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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7696525" data-attributes="member: 1">This article from Dragon Magazine, back in 1977, is likely very familiar to many of you (feel free to yawn - this item isn't for you!) However, there are many newer fans of D&amp;D who don't even remember Dragon Magazine, let alone issues from nearly 40 years ago. In the article, Bill Seligman posits that Gandalf was merely a 5th level magic-user. Given Cubicle 7's recent announcement about <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3300-D-D-comes-to-Middle-Earth-(from-Cubicle-7)" target="_blank">an official Middle Earth setting for D&amp;D</a>, it seems like a nostalgia piece worth revisiting. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]Some folks I hear discussing this topic these days take the position that Gandalf is actually a paladin. Certainly &quot;wizards&quot; in Tolkien's works aren't the same magic-missile-throwing folks as in regular D&amp;D; in fact there are only five wizards in the whole of Middle Earth - and at least one of them (the 7th Doctor) is very clearly a druid.What do you think?&nbsp; Is Gandalf a 5th level magic-user? What about in 5th Edition, given the upcoming Middle Earth release? I'm sure Cubicle 7 will tells for certain this summer, but until then...
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[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7696525, member: 1"] This article from [I]Dragon Magazine[/I], back in 1977, is likely very familiar to many of you (feel free to yawn - this item isn't for you!) However, there are many newer fans of D&D who don't even remember [I]Dragon Magazine[/I], let alone issues from nearly 40 years ago. In the article, Bill Seligman posits that Gandalf was merely a 5th level magic-user. Given Cubicle 7's recent announcement about [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3300-D-D-comes-to-Middle-Earth-(from-Cubicle-7)"]an official Middle Earth setting for D&D[/URL], it seems like a nostalgia piece worth revisiting. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Some folks I hear discussing this topic these days take the position that Gandalf is actually a paladin. Certainly "wizards" in Tolkien's works aren't the same magic-missile-throwing folks as in regular D&D; in fact there are only five wizards in the whole of Middle Earth - and at least one of them (the 7th Doctor) is very clearly a druid. What do you think? Is Gandalf a 5th level magic-user? What about in 5th Edition, given the upcoming Middle Earth release? I'm sure Cubicle 7 will tells for certain this summer, but until then... [CENTER] [ATTACH=FULL]110429[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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