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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9364798" data-attributes="member: 6684958">This part&nbsp; act.depends on your rules, reality, setting and game world.Gandalf is the wise old one, there to guide and give advice.&nbsp; Gandalf could have just flown over to the Shire on a Giant Eagle and flown the ring over and dropped it in Mt. Doom easy.&nbsp; But he does not.&nbsp; He does the whole &quot;well Frodo guess you gotta walk there&quot; act.&nbsp; And then he acts like he can't use any real magic and lets everyone else &quot;save the world&quot;.Though, of course, Gandalf is not a Wizard....he is an Angel and he is not &quot;allowed&quot; to directly effect the lives of mortals.And as a character in a typical D&amp;D game, Gandalf would not be a great character.&nbsp; Cast light once, and then just sit around and watch the other players play....is not that much fun.&nbsp; Even if you make him a fighter/mage so he can do two points of damage with a sword.A wizard with only a couple spells is boring.&nbsp; Even if they are more universal type spells.&nbsp; The wizard can only do a couple tricks once in a while.&nbsp; The rest of the time they sit around and do nothing. And it is no fun to do nothing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9364798, member: 6684958"] This part act.depends on your rules, reality, setting and game world. Gandalf is the wise old one, there to guide and give advice. Gandalf could have just flown over to the Shire on a Giant Eagle and flown the ring over and dropped it in Mt. Doom easy. But he does not. He does the whole "well Frodo guess you gotta walk there" act. And then he acts like he can't use any real magic and lets everyone else "save the world". Though, of course, Gandalf is not a Wizard....he is an Angel and he is not "allowed" to directly effect the lives of mortals. And as a character in a typical D&D game, Gandalf would not be a great character. Cast light once, and then just sit around and watch the other players play....is not that much fun. Even if you make him a fighter/mage so he can do two points of damage with a sword. A wizard with only a couple spells is boring. Even if they are more universal type spells. The wizard can only do a couple tricks once in a while. The rest of the time they sit around and do nothing. And it is no fun to do nothing. [/QUOTE]

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