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Subject: Re: What is a Balrog?
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 21:16:37 EDT
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> [you turn the corner and see a line-eater bug!]
> 
> 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).
> 
> Before I go ahead and use the stats for a `Demon - Type VI (Balor)',
> can anyone clue me in on the real stats for the Balrog, and why they
> don't appear in the manuals (was there some sort of copyright dispute -
> like when Melnibonean Mythos disappeared from the Demigods & Dieties
> manual)?
> rob
> {allegra,ihnp4,decvax}!philabs!hhb!rob

Well, here we go again.  The Balrog (you remember--it killed Gandalf temp-
orarily in LotR) appeared in the original (white box) D&D rules as a very  
tough demon-type critter.  If you don't have access to those rules, use the
Type VI demon--it's similar.

--Mr. Blore, the DJ (or DM?) who would not die! (aka Steve Howard)