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Message: <blockquote data-quote="whatisitgoodfor" data-source="post: 1285186" data-attributes="member: 932">The thing to realize about Gandalf is that he isn't a Magic User (the old class) or Wizard/Sorceror. He's a bard. If you look at the spells that he casts, and his general behavior, he fits the archetype for a scholar type bard almost exactly. He spends the majority of his time performing for groups of people (most notably the hobbits, who he also likes to study). [humor] He also exhibits one of the other major signs of being a bard in his pursuit of a same sex relationship with Bilbo and later Frodo. [/humor]You also need to remember that Wizard was a race in Middle Earth (most likely a level adjusted one that gave a few spell like abilities like speak with animals.)</blockquote>