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Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**

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Quester:
Centipede and now theres two of them. lol

john4200:
And now Lea has two gaping maws to feed. But wouldn't each gaping maw eat only half as much?

Anyway, it seemed like Luccio could keep the laser beam super light-sabre thing going for quite a while, but Harry was exhausted from doing something like it only once, and he had the advantage of the Nevernever. So I think my comment that Harry cannot duplicate Luccio's skill with the laser-beam trick is still correct.

Besides, I have no doubt that if Harry could easily do a super light-sabre, he would use it all the time. Imagine how cool he would be (in his own mind at least) cutting bad guys to pieces with a magic light sabre.

rose29206:

--- Quote from: habu987 on August 19, 2011, 01:57:04 AM ---Kinda reminds me of a story my dad told me years ago about when he was in college.  They had some demonstration on how to knock down a load bearing brick wall (why that was the subject of a demonstration, I have absolutely no clue, since my dad was a dentristry major at the time).  Two guys showed their respective ways of knocking it down--guy #1 exerted brute force and smashed his wall down using a sledgehammer in about 10 minutes.  The other guy examined his wall for about 5 minutes then knocked out a few bricks, which caused the wall to collapse on itself.

Same result, just that guy #2 used a lot more skill, and without expending the massive amount of energy that the other guy did.

--- End quote ---

Nice illustration of the point ... and now I really want to chat with my cousin in dentistry school to see what kinds of things they're getting up to, lol.  ;)

huangjimmy108:
Here is my estimate on Harry's current level of raw strength. This is what Mab say about the Winter Knight power in Dead Beat.

"Things have changed, wizard," Mab said. "You know the kind of power you face in Kemmler's heirs. As the Winter Knight, you would have strength far outweighing even your own considerable gifts. You would have the wherewithal to face your foes, rather than slinking through the night gathering up whispers to use against them."

We know that one of Kemler's heir is Cowl, who is as strong as a senior council member. I think Mab statement can possibly mean one of two things:

1. Winter Knight's  power alone is as strong as any of Kemler's heir which means it is as strong as any of the senior council.
WK power = SC power

or
2. Winter Knight's power is enough to make someone like Harry to become as strong as any of Kemler's heir or as strong as any of the senior council.

WK power + Harry's talent = SC power

In Dead beat, Harry had Hellfire which may or may not be accounted for in Mab's statement. And Hellfire is suppose to be equal to soulfire in power.

If it is accounted for then:

WK power + Harry's talent + Soulfire/Hellfire = SC power, which is Harry's current power level by the end of ghost story.

But if the first interpretation of Mab's statement above is true, than Harry's current power level is:

SC power level/ WK power  + Harry's talent + Soulfire. And that is off Demonreach. A bit high for my comfort.

john4200:
It is more than just strength. There is skill. Most, if not all, Senior Council members would beat Harry in a fight, since they are much more skilled and experienced.

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