I'm re-reading The Hobbit at the moment. Gandalf might not be a conjurer of cheap tricks, because he's only packing the expensive, high-caliber stuff.

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Gundalf
- Gundam
Lemme cap these fools 😤

-Gandalf 'MilF-huntir Double G' the Grey seconds before mowing down some goblins.
Well he is wielder of the flame of Anor, and I don't think you can put a muzzle on the sun.
Are there guns in LOTR? How would Bilbo know the smell of gunpowder or call it as such?
- Gandalf was famous for his fireworks
- @usualsuspect191
  
  The Hobbit has a narrator, who speaks from a "modern" perspective. It describes in the beginning how Hobbits are few now and avoid the tall folk, all that. So I'm fairly sure this is the narrator giving a frame of reference, rather than Bilbo knowing the smell.
  
  Later it is also said that Orcs are cunning inventors of things that kill, including things that kill a lot of people at once.
  
  Not only that, but in LoTR Helms Deeps outer wall is blown up with gun powder or similar.
  
  I thought the Hobbit was meant to be written by Bilbo so a modern narrator explains it.
  
  I knew there were things like explosives and fireworks, but unless guns are a common use, calling black powder "gunpowder" is weird so I wouldn't expect middle earth to have that word.
- Fireworks. Gandalf is famous for them.
I love watching Gandelf .45 on YouTube
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"I'm sorry, you can't pass" Gandalf said calmly.

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