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Standard Warden Equipment?
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on July 11, 2017, 08:24:33 PM ---A single model train-set? We're talking about Little Chicago. A huge thing built out of hundreds of custom-crafted metal and wood structures. He didn't just buy things off a rack. He had to have every single piece customized, and some of them are pretty hefty in themselves.
Custom metal work on that scale is going to cost a fair amount.
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Fair amount by hobby expenditure standards, absolutely. Fair amount as in equivalent to the Salary of a Full-time Job (even setting aside Hazard Pay), I still think Not Even Close.
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: Quantus on July 11, 2017, 08:27:10 PM ---Fair amount by hobby expenditure standards, absolutely. Fair amount as in equivalent to the Salary of a Full-time Job (even setting aside Hazard Pay), I still think Not Even Close.
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Harry's not dumb. He knows the value of a dollar. He's the one saying that everything in it is expensive and he says the Warden's salary is "nothing to sneeze at."
I'd trust that he knows how much that means.
jonas:
Same reason not everyone uses the same spells all the time. If it's standard you can come up with a standardized counter to it. Like Harry did with the old holding spell he learned under Dumorne.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: jonas on July 12, 2017, 01:18:42 AM ---Same reason not everyone uses the same spells all the time. If it's standard you can come up with a standardized counter to it. Like Harry did with the old holding spell he learned under Dumorne.
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Excellent point for a tactical standard of Non-standardization. I like it.
Standardization also implies that there would be certain practical spell that any warden can be expected to master, regardless of strength or individual skills. There may not actually be any such common ground in the base skill-set. WE know it varies greatly, but not how much reliable overlap there is.
dspringer1:
--- Quote ---Same reason not everyone uses the same spells all the time. If it's standard you can come up with a standardized counter to it. Like Harry did with the old holding spell he learned under Dumorne.
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This is a valid point, but I think you take it too far. After all, nobody says police should avoid wearing Kevlar simply because criminals would "expect it" and counter it. It helps often enough that it is worthwhile making standard equipment for police operating in dangerous areas/missions.
Nobody is saying that equipment makes the warden. Each warden is primarily going to rely on their own personal (and individualistic) magic. However, some needs are very standard. Every warden will be attacked by physical weapons (bullets, blades, claws). Issuing each warden a standard form of protection vs this very common risk makes sense. It is certainly not going to be the only defense a warden has. But it is something that every warden will find useful and it can easily save a lot of warden lives.
For example -- harry has his shield bracelet and his duster. The duster would be the equipment that sometimes saves his life, but the shield bracelet is his personal defense and the item that saves his life more often. The duster would be the example of "issued equipment" as it is very general purpose and unintelligent. It requires no interaction with the wizard. We have seen other examples of such devices like in the duel with the White court vamps where one had a item to protect against magic.
Other devices cannot be made by others. For Harry, the bracelet is far more flexible, but has to be created by Harry as it is really just focusing his own personal magic.
All I am arguing is that it makes sense for the White Council to issue "some" magical equipment to each warden. We have not seen evidence of this (as of yet), but it makes sense.
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