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This is why the Council is Afraid of Harry Dresden (Spoilers)
chrnno:
--- Quote from: wizard nelson on March 28, 2013, 03:28:19 AM --- ??? that is how magic works? He either forms it directly from his willpower/charge or he slurps in raw magic and creates his spell. Redirection is easier but thats not what he does usually. Otherwise a gout of fire would create an area of cold as heat is displaced. Redirection is what he did in changes tearing the heat from those vampires and casting it at the next. :o I think your making wrong assumptions about how magic works?
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I thought we were talking about the rings? That was what I was talking about, the start is kinetic energy and the end result is kinetic energy without any difference in how much, arguing what it is in the meantime is making a baseless assumption since the rings were never really explained and all terms refering to them fall under what is considered casual use and thus not suitable to argue specific terms.
And by the way doesn't that happens? I am pretty sure I recall instances of him doing exactly that.
Also I edited the post to make it more clear exactly what I am talking about plus no comment about the first theory? It is technically possible.
wizard nelson:
--- Quote ---Also I edited the post to make it more clear exactly what I am talking about plus no comment about the first theory? It is technically possible.
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Yea that fits better and nope, no comment. That Harry knows or uses anything to do with time, chronomancy or putting things in stasis is highly improbable given current info and the nature of time manipulation in the DV, so I ignored that part.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: wizard nelson on March 28, 2013, 02:56:57 AM ---Not really, your complicating the issue and trying to use a physics term for potential kinetic energy that doesn't apply. That the energy is released, let go, when the rings are used show that the energy is potent. Held in check by the enchantment and simply released, like a spring. Why would he take raw kinetics, punching a bag turn it into magic to store it and then back to kinetics to use it? your explanations don't make sense.And yet you assume that descriptions in physics in a world without magic is applied to magical descriptions in a world were physics and magic mesh? They actually hold back a bit of energy everytime he moves his arm. Meaning his arm is moving with slightly more resistance as the ring holds back potential force.
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...you lost me ???
wizard nelson:
--- Quote from: Quantus on March 28, 2013, 12:44:28 PM ---...you lost me ???
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You were already lost I just pointed it out lol ;) chrnno has it right though.
narphoenix:
Honestly, I just see the rings as similar to ATP in our bodies. The ATP stores potential energy in the form of chemical bonds. The rings store potential energy in the form of magic.
However, the rings appear to be extremely efficient. Not perfect, but close to 100% efficient.
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