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The Dresden Files Death Battle Arena
Fcrate:
What about Harry's wizard senses? No, I don't think she was in the room herself.
And the Renfields with flamethrowers? AP mine? She was serious in setting the trap, but I don't think she stuck around to watch.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on May 26, 2018, 07:35:55 PM ---He was suppressing her from just killing them with dark sorcery, not from moving fast enough to stay behind Harry. Super-speed is just a physical stat for blamps.
Which was kind of a waste of McCoy's abilities, since assuming the photos were her handiwork (and I agree with you that's the most likely option), she had a perfectly good opportunity to shank Harry, Murph and Kincaid with her choice of sword or firearm, and she didn't take it. The entire visit to Chicago with the failed assassination attempts was just bait to get Harry to come provide her a chance to take the blackmail photos.
Which makes Harry getting angry and declining her offer to discuss his assault on her scourge when they talked at the start of DB instead of actually fishing for some information one of the more irritating cases of him being an incurious protagonist.
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You really think magical power has nothing to do with a corpse moving fast? I'd assume that magical power was all that was animating her. And if Blamps are weaker during the day (which fits the lore Harry was working with) and she was supressed by McCoy, and she was spending enough power on a veil to avoid Harry's detection, I'd say she didn't have much left to spare.
I agree it was all a setup. She lured him in with the attack outside Arturo's place. (I think she was also the buyer of the temple dogs, and that going sideways kicked off the rest). She got what she needed for the future and then waited.
--- Quote from: Fcrate on May 26, 2018, 07:54:15 PM ---What about Harry's wizard senses? No, I don't think she was in the room herself.
And the Renfields with flamethrowers? AP mine? She was serious in setting the trap, but I don't think she stuck around to watch.
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So for the record, what you're proposing is that Harry's wrong about someone being in the room, and she instead counted on tech to work around a wizard coming to raid her place?
Or are you suggesting that someone even better at veils than someone purportedly great at veils was there to take the photos and then give them to the person great at veils that was supposed to be there?
And you're suggesting that McCoy, one of the (if not the most) experienced combat wizards showed up to target the power of a specific bad guy, but had no idea if the bad guy was there, or if he was wasting his time?
???
Fcrate:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on May 26, 2018, 09:12:40 PM ---1. So for the record, what you're proposing is that Harry's wrong about someone being in the room, and she instead counted on tech to work around a wizard coming to raid her place?
2. Or are you suggesting that someone even better at veils than someone purportedly great at veils was there to take the photos and then give them to the person great at veils that was supposed to be there?
3. And you're suggesting that McCoy, one of the (if not the most) experienced combat wizards showed up to target the power of a specific bad guy, but had no idea if the bad guy was there, or if he was wasting his time?
???
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1. The camera worked, didn't it? I'm not saying that he was wrong about someone in the room, but I doubt it was Mavra herself. I didn't catch the different angles thing when I read the book, so I'll concede that much :D
2. I had a bad taste of comparatives, and Vs in my mouth when I read that.
3. I have no idea how blocking a practitioner's magic works exactly. It's at a distance, he has no idea who's there, and presumably no way to sense them from this far. Maybe McCoy just put a firewall on the whole building and added an exception for Dresden.
McCoy isn't supposed to know Mavra, he'd have to touch her to know her magic for sure, and I doubt he'd live to tell the tale.
PS: We're derailing the thread a bit, and it was a good choice to put it in the spoilers section, WereElephant. (Y)
Jack of Hearts:
I would have liked to see Morgan and Kincaid fight. Although given the rules of this post I think that Morgan would probably win. A prepared Kincaid might have a chance. Especially if Morgan underestimated him. I feel like Morgan was used to dealing with fighting magic users and more supernatural threats. I know that Kincaid is technically a supernatural threat but he fights with mostly mortal tactics and weapons. Regardless I think it would be a fun scenario to see played out.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Fcrate on May 27, 2018, 01:25:18 AM ---1. The camera worked, didn't it? I'm not saying that he was wrong about someone in the room, but I doubt it was Mavra herself. I didn't catch the different angles thing when I read the book, so I'll concede that much :D
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A film camera is quite simple. It might not even have any electronic components at all if it's an old one, so there's no reason to think tech disruption would preclude taking a photo.
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