The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Will Harry get back to basics?
Kindler:
--- Quote from: groinkick on February 26, 2018, 06:30:14 PM ---What does the staff have anything to do with rings? The rings were easily concealed, surprise weapons. The staff is the equivalent of a rocket launcher that everyone will notice.
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Yeah, they have different uses, but I think that Jim will want to keep the energy he uses more diversified. He has a kinetic energy tool already, so if he does rings again, I'd expect them to be something other than the ones he used to have. Maybe as foci for something else.
--- Quote ---I have no idea what you're talking about. What has changed that would make his old shield bracelet useless? It can block all kinds of things like spells, bullets, fire.... Sounds like a pretty handy device when facing danger if you ask me. Harry has had at least 2 in the story. The first prove to be useless against extreme heat, which cost him severely. He learned from it an made an even superior bracelet. If he created a new one it would be built with an even greater appreciation for the dangers out there.
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I didn't say that at all. I was talking about using the energy his shield absorbs to charge something. If a bullet hits his shield, direct that kinetic energy to a reservoir he can use later. I was saying that the way his old shield worked means that isn't possible, because he expends force to halt bullets and such. I was further speculating that when he makes a new one, he might use a different method that would make a transfer of energy possible, so that when, for example, he stops a bullet, instead of simply canceling out the forward momentum, he stores it somewhere else.
Sort of like how his old rings worked, but instead of collecting energy when his arms swing, he collects energy from things colliding with his shield. If nothing else, it might make it possible for him to hold a shield up for longer.
YoungestGruff:
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--- Quote from: Kindler on February 26, 2018, 07:11:28 PM ---Sort of like how his old rings worked, but instead of collecting energy when his arms swing, he collects energy from things colliding with his shield. If nothing else, it might make it possible for him to hold a shield up for longer.
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Have you seen how many things hit his shield? He could level a building with a snap within an average week.
Not saying that's a bad idea. That's like the opposite of a bad idea.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Kindler on February 26, 2018, 03:16:40 PM ---Stopping a hail of gunfire is pretty cool on its own, but imagine if Harry then fired back all that energy in one shot.
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He's probably kind of limited in terms of making force foci not too powerful lest he accidentally violate the first law. Fomor servitors are the most likely gun-wielding enemies he'd be facing in the near future, and I'm not sure Jim has confirmed whether they're so far modified that they don't count as people any more.
Kindler:
--- Quote from: YoungestGruff on February 26, 2018, 10:47:10 PM ---Snip:
Have you seen how many things hit his shield? He could level a building with a snap within an average week.
Not saying that's a bad idea. That's like the opposite of a bad idea.
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Yeah, if the reservoir was big enough. I was thinking more along the lines of a belt buckle, or a glove or something. Probably wouldn't be large enough to store that much energy, but enough to release a pretty big shockwave of kinetic force. I was thinking something widespread, rather than the tight, focused release from his rings, wide enough to give him breathing room, but only with enough force to knock someone down or crack a few ribs.
I have absolutely no idea if it's even possible. Harry's kinetic reservoirs for his staff and rings were the result of physically interacting with forces—the motion of his hands let them store energy—so having a shield that is useful, meaning one that extends beyond Harry's skin, that can do this is very hard. Technically, Harry's shield bracelet doesn't interact with anything, it just focuses his energy.
Then I'm reminded that Harry's bracelet heats up when it stops too many bullets, so there has to be some kind of interaction going on. I think it might be possible to pull something pretty cool off if he does it right.
RobReece:
Maybe if he added a gem or something to the bracelet that could act as a reservoir, even if he couldn't re-direct it, using it to power the shield beyond his own strength would still be pretty cool.
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