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[GS Spoilers] Harry's Power Ups
Alablast:
--- Quote from: Serack on June 16, 2011, 01:55:38 PM ---
* BR: Burn trauma stuns Harry's ability to use Fire Magic PD
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I actually considered this a power up. Not necessarily the stun in his ability to use fire magic (which came back the next book), but the triggering event itself. Afterwards, his defenses skyrocketed- before this event he could really only stop physical force; afterwards he rebuilt his shield to be able to stop fire and various other forms of energy attack. To me that event's a Knowledge, instead of a power down (bad guys can do more than just push you!)
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Alablast on June 16, 2011, 06:35:27 PM ---
I actually considered this a power up. Not necessarily the stun in his ability to use fire magic (which came back the next book), but the triggering event itself. Afterwards, his defenses skyrocketed- before this event he could really only stop physical force; afterwards he rebuilt his shield to be able to stop fire and various other forms of energy attack. To me that event's a Knowledge, instead of a power down (bad guys can do more than just push you!)
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And to be fair that was a psychological block having as much to do with a fear of Hellfire as the actual injury, if not more so.
WN - Harry is granted the ability to play the Guitar
Rasins:
--- Quote from: Quantus on June 16, 2011, 06:05:23 PM ---That remains to be seen. Could go in the other direction, based on some things Lash told him.
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I was assuming that this was an as-of-now thread. Of course we all know he'll gain more, but how and when ...
Serack:
--- Quote from: Alablast on June 16, 2011, 06:35:27 PM ---
I actually considered this a power up. Not necessarily the stun in his ability to use fire magic (which came back the next book), but the triggering event itself. Afterwards, his defenses skyrocketed- before this event he could really only stop physical force; afterwards he rebuilt his shield to be able to stop fire and various other forms of energy attack. To me that event's a Knowledge, instead of a power down (bad guys can do more than just push you!)
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Sorry misspelling, ment for that to be "stunts" not "stuns" As in inhibits.
I see it as him temporarily losing the power to use fire. I completely agree that this directly precipitated several other "Power Ups" though, not just the shield bracelet. I talked in one of my other posts how this is what caused him to star using force as a means of moving objects in DB.
I think I might do sub bullets detailing how this event precipitated several other powerups similiar to the sub bullets under the Molly Apprenticeship. This is actually significant to the inspiration of this topic in that part of the point is to see correlations between events in the hopes that we can get insight into how things might be manipulated behind the scenes.
--- Quote from: Rasins on June 16, 2011, 06:58:04 PM ---I was assuming that this was an as-of-now thread. Of course we all know he'll gain more, but how and when ...
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I agree with both of you. Long term, it might precipitate some significant power ups (see fire trama above), but short term, Harry (GS spoilers) (click to show/hide)can't use his magic as a ghost. (Btw I put changes spoilers in the header)
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Rasins on June 16, 2011, 06:58:04 PM ---I was assuming that this was an as-of-now thread. Of course we all know he'll gain more, but how and when ...
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I was referring to this from White Night, which implies that by (click to show/hide)dying he would gain perspective that will radically expand his knowledge (which is Power and all that). Granted that's still not quite right now, unless we count the GS sample chapter
--- Quote ---“Now and always,” she replied. “I mean no insult by it, but you should know that your ability to comprehend your environment is very strongly defined by your belief in a number of illusions. Time. Truth. Love. That kind of thing. It isn’t your fault, of course—but it does impose limits upon your ability to perceive and understand some matters.”
“I’m only human,” I said. “So enlighten me.”
“To do so, you would have to (click to show/hide)release your hold on mortality.”
I blinked and said, “I’d have to (click to show/hide)die?”
She sighed. “Again, you have only a partial understanding. But in the interest of expediency, yes. You would have to (click to show/hide)cease living.”
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