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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ron" data-source="post: 1712040" data-attributes="member: 1020">Yours is not a bad reasoning. However, except for the Balrog confrontation, Gandalf doesn't appears to be able to produce magic in the same rate of a high level D&D wizard. I wonder if the fire ring he uses wouldn't protect him entirely from fire based attacks, denying the Balrog of his best weapons. This is certainly a problem of inadequacy of D&D, which was not written to emulate LotR. As such, I am not confortable to give him more than a 7th level of an arcane caster class. I am starting to think of him as a Sorcerer, as he doesn't appear to need books. I would also add some levels as expert (about five or six) to give him all the ranks of several knowledge skills he would need and, finally, high ability scores (what about Str 12, Dex 14, Con 18, Int 17, Wis 21, Cha 22?) and the half-Celestial template, to justify his excellent fighting skills (I can't see him as a fighter or warrior, although the paladin idea was a pretty good one), fantastic perception, diplomatic capability, and the fact that he's not human anyway.Aragorn sounds to me as a 12th level ranger, perhaps a little more, whereas Boromir, Legolas, and Gimli would be 10th level fighters. The hobbits would be 1st to 2nd level in the beginning, although they should be about 5th level by the end of the book.Anybody would try the cast from The Three Musketeers (as in the beginning of the book)? Here's my shot:Athos N 1st/6th level Aristocrat/Fighter (high Cha)Porthos (C)N 1st/4th level Aristocrat/Fighter (high Str, low Wis)Aramis N 3rd/2nd level Aristocrat/Fighter D'Artagnan (C)N 2nd level Fighter (high physical ability scores)Richelieu LN 7th level Expert (high Int, Wis, and Cha)Rocheford LN 4th level Aristocrat Milady NE 8th level Rogue (high ability scores, specially Cha)</blockquote>

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