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Lost Merlin:
it would be interesting to see someone with probability magic of some kind.  Something similar to Cassandra's tears, but more able to predict outcomes based on probabilities so that it isn't really seeing in the future. 

It would be interesting if jim did this as a side bad guy.  Someone like a bad guy, that isn't really the big bad guy or maybe a red herring/scapegoat. 

Rasins:
Wasn't there some guy from New Orleans or something that Harry named Darth Bathrobe?

Snark Knight:

--- Quote from: Kindler on March 26, 2018, 05:51:12 PM ---Yeah, but Binder's talent is way, way too useful to be considered really minor, in my opinion. I'm talking about the guys who hang out at Mac's, with super minor kinetomancy, things like that.
Though I guess we kinda saw that in Ghost Story, now I think about it; Aristedes was super minor, and we saw what kind of petty villainy that causes.

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The smartest thing anyone with villainous inclinations in that weight class could do with their talents is apply them to stealing money from mortals rather than run around picking fights with Wardens. Note, for example, that Aristedes only started pushing his luck because he thought Harry was dead, and he was real cooperative until Butters and Daniel failed his test and outed themselves as fake Wardens. Punching down is just so much safer than challenging someone who can do everything you can and infinitely more besides.



--- Quote from: Lost Merlin on March 26, 2018, 06:21:57 PM ---it would be interesting to see someone with probability magic of some kind.  Something similar to Cassandra's tears, but more able to predict outcomes based on probabilities so that it isn't really seeing in the future.

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Sounds like you'd enjoy Benedict Jacka's Alex Verus series. A diviner is doing something sort of like Cassandra's tears, but examining a few seconds range of all possible futures or following a single one for longer to simulate the results of actions they're considering. But it's also a skill set that's best suited to being sneaky rather than getting into head-on fights with guys who demolish buildings.

Lost Merlin:

--- Quote from: Snark Knight on March 26, 2018, 07:18:11 PM ---Sounds like you'd enjoy Benedict Jacka's Alex Verus series. A diviner is doing something sort of like Cassandra's tears, but examining a few seconds range of all possible futures or following a single one for longer to simulate the results of actions they're considering. But it's also a skill set that's best suited to being sneaky rather than getting into head-on fights with guys who demolish buildings.

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Ill have to give the series a look.  I think that kind of character is someone with whom Dresden would struggle.  Someone who is unwilling or smart enough to avoid head to head conflict with Dresden.  It would frustrate him to no end.  Being close then having the person slip away.  Just the kind of thing Jim would love doing to Dresden. 

Kindler:
I'll second Alex Verus—I picked it up last week because someone mentioned it here in one of these threads. I'm on the third book now. Very Dresden-ish (there's even a line in the first few pages of the first book that nods to Dresden), but it's not a ripoff. And it's written better than the Iron Druid series; the fight scenes aren't basically "We fought. I found an opening and killed him," for instance. There's a lot of focus on the idea of using what you have; in Alex's case, it's knowledge. He knows where to be standing when the bullets start flying.

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