The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Better Guns for Dresden and Co.
Shift8:
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Everything you describe just plain sounds like Vadderung and Co's style more than the Council of Wizards.
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Yeah! Which would be a big improvement. Remember Vadderung taught the original merlin. Must know what hes doing.
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: Shift8 on July 14, 2017, 01:15:21 PM ---Yeah! Which would be a big improvement. Remember Vadderung taught the original merlin. Must know what hes doing.
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Basically you're acting like the hidebound, centuries old order of wizards to not act like an order of wizards.
They're not a military. They're just not the kind of organization that would do most of what you're suggesting.
Also, doing all that kind of upgrading is going to get mortal authorities to notice. The White Council doesn't particularly want that kind of notice, but creating a military is going to get peoples' attention.
Shift8:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on July 14, 2017, 02:23:36 PM ---Basically you're acting like the hidebound, centuries old order of wizards to not act like an order of wizards.
They're not a military. They're just not the kind of organization that would do most of what you're suggesting.
Also, doing all that kind of upgrading is going to get mortal authorities to notice. The White Council doesn't particularly want that kind of notice, but creating a military is going to get peoples' attention.
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Im not saying the WC would do this, but that they should.
And the WC is functionally a nation state in the sense that they both wage war and do police operations. They already act as if they are/have a military. The question is what kind of military they want to be.
The only bit of gear on that list that would be even remotely difficult to get would be the predator drone and the AT-4. Thats it. Everything else on that list I could go out and buy myself without anyone giving a hoot. I just need the deep financial capacity of the WC. Not to mention that the acquisition difficulties are more or less moot, since everyone from Murphy to Vadderung seems to be able to get whatever they need whenever they need it. The Ramps certainly didnt give a crap about what they purchased, they just got it. Quite frankly the Ramps having modern weapons in spades is what kept them relevant during the war given their low number of sorcerers.
The WC needs to figure out what century its in. They are doing alright, but they could do alot better with their deep pocketbook.
Rasins:
Seems to me I read somewhere that actual war between supernatural nations is a pretty rare thing.
That being said, having a standing army doesn't make sense. Having something like Archangel makes much more sense. A smaller team of heavy hitters that can do surgical strikes.
Then you have your para-military police force that can be called on to fight. Kind of like the Jedi or the Wardens.
Bacchus:
Most of the wizards in positions of authority were born pre civil war. Give it 50 years and the younger generation will be teaching newcomers to wear enchanted military body armor and carry flash bang grenades and concealed handguns at minimum.
flash bangs specifically would probably do amazing because most shields wouldn't block bright light or loud sounds and they would screw up mental concentration.
also Ive always wanted harry to get some enchanted firefighting turnout boots, grenades, vampbraces, maybe shin guards and some type of head protection. Those would go along way to protecting his weak spots without encumbering him too much. He is way to vulnerable to an ambush
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