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Subject: Re: What is a Balrog?
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 16:26:42 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 16:26:42 1985
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> I hear so much about the `Balrog', I even have a Balrog miniature
> made by Ral-Partha.  However, I have been unable to find any
> reference to the Balrog in the TSR AD&D hardcover manuals
> (Monster Manual, MMII, Fiend Folio).
> 
	That's because TSR couldn't rip-off quite everything.  Read Tolkien.
    Repeatedly.  TSR ain't God. (Neither's Tolkien, but he had more class :-)