it's a boss enemy he'd be on fairly equal footing if he was allowed to be his full divine abilities. The rest may have been able to take it on if they were willing to die, since I believe that's the only way that balrogs were killed in the past by great elf warriors.

[–] samus12345 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No rezzes in LotR (unless you're a Maia like Gandalf), so definitely not worth it. The quest was too important!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Technically the elves can come back, they usually just don't want to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm fairly sure that this is technically true, but basically only because Tolkien accidentally named two different characters Glorfindel and decided to explain it away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

My favorite is how Fëanor was such a shitty little kid that his mom asked the gods to invent death so she could get some sleep.