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Originally posted by Bozos of Bones:
Elminster, after all he is Mystra's chosen, and can even engage in mellee with the Thoundrous Longsword. Is immune to most Raistlin's spells and even Gandalf can't touch him with his judo-telekinetic staff. Unless raist conjures up a demon or something... man, I gotta read some Raistlin books.
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Uh... What? Elminster's immune to a total of 9 or so spells due to his Chosen of Mystra status/template, but that's about it. Also, I'm pretty certain that the telekinetic attack Gandalf uses in the movie are not part of the books (correct me if I'm wrong).
Now, thinking in terms of pure levels, I'm pretty sure Elminster's higher level than Raistlin was (I seem to remember him being in the low 20s, level-wise, but that could easily be off). Of course, Elminster's actual 3ed writeup is pretty unimpressive considering how powerful he should be at his CR (caster level 29 at CR 45, in exchange for 5 mostly useless levels and a template that's not overly impressive? A decently-built pure caster would shred him with ease, unless Mystra keeps resurrecting him, I'm pretty sure.), so it's debatable. Especially seeing as I don't currently have my hands on any writeup for Raistlin. I'm guessing it'd be a pretty close match, however.
Now, as for either of the two versus Gandalf... Blargh. Kind of difficult to compare, considering how very different the magic systems used by Tolkien and by D&D are. However, I'd put my money on Gandalf, simply because he is, as Cerek said, one of the Maiar. Still, it's a very shaky comparison.
Out of curiosity, for anyone who's read
Voyage of the Fox Rider (Dennis L. McKiernan) or
The White Order and
The Colors of Chaos (L.E. Modesitt, Jr.), any thoughts on how Durlok or Jeslek (assuming I spelled that right) would stack up? I'd stick those two above either of the D&D mages, I'm thinking...
[ 07-02-2004, 10:06 PM: Message edited by: Encard ]