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Confused about the Second Law
cunningrat:
I'm getting ready to start a DFRPG game. I was re-reading all the novels as part of the prep, and ran across the following bit in chapter 7 of _Fool Moon_:
--- Quote ---“What are we doing, now?” Bob sniggered. “More weight-loss potions?”
“Look, Bob,” I said. “That was only to get me through a rough month. Someone’s got to pay the rent around here.”
“All right,” Bob said smugly. “You going to get into breast enhancement, then? I’m telling you, that’s where the money is.”
--- End quote ---
How are these NOT a violation of the Second Law? They are both transformations, and (as per the thaumaturgy section in Paranet Papers) transforming the body in even minor ways skirts afoul of the Second Law. And yet, here is Harry, still with the Doom of Damocles upon him at this point, blithely making weight-loss potions to pay the rent.
What am I missing?
Sanctaphrax:
Maybe it was a non-transformation-based weight-loss potion. Like an appetite suppressor, or a metabolic accelerator.
wardenferry419:
Maybe it doesn't count as transformation, which I see as altering one thing into another, so much as increasing/reducing what already exists.
cunningrat:
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on November 28, 2017, 08:13:04 PM ---Maybe it was a non-transformation-based weight-loss potion. Like an appetite suppressor, or a metabolic accelerator.
--- End quote ---
Huh. Interesting. So redirecting bodily processes doesn't necessarily count as "transforming" someone. Good to know.
(The problem with this plan, of course, is that Harry -- IMO -- does not have the medical training to mess with someone's body like that and do it safely, but no one's ever accused Harry of excessive caution.)
wardenferry419:
It is just my on-the-fly answer. But, seems to fit.
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