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Necromancer/Kemmler Magic/Cowl Theory

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Serack:
Here's the WoJ Quantus is referring to.


--- Quote ---domino7: 3) Is there a qualitative difference between Death Curses and regular magic? Not just using someone's lifeforce to supercharge a spell, but to do something intrinsically different. Would it be hypothetically possible for someone to stockpile magical energy to cast a huge spell and fake a Death Curse, like drawing blood to spray an otherwise fatal amount around a crime scene?
Jim: 3) Definitely a qualitative difference. I mean, we rate nukes in terms of "how many thousand tons of TNT is this equal to?" but let me see you try to deploy 80,000 tons of TNT as a weapon. If you could, the destruction would be the same, in theory, but the nuke has a quality all its own that makes it stand out. A death curse is the same thing. A really powerful practitioner (any member of the Council) could probably simulate a death curse with enough time and forethought, but there would be traces that an investigator could find, afterward. "Hey, why are there tire tracks worn into this road? Because someone was using it to haul 80,000 tons of TNT to the site of the explosion, and you can't do that without a LOT of trucks."
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With regards to the power used in a death curse being used for a blessing, I've theorized before that a few real world martyr like deaths could be viewed as involving something like this. 

Quantus:

--- Quote from: Serack on July 27, 2017, 02:50:02 PM ---Here's the WoJ Quantus is referring to.

With regards to the power used in a death curse being used for a blessing, I've theorized before that a few real world martyr like deaths could be viewed as involving something like this.

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One thing Ive always been unclear on is to what extent is a Deathcurse a cyanide pill?  As in, does there already need to be imminent Death, or can a wizard just quietly suicide and sling a Curse at whomever?

Ive played with theories that an Immortal might be able to throw a Deathcurse, but only in places or circumstances or by weapons where they could actually, truly Die. 

wardenferry419:
what about using mordite as an accelerant in connection with a death curse?

jamescagney22:
Well I think for the most part there has not been an in depth practice of death curses because one, they are reactive a take you with me kind of deal, and two most people want to live survival is a powerful drive so the odds of someone on white council level deciding to be suicidal is low at best. The mordite as a death curse fuel is a scary thought.

khadgar4606:

--- Quote from: kazimmoinuddin on July 25, 2017, 09:29:53 PM ---I wondered if a necromancer could use their own death curse to restore or resurrect themselves. It seems like using death curses would be in the wheel house of a necromancer.

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you know this is a good f*ck you to your killer along with corpsetakers stunt use dead curse to make your self a ghost then hijack the suckers body.

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