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* SeenItAll: Conan's reaction to [[spoiler: Pelias in eagle form taking off with Tsotha-Lanti's head, and Tsotha's headless corpse pursuing him]] basically boils down to "figures the blasted wizards are bad news, [[INeedAFreakingDrink where's the wine?]]".
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* SeenItAll: Conan's reaction to [[spoiler: Pelias in eagle form taking off with Tsotha-Lanti's head, and Tsotha's headless corpse pursuing him]] basically boils down to "figures the blasted wizards are bad news, [[INeedAFreakingDrink where's the wine?]]"
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* BondVillainStupidity: Tsotha-lanti is probably the reigning champion of this trope in fantasy literature. The mad sorcerer has [[WorldsGreatestWarrior Conan, King of Aquilonia]] ''completely'' at his mercy after paralyzing him in the first chapter, but [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim instead of killing him]] opts to cart him back to Khorshemesh [[EvilGloating to gloat to him]] and then offer to buy him off. When the barbarian predictably refuses, Tsotha has him tossed into his dungeons to be eaten by a giant snake. Even this would have doomed the barbarian for good, as the only ways out of it are through a door that cannot be opened from inside by even the strongest demons imprisoned down there and a well that is implied to lead to hell itself. However, Conan is able to escape because he stumbles upon and rescues Pelias, ''another'' mortal enemy of Tsotha-lanti whom he opted to imprison and torture down there instead of just executing, and whose magic powers are just what Conan needs to be able to escape. Their unlikely alliance is the only thing that puts a stop to his EvilPlan, which up to that point was going completely perfectly. Few villains before or since have been able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory quite like Tsotha-lanti.
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* BondVillainStupidity: Tsotha-lanti is probably the reigning champion of this trope in fantasy literature. The mad sorcerer has [[WorldsGreatestWarrior Conan, King of Aquilonia]] ''completely'' at his mercy after paralyzing him in the first chapter, but [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim instead of killing him]] opts to cart him back to Khorshemesh [[EvilGloating to gloat to him]] and then offer to buy him off. When the barbarian predictably refuses, Tsotha has him tossed into his dungeons to be eaten by a giant snake. Even this would have doomed the barbarian for good, as the only ways out of it are through a door that cannot be opened from inside by even the strongest demons imprisoned down there and a well that is implied to lead to hell itself. However, Conan is able to escape because he stumbles upon and rescues Pelias, ''another'' mortal enemy of Tsotha-lanti whom he opted to imprison and torture down there instead of just executing, and whose magic powers are just what Conan needs to be able to escape. Their unlikely alliance is the only thing that puts a stop to his EvilPlan, which up to that point was going completely perfectly. Few villains before or since have been able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory quite like Tsotha-lanti. At least he has the courage to admit his own stupidity once he sees the results.
