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The_Ivory_Man posted...

Minor nitpicking here but they do some bigger magical attacks.

Elrond had his water trap, Gandalf does some magic stuff at the Black Gate, the Witch King does project flames and lights his sword on fire.

Then we have all the small mentions that they never go too much into.
The Dwarves control smoke in the Hobbit as well, racing each other around Bilbo's house with smoke rings, Aragorn has some healing thing with Tolkien mentioning King's healing, and Boromir has prophetic dreams.

It's just that they barely talk about it at all, given how Tolkien cared more about songs and wordplay than battle, although they definitely do seem less magical than other series.

Yeah, you're right. It's just that the magic that takes center stage is more often the subtle stuff. It's described quite well somewhere, how the elves don't consider what they're doing to be magic, they just do it.
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