Balrog from Lord of the Rings (part 1)

[deathbecomesus]

LotR the fellowship was on TV tonight, of course I had to watch some of it.
Of of my FAVORITE parts (of many) is when they encounter the Balrog in the Dwarvin mines. That is such scary an awesome and terrifying scene.

My questions is has anyone tried to give Stats to this Balrog creature?
I think Gandolf says it is a Demon from the other world, Can anyone give me a little more info on this Balrog? Or direct me to some info?

THanks

 

[Muck]

 

[deathbecomesus]

HUm, what kind of reply was that

 

[msd]

Isn't it a 'Balrog'?

 

[deathbecomesus]

Yes you are right, Balrog is correct. Thanks for your correction

 

[demiurge1138]

The balrog in LOTR corresponds pretty much directly to D&D's balor.

Demiurge out.

 

[Zappo]

My questions is has anyone tried to give Stats to this Balrog creature?

For 3.5, WotC did.

 

[Kaledor]

My questions is has anyone tried to give Stats to this Balrog creature?
I think Gandolf says it is a Demon from the other world, Can anyone give me a little more info on this Balrog? Or direct me to some info?

In Tolkien, the Balrog are similar in power to lesser gods.
Ea (the one supreme god) created the Valar (the gods) and the Maiar (lesser gods or demigods?)
The Balrogs are corrupted Maiar. Sauron IS a Balrog if that gives you any indication of their power --granted it's written that he is the greatest of those that have names, but still that gives you an indication that they are more than simple demons. They are supposed to be unstoppable by mortals. Gandolf

Spoiler

only defeats one because he's not mortal .

-- not sure if that really needed a spoiler or not or if should be assumed that EVERYONE has seen the movies

So, If I were to stat them out it wouldn't be too far out of the question to give them Divine Ranks (definitely less than 10... I'd probably give them about 1 or 2??) Have to give it more thought.

But definitely in appearance and attacks and special abilities, they are the Balor in the MM.
I just think that the Balor are much weaker compared to the official Balrog.

 

[Aaron L]

60 hit die balor with divine rank 0 woudnt be to far off, Id say. That'll get you the "Swords are no more use here!" effect you'd want

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Naw, that's a bit much. Glorfindel singlehandedly killed one in the passes above Gondolin, didn't he? I think that just using balor stats'd work fine.