Are elves stupid ?

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Originally Posted by Alcarillo

Dwarves are more resistant to fire than elves, if I remember correctly..

yes i to remember that, but was there not a time were Turin alone withstood Glaurung and was it not a dwarven armour witch made this posibel.

(I belive so, but not 100 % sure)

[Gurthang]

Actually, Turin deafeated Glaurung by an indirect attack. He came up underneath him when Glaurung was trying to cross a ravine. Turin drove his sword, Gurthang( ), into Glaurung's belly. So I don't think his armor had anything to do with his fight with Glaurung. (Unless they fought at another time that I am unaware of.)

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Yeah i was thinking of the fall of Nargothrond.

And it was a dwarf mask (Just been checking)

[Thinlómien]

And what could elves have done to the dragon? Try to invade Angband and say: "Hey, we came to kill the dragon, no harm to you others!"? And how could they know how to protect themselves from the dragon? They maybe just saw this simple: it as another Morgoth's dangerous monster should be fought against as any another Morgoth's monster, not as a special threat. Dangerous maybe - like balrogs - but not so special.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

And what could elves have done to the dragon? Try to invade Angband and say: "Hey, we came to kill the dragon, no harm to you others!"? And how could they know how to protect themselves from the dragon? They maybe just saw this simple: it as another Morgoth's dangerous monster should be fought against as any another Morgoth's monster, not as a special threat. Dangerous maybe - like balrogs - but not so special.

I was just thinking that when you encounter creatures witch inflicets so much damage, then it would only be natural to try and figuere out ways to kill them.

And as i said earlyer thy saw how well the dwarves armour worked (compared to others) then why not try to copy it ?

But as you say they might have just thought: oh another monster!

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

And as i said earlyer thy saw how well the dwarves armour worked (compared to others) then why not try to copy it ?

Perhaps their armors had advantages of their own...

[Tuor in Gondolin]

This is an interesting topic. You'd think that the elves, given both
the concern of Maedros to contain Morgoth and the Feanor genes in
Maedros and his brothers that some Noldor would have come up with
some sort of anti-dragon weapon (a crosbow equivalent?) or perhaps
an anti-dragon poison gas. Or, since early dragons couldn't fly, some sort
of entangling ropes, wires, etc. ,perhaps some sort of deadfall traps,
orbright, flashing lights.