Hi Hayden, Well, the Ladon and the Hydra were both Greek versions of dragons so we can assume they are at least dragonlike. The Hydra had a number of abilities like the ability to breath fire, another head could freeze you to death, and it also could breath out poison to poison you to death. Kind of like a dragon with some very nasty extra bilities. So we can assume it probably had scales although nothing is really said one way or another in the 12 trials of Hercules.
The Ladon on the other hand is more of a triditional dragon. We see it featured in Jason and the Argonaughts, and from the movie's point-of-view it is more of a triditional dragon. Although, the actual Greek legend describes it simply as a giant serpant that breaths fire. So with a lot of these things the actual nature of the creature is open to some interpretation. For example, in the classic NES game, "Battle of Olympus," one of your tasks is to defeat a Hydra. The way you actually kill/defeat it is totally different from Hercules method. You get a magic staff that shoots fire, and you use the staf to hit and burn the creature to death. Kind of strange, but no other weapon in the game has much effect on it. However, In Battle of Olympus the Nemean Lion is more true to the actual one Hercules faught. You can't kill it with swords, nives, fire, or anything else. You basically just have to beat it to death with the club.Although, Hercules actually knocked it out with the club and strangled it to death, but that is a small and miner deviation from the story. Here is another example. In Titan Quest one of the major boss battles involves a conflict between you and the tthree gorgon sisters, Euryale, Medusa, and Stheno. Now, strictly speaking the only reason Medusa could be slane is she got crosswise with Athena, and Athena turned Medusa into a mortal. Her other sisters, Euryale and Stheno, were immortals and could not be slane by any mortal blade. Titan Quest seams to overlook that fact and you can pretty much take out all three with standard weaponry. No special weapons etc needed. Vidio games and movies do this kind of thing all the time to balance out difficulty. If you had to actually battle two immortals with standard weaponry then obviously it would end up in a slotter with you on the losing side. <hdpres...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Muhammed, > No real point in doing that. I'm not even sure the Hydra was scaled. > > Best Regards, > Hayden --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
