Just read that scene last week, actually. I forgot Gandalf’s cope entirely.

“I was trying to so hard to remember obscure lore I forgot we weren’t all paranoid psychos in those days”

Actually my inspiration to use the “your character is too smart” sometimes when a smart character flops a roll

“You’re too busy getting lost in the many potential complex solutions to the riddle, and are hopelessly consumed by it’s mysteries” for “when is a door not a door” or similar

it was Frodo who figured it out

The bottom bit looks like Loss; :.|:;