Elves were absolutely brutal, they slaughtered each other and had all sorts of fun with axes and what not. There were -single- elves who could fell Balrogs. There seems to be something much larger going on in the background (willpower, fate, spirit, call it what you will). Then, in Tolkien's works, it dosn't come down to Physical strenght and martial prowess in most fights. would be volunteers, for the good of all and what not. The story has very much plot-holes and things what don't make sense (why not send more elves with the hobbit? There sure as H.
To talk about LOTR this way requires a bit deeper knowledge of the lore (for the discussion to be in any way accurate) than just converting them all to D&D.įirst of all, main characters on this journey are not your 'normal' folk of their people (well, are people in D&D? I think all the 'main characters' in any D&D game are like The Fellowship - Heroes), except for Legolas and the Hobbitses.Įlves in Tolkien's works are simply put: OP.
