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Hot water
Mira:
I seem to remember Harry has been beat up yet again and takes a shower and finds the water wonderfully warm and soothing. This surprises the heck our of him until Lasciel's shadow tells him the water is still cold be she is making him feel it as warm or something like that.. I cannot place book to scene though, ???
Lazarus52980:
As someone who lives in Minnesota (a fairly cold state in the US) and takes cold showers year round by choice... It's really not that bad once you get used to it.
Aminar:
--- Quote from: Lazarus52980 on August 21, 2017, 01:02:37 PM ---As someone who lives in Minnesota (a fairly cold state in the US) and takes cold showers year round by choice... It's really not that bad once you get used to it.
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A cold Shower is different from a shower without a water heater. Trust me. Had it happen at my grandparents cabin in Michigan. Never again.
Rasins:
Something else we need to think about is that we don't know how often Harry showers. It's entirely possible he only showers once or twice a week.
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: argetlampuppeh on August 20, 2017, 02:27:24 AM ---Jim has addressed the first point: A wizard only has so much power to invest in their magical gizmos. At this point, Harry is rocking things like his staff, jacket, shield bracelet, and blasting rod (essential tools for amping up his wizardry) and so does not have the magical umph to spare.
Additionally, as OP as those potions were, they nearly got him killed, and are one-use only.
On the healing magic front: It is -incredibly- difficult. Listens To Wind has built his life around it, and even he cannot cure everything. Harry, who has less experience and less innate talent for slow, low watt magic, is unlikely to do anything meaningful with it.
Water Magic: Maybe you missed it, but Harry has been throwing around an awful lot of ice lately. Ice isn't, inherently, water magic, but Harry is still working within that realm.
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Healing magic and water magic at a level that he could nullify or reduce a wizards weakness on running water is truly out of Harry's reach.
For the most part Harry is self taught. Du'Morn definitely does not train a well rounded wizard. He wants an enforcer and he trains Harry to be so, while Ebenezar mostly train Harry's spiritually and not arcanely. He is ostrasized by most of the white council and all of the senior wizards that could teach him the really good stuff either hates him, fear him or keeping away from him for his own protection. Harry has Bob, sure. But Bob is just a good tool. Bob is not a teacher, he is just a better version of a computer. If Harry fail to ask the right questions, he wont get the right answer. All of this probably slow down Harry's development as a wizard. Ramirez for example. The guy could create a magical shield bracer based on water magic that is mostly on par with Harry's improved shield bracelet in book 9. Remember that Harry commented that this new improved shield bracelet is something he probably can't craft 5 years ago and he can only craft something this good because teaching Molly helps him solidify the basics. Ramirez is about what? 10 years younger compare to Harry?
I refuse to believe that Harry is less talented compare to Ramirez, but it is clear that Harry is about 10 years behind on certain field compare to an official council graduate.
The hot water and potions though, that, I am more incline to agree on the subconscious issues Harry has. The one that Nicodemous pointed out on book 5. Buying a big metal bucket and developing a simple water heating spell on a bucket of water is not something that hard. Harry can develop a candle lighting spell, he can do the water heating one. Potions such as the brest enhancing potion he made in book 2 to pay the bill harms no one and could get him a nice income, and it could be repeated to a certain extent. I am sure there are more things he can do to make his life easier using magic without actually breaking any laws, rules or even ethics. But Harry simply refuse to do so.
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