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A Fistful of Warlocks (SPOILERS: FISTFUL OF WARLOCKS)
knnn:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on July 05, 2017, 04:07:10 PM ---Wait, were we just assuming he'd done New Madrid all along? Somehow I'd got the impression it was one of the ones he admitted to Harry in BR (along with Krakatoa and Tunguska).
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It was:
--- Quote from: Blood Rites ---"Casaverde," Ebenezar said, his voice shaking. "Tunguska. New Madrid. Krakatoa. A dozen more. God help me, a dozen more at least."
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Either Ebenezar got the Blackstaff "on loan" before actually taking it up, it's time-shenanigans, a different New Madrid incident, or just a Jim slip.
Rykel22:
--- Quote from: jonas on July 06, 2017, 11:31:57 AM ---Supposedly laid down by Merlin weren't they? Technicality, fire started with magic burns without magical interference, so perhaps she didn't consider collateral from an ongoing fire part of the 1st law? Like drowning someone by immobilizing them for instance? 'I put you in a burning building, but I didn't kill you!'
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But hasn't it been stated that if someone uses a blast of wind or force to knock someone back, and they fall off a roof, it's still a violation of the 1st Law?
jonas:
--- Quote from: knnn on July 06, 2017, 11:59:13 AM ---It was:
Either Ebenezar got the Blackstaff "on loan" before actually taking it up, it's time-shenanigans, a different New Madrid incident, or just a Jim slip.
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I think I like the idea he did New Madrid on his own. I've started to connect the blackstaff with things falling to the planet(the classic 'calamity from the skies' trope like in FF7) but New Madrid was one that just didn't add up, being an earthquake. If he didn't yet have the blackstaff though? That should allow it keep to the theme of dropping things from offworld as it's big finisher.
Zaphodess:
--- Quote from: knnn on July 06, 2017, 11:59:13 AM ---or just a Jim slip.
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There are no Jim slips. It is our sacred duty to come up with a good explanation for those. :P
I like the idea that he did New Madrid on his own. An earth spell gone badly wrong...
And I kind of like the idea too that Wardens have a very grey area approach to killing with magic when the recipient deserves it.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: jonas on July 06, 2017, 12:15:48 PM ---I've started to connect the blackstaff with things falling to the planet(the classic 'calamity from the skies' trope like in FF7) but New Madrid was one that just didn't add up, being an earthquake.
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Krakatoa was a big volcano, so really only Casaverde and Tunguska were "bomb it from orbit" type events.
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