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Need advice on a fire-based defense
KOFFEYKID:
I was reading this thread and thinking, the best (fire) defense is a good offense (against the attacks).
Its rather fitting, I think, that all of the really good concepts for fire defense rotes are sort of attacking the attack, if that makes any sense.
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I just came up with a relatively cool idea for a fire based defensive rote. How about this, a magical Plasma Ball.
Your character sits in the middle, protected from the arcs of plasma by magic, and whenever a foreign object pierces the dome of the spell, the arcs all focus on the new conductive object, burning it to a cinder.
meg_evonne:
Fire consumes oxygen.Suck the air out of the vicinity
Sir lerks-a-lot:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on May 11, 2010, 11:07:54 AM ---Fire consumes oxygen.Suck the air out of the vicinity
--- End quote ---
Wouldn't work; fire doesn't destroy the oxygen, it binds it to the fuel source and creates carbon dioxide and smoke. There isn't less air after a fire, just less fuel, and less oxygen. You could use this as a defense to a fire based attack though, burn all the oxygen out of a given space so no fire will be supported and you've taken away one of the three legs of the stool that support a fire (oxygen, fuel, and a heat source). Of course if your attack is a heat beam like Harry's, that could be just classified as a heat source.
neko128:
--- Quote from: Sir lerks-a-lot on May 12, 2010, 04:59:02 PM ---Wouldn't work; fire doesn't destroy the oxygen, it binds it to the fuel source and creates carbon dioxide and smoke. There isn't less air after a fire, just less fuel, and less oxygen. You could use this as a defense to a fire based attack though, burn all the oxygen out of a given space so no fire will be supported and you've taken away one of the three legs of the stool that support a fire (oxygen, fuel, and a heat source). Of course if your attack is a heat beam like Harry's, that could be just classified as a heat source.
--- End quote ---
Ahhhh, alternate oxygenation sources, how happy you make me... :-P
Now I'm going to spend my afternoon thinking about magical spells to summon or create oxydizing agents and screw around with fire-elemental evocations.
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