Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-25129884-20170725163319/@comment-67.197.215.234-20170726135302

Tolkien never definitively stated how many Balrogs there were, though, did he? I know that in some places he said seven, but in other places he makes it seem as though there could (or would) have been many more. It seems all a bit unclear to me, kind of like an origin story for orcs. In my opinion the Balrog "system", if you will, will need to be entirely changed to more strongly reflect what we do know from the books. Thindithron is probably for all practical purposes correct that there were only a very few Balrogs (seven) and in this case, finding and killing multiple ones in Utumno seems a bit far-fetched. But that could be a whole 'nother topic for debate: would a player even be strong enough to face a Balrog? Only the heroes of the first age were, really. But I won't get off on that side discussion. My point is that, well, all the Balrog mechanics will eventually need to be greatly re-worked.