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Harry's Duster and the dangerous world of Chicago
Morenath:
Harry wonders if they make bullet proof vests for dogs when mouse gets hurt. Why doesn't he enchant a fetching doggie tuxedo? For that matter, why not make Karen, Butters, and Michael some bullet proof stuff?
He was worried about Michael, who had to rely on Charity being awesome and thinking ahead to save him on the train, so why not lay the enchantment right on his tabaed for him? Hell, a jumpsuit under the armor would have prevented the incident at demonreach, right?
Help me out here... it's killing me. (And crippling Michael)
Fcrate:
It's very time and energy consuming. And they have to be refreshed every 6 months or so., and Harry always has a lot on his plate.
Lost Merlin:
Jim has also mentioned that harry spend roughly 20 hours a week working on magic gear maintenance. I would assume that some of this is work on the duster. To do this for additional items may just be too much of a time investment.
WereElephant:
--- Quote from: Lost Merlin on May 15, 2018, 12:43:11 PM ---Jim has also mentioned that harry spend roughly 20 hours a week working on magic gear maintenance. I would assume that some of this is work on the duster. To do this for additional items may just be too much of a time investment.
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I'd like to get a credit hour breakdown of each magical item/gadget/enchantment using that metaphor.
For example,
Duster: 4 credit hours
Blasting Rod: 3 credit hours
Staff: 3 credit hours
Shield Bracelet: 5 credit hours
Research: 5 credit hours
Or something like that.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: WereElephant on May 15, 2018, 01:11:02 PM ---I'd like to get a credit hour breakdown of each magical item/gadget/enchantment using that metaphor.
For example,
Duster: 4 credit hours
Blasting Rod: 3 credit hours
Staff: 3 credit hours
Shield Bracelet: 5 credit hours
Research: 5 credit hours
Or something like that.
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It's not a market exchange rate, its an ongoing design project. At the beginning it's enchantments didnt last as long, and in the save of his canvas duster the entire process was different. By Changes he thought he'd refined the design enough that the enchantments would last most of a year. And even THAT is only based on the design he'd worked on which did not use any of the expensive materials known to make enchantments last longer (per bob in BR).
You cant get a standardized Man-hour requirement any more than you can reduce actual real-world crafts to that sort of hard-line repeatable schedule cost.
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