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Comments thread for "The Laws of Magic: Part 5 of 8"
iago:
Grey area, for me, the way I'd run it. It's probably fine -- folks still have free will, they have the choice of what to do with what they feel -- but there are extremes of emotion where it could get pretty close to enthrallment, if not completely overcome it.
Ophidimancer:
Thanks for the quick reply!
So would the White Council see something inherently wrong with using a mental paralysis or sleep spell versus kinetically binding someone with bands of force or an enchanted rope or something?
R00kie:
--- Quote from: Ophidimancer on April 15, 2008, 04:32:54 PM ---So would the White Council see something inherently wrong with using a mental paralysis or sleep spell versus kinetically binding someone with bands of force or an enchanted rope or something?
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Would you risk even steping close to the line, if you felt the standard Warden response to people whom they though crossed the line involved a sharp sword and your neck?
Ophidimancer:
Considering the character I have in mind is bad at enchantment and nowhere near Harry's strength with evocation, yeah. Especially in combat situations where the choice is either switch off the other guy's brain for a moment or die.
But yeah, I realize the dangerous line this character approaches. It's a deliberate point of tension on my part. I just wanted to see if, in people's opinions, this character would be Kill On Sight, or just Doom Of Damocles.
Kristine:
--- Quote from: Ophidimancer on April 15, 2008, 06:20:06 PM ---Considering the character I have in mind is bad at enchantment and nowhere near Harry's strength with evocation, yeah. Especially in combat situations where the choice is either switch off the other guy's brain for a moment or die.
But yeah, I realize the dangerous line this character approaches. It's a deliberate point of tension on my part. I just wanted to see if, in people's opinions, this character would be Kill On Sight, or just Doom Of Damocles.
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I would think it would depend also on wheather the subject is 'harmed' mentaly or spiritually and that would be up to the GM. If The spirit is overcome to the point of the emotional field 'leaving a mark' then I would think this would throw up all kind of red flags but if it is something that turns the subject away without 'pushing' them too hard then no harm, no foul.
After all Harry used a potion on Susan (not on purpose albiet) that made her overcome with lust for an uncomfortable, dangerous 5 minutes without any lasting ill effects when it wore off, but when Molly pushed her friends to give up drugs (even when they wanted to) she acctually harmed their psychs.
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