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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8566848" data-attributes="member: 6801845">In the books or the movies?&nbsp; As presented in the books he's a politician.&nbsp; Good for motivating people, claims great power but never really uses it, good at communicating.&nbsp; Oh, he also takes credit for things he had absolutely nothing to do with.He probably has a bit of artificer to give him access to fireworks and flash bangs, but most of his big exploits are off screen.&nbsp; Getting other people to risk their necks while he finds something else to do?&nbsp; Practically his entire role in The Hobbit other than scaring off some goblins with pyrotechnics.&nbsp; In the Lord of the Rings?&nbsp; Once again organizes and leads a group but when they come up against a door that can't be opened he's helpless.&nbsp; He does break the bridge and fall with the balrog of course, but that's just using his staff not necessarily any inherent powers.&nbsp; His fight with the Balrog like most of his greatest battles are related by him, there's no guarantee he's a trustworthy narrator.Then later on he takes credit for Merry and Pippin getting the help of the Ents even though he had nothing to do with it.&nbsp; Minas Tirith?&nbsp; In the books he's all &quot;Okay, any day now I'm going to open that can o' whoop ass and it's a mighty big can.&nbsp; Got it right here.&nbsp; Big ol' can.&quot; but never really does much.&nbsp; Basically he generally takes credit for the good things that happen whether he was responsible or not while being competent at surviving and defending himself.&nbsp; Obviously in the backstory that Tolkien had, he's some kind of supernatural being, that doesn't prevent him from being a politician.&nbsp; Mostly? His entire schtick is about survival and making himself important.&nbsp; Just like a politician does.P.S. This is mostly tongue-in-cheek and voted bard.&nbsp; Probably with a charlatan background, hence the stories of him being a maiar and so on. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8566848, member: 6801845"] In the books or the movies? As presented in the books he's a politician. Good for motivating people, claims great power but never really uses it, good at communicating. Oh, he also takes credit for things he had absolutely nothing to do with. He probably has a bit of artificer to give him access to fireworks and flash bangs, but most of his big exploits are off screen. Getting other people to risk their necks while he finds something else to do? Practically his entire role in The Hobbit other than scaring off some goblins with pyrotechnics. In the Lord of the Rings? Once again organizes and leads a group but when they come up against a door that can't be opened he's helpless. He does break the bridge and fall with the balrog of course, but that's just using his staff not necessarily any inherent powers. His fight with the Balrog like most of his greatest battles are related by him, there's no guarantee he's a trustworthy narrator. Then later on he takes credit for Merry and Pippin getting the help of the Ents even though he had nothing to do with it. Minas Tirith? In the books he's all "Okay, any day now I'm going to open that can o' whoop ass and it's a mighty big can. Got it right here. Big ol' can." but never really does much. Basically he generally takes credit for the good things that happen whether he was responsible or not while being competent at surviving and defending himself. Obviously in the backstory that Tolkien had, he's some kind of supernatural being, that doesn't prevent him from being a politician. Mostly? His entire schtick is about survival and making himself important. Just like a politician does. P.S. This is mostly tongue-in-cheek and voted bard. Probably with a charlatan background, hence the stories of him being a maiar and so on. ;) [/QUOTE]

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