Why no Balrog?

[Zenithfleet]

Yes, I know Balrogs are from Lord of the Rings...

But come on, you know what I mean. Kellar's Keep is clearly a rip-off... er... homage to the Mines of Moria.

And the Gargoyle, despite being an old-school D&D monster, has a miniature resembling a statue of a Warhammer Bloodthirster (daemon of Chaos). Which was itself a rip-off... er... homage to the Balrog. Whip and flaming sword and all.

So why didn't this Quest Pack include some kind of encounter with a totally-not-Balrog? The Guardian at the end of the last quest doesn't cut it. How did they miss such an obvious opportunity for a ri... homage?

After seeing so many statues of Bloodthirsters throughout the HQ world, wouldn't it be a fun and scary twist to get really far into Kellar's Keep and run into the actual horror they depict? A real Bloodthirster, vastly stronger than any Gargoyle, which you could nonetheless represent with your trusty Garg model from the base game?

"This foe is beyond any of you..." RUN AWAY!

Just needs the bridge tile from Against the Ogre Horde. Or, in a pinch, grab those two double-blocked-square markers and flip them upside down to give a nice black 'abyss' on either side of a narrow bridge.

[Malcadon]

Here:

Burning Fury The Lord of Inferno and Rage who want to see the world engulf in Hell's fire!

Movement	Attack Dice	Defense Dice	Body Points	Mind Points
8	5	4	6	4

Notes: Large, Spellcaster

The Burning Fury can cast the following Chaos spells: Courage, Fire of Wrath, Ball of Flames, Firestorm, Wall of Flames and Restore Chaos. Zargon can choose an additional 6 Chaos spells for the Burning Fury from any of the Chaos spells in the Game System, with the exception of the Escape spell.

Wall of Flames works just like Ice Wall, but passing though it means taking damage just like being hit with Ball of Flames with damage being automatic for each turn a Hero remains on a Wall of Flames tile. The Wall of Flames tiles only be dispelled by Air spells: Tempest spell removes a single tile; Genie removes all tiles. The Swift Wind spell allows a Hero to safely move through Wall of Flames tiles.

When a monster takes up more than one square (the Burning Fury, for instance), that monster can attack anyone on any adjacent square (including diagonally), even if the monster's figure is facing away from the target.

Reaper Miniatures produces a number of affordable demons and devil minis that can be used for a HeroQuest Balrog.

Enjoy!

[cornixt]

Should that be Burning Fury? A furry is someone who plays an animal character.

[Kurgan]

Perhaps the Dwarves didn't dig down deep enough...



Spoiler: There's a Balrog like creature in Prophecy of Telor.

[wallydubbs]

Maybe just for Copyright infringement...