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Gandalf was only a Fifth Level Magic-User!

Started by Calithena, August 30, 2007, 02:37:52 PM

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Elfdart

#150
October 17, 2012, 08:06:00 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;591658Yeah, I always thought that the whole "gandalf was 5th level" was silly, when based on the actual material from Tolkien, Gandalf was actually a sort of Angel.

RPGPundit

Pretty weak angel.
Jesus Fucking Christ, is this guy honestly that goddamned stupid? He can\'t understand the plot of a Star Wars film? We\'re not talking about "Rashomon" here, for fuck\'s sake. The plot is as linear as they come. If anything, the film tries too hard to fill in all the gaps. This guy must be a flaming retard.  --Mike Wong on Red Letter Moron\'s review of The Phantom Menace

TristramEvans

#151
October 17, 2012, 08:48:29 PM
Quote from: Elfdart;592179Pretty weak angel.

Yeah, he only engineered the fall of the dark lord, restored the true heir to the throne, and ushered in the 4th age...


But, as much as Gandalf was an angel, in appearance and personality he was actually Tolkien's version of Woden.

SkarnkaiLW

#152
October 18, 2012, 08:30:35 PM
Yep, D&D does not model Middle Earth well, except possibly the 1st Age. Gandalf was a a kind of divine being or as other said an Angel (Planatar level perhaps). The Valar and sent him and the other Istari to Middle Earth not to oppose Sauron with force of spell or arms. The Valar were reluctant to do so based upon the myriad of troubles such conflicts had caused in the past, most notably the march of the Valar against Melkor at the end of the 1st Age (and the resulting Breaking of the World).

Lots of interpretations are possible on this point but they are pretty irrelevant, I think.

Novastar

#153
October 23, 2012, 11:55:35 PM
Or...Gandalf just had a good PR publicist! :p
Quote from: dragoner;776244Mechanical character builds remind me of something like picking the shoe in monopoly, it isn\'t what I play rpg\'s for.
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