(May 22, 2016 at 11:39 am)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: Personally, I don't really think Gandalf was fully dead after fighting and defeating the Balrog. I think he just went into some kind of Wizard coma while his natural magical energies recharged his body and spirit, surpassing his previous limits as he repaired the damage (kinda like Goku sleeping in that pod before he fought Freeza).
It's why Gandalf wanted to solo that Balrog... he needed the XP. If he had shared the XP with the party, he wouldn't have leveled up, and gotten those extra abilities.
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