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Law Breaking Vs Black Magic [Spoilers for everything]
peregrine:
Yeah, but if a wizard were to try to move something with telekinesis, for example, be it force or wind, or whatever, and that thing is actually securely anchored to the ground, it's not going to just up and move because they think it should. It's one thing for their magic to fail, it's another for their magic to not give the effect they want.
Tami Seven:
--- Quote from: cass on December 01, 2013, 03:34:17 AM ---IIRC, there was also at one point a WoJ that the level of belief in magic for a wizard is such that they'd be flabbergasted if they attempted a familiar spell and it didn't work (in the same way that vanilla mortals would be shocked if they dropped an object and it didn't fall). That the reason magic works for them is that this is how they believe the world should work on a fundamental level.
Which might help explain why killing with magic is bad: the wizard believes on a very deep level that that whatever/whoever they're killing isn't supposed to be alive.
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--- Quote from: peregrine on December 01, 2013, 04:38:24 AM ---Yeah, but if a wizard were to try to move something with telekinesis, for example, be it force or wind, or whatever, and that thing is actually securely anchored to the ground, it's not going to just up and move because they think it should. It's one thing for their magic to fail, it's another for their magic to not give the effect they want.
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JB/Harry has said that the magic must obey the laws of physics. Belief is important to make magic work, but even when it does it can't change the fundamental laws of nature. At least on Harry's level of ability.
123456789blaaa:
--- Quote from: Tami Seven on December 01, 2013, 04:54:12 AM ---JB/Harry has said that the magic must obey the laws of physics. Belief is important to make magic work, but even when it does it can't change the fundamental laws of nature. At least on Harry's level of ability.
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By WoJ there are no upper limits to what magic can accomplish. With enough power you can literally do anything.
So it seems the more power you have, the less you have to obey the current laws of reality.
Mortax:
True, but it is also bound by what appears to be a restriction of actions with higher power levels.
hassman:
--- Quote from: 123456789blaaa on December 01, 2013, 05:38:04 AM ---By WoJ there are no upper limits to what magic can accomplish. With enough power you can literally do anything.
So it seems the more power you have, the less you have to obey the current laws of reality.
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Magic once invoked has to deal with physics. Fire is hot etc. Magic causes a change in reality, but after that reality uses its normal rules.
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