Re: Middle Earth vs Narnia
Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
The LOTR section seems to be dead...Anyway, who wins in this epic war? Sauron/Aslan and below allowed, this is third age Middle Earth only that Gondor is restored to it's former height.
BTW, please be honest and don't only vote for LOTR/Narnia because you like them more.
Is this like asking who would win between the modern US and ancient Rome?
Originally posted by Ace of Knaves
Is this like asking who would win between the modern US and ancient Rome?
No, it's not. I'm don't know who'd win, but you're probably just saying that because you are a LOTR fan...
I forgot to specify: this is Narnia at it's peak.
Narnia and LOTR are on about the same tech level, so no this isn't a spite unlike what some fanboys think. LOTR might win, but it isn't a WTF pwn.
Originally posted by celestialdemon
Middle Earth wins. Tom Bombadil and the Grey Host would be too much to deal with.
Narnia and LOTR are on about the same tech level, so no this isn't a spite unlike what some fanboys think. LOTR might win, but it isn't a WTF pwn.
Not so.
Gondor has numbers, discipline, arms, leadership and applied magic the likes of which Narnia cannot fathom. Even if you let the (mostly) speculative 'adult' High Kings/Queens participate with the army they mustered to try to deal w/Radagast, this remains a stomp.
Unless. If you allow WTF SPITE magick like Jadis's Universal_Kill spell or Aslans... Emperor beyond the Sea charism then Narnia takes this. (Even that is debatable b/c Aslan "plays by the rules of the world" and Jadis can't really win for her faction.) ((I take it back. Narnia has some sort of sorcerer capable of genocidal transmogrification.))
But really. From a purely militaristic standpoint, Gondor takes this. If we factor in magic (ignoring the Allegory of Aslan and speculation about Bombadil) then the gap narrows. The vagueness of Aslan's combat utility makes me doubt if he would be able to take Aragorn, let alone Gandalf. (Lord help him if He met Sauron or even Saruman. Fireball +2d6) In the final analysis, Gondor is superior to Narnia in terms of military power, unless speculation (or self pwnge) is allowed to count for Narnia.
Originally posted by Red Nemesis
QFTNot so.
Gondor has numbers, discipline, arms, leadership and applied magic the likes of which Narnia cannot fathom. Even if you let the (mostly) speculative 'adult' High Kings/Queens participate with the army they mustered to try to deal w/Radagast, this remains a stomp.
Unless. [b]If
you allow WTF SPITE magick like Jadis's Universal_Kill spell or Aslans... Emperor beyond the Sea charism then Narnia takes this. (Even that is debatable b/c Aslan "plays by the rules of the world" and Jadis can't really win for her faction.) ((I take it back. Narnia has some sort of sorcerer capable of genocidal transmogrification.))But really. From a purely militaristic standpoint, Gondor takes this. If we factor in magic (ignoring the Allegory of Aslan and speculation about Bombadil) then the gap narrows. The vagueness of Aslan's combat utility makes me doubt if he would be able to take Aragorn, let alone Gandalf. (Lord help him if He met Sauron or even Saruman. Fireball +2d6) In the final analysis, Gondor is superior to Narnia in terms of military power, unless speculation (or self pwnge) is allowed to count for Narnia. [/B]
I admit: from a military standpoint Middle Earth is FAR superior to Narnia, especially since Narnia is just one kingdom whereas all of Middle Earth is multiple kingdoms. However, Aslan has shown to perform ridiculous feats, plus at the end he basically DESTROYED all of time...
Originally posted by Red Nemesis
He hasn't applied it to combat. It's great that he can set off Armageddon, but can heplay Foosballuse that in battle?He doesn't seem to have a very useful place in warfare.
He causes Armegeddon, and forgive me if I'm wrong but wouldn't that destroy Middle Earth? Plus, it simply shows how powerful Aslan is, and that he isn't just a talking lion.
"applied magic?" Unlike in say DnD in Middle Earth magic ISN'T universally practiced except for by the Istari and such.