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Could the Blackstaff Cure a Warlock of Corruption?
vultur:
Molly used mind magic to break drug addiction. The side effects were pretty terrible, but Molly was also totally untrained (and with Rosie, who Molly wasn't angry at, I think it was still a net gain in the long run). I'd think that an experienced mind-mage could at least do somewhat better ... certainly get a result that was better than having your head chopped off.
I always figured the reason the White Council didn't do this to remove black-magic addiction/corruption was because it would corrupt the person trying it (and because the Third and Fourth Laws mean that Council members don't develop the skills needed anyway).
But... with the Blackstaff, breaking the Laws doesn't corrupt you...
Now, Eb himself might not have the right talents for this sort of thing (his magic seems more oriented toward "really big explosions... although, Harry's is too, and from Ghost Story it seems he was able to get some basic competence in mind magic in like a year or two of practice...). But is it possible?
groinkick:
From what I saw it protects the wizard when casting dark magic. I don't think it would work retroactively
peregrine:
Yeah. From what we saw it seems to be a prophylactic, not a cure.
That said, it could possibly help someone else avoid the magical side effects if they were to force the "cure" on you. Though there's still other side effects to consider besides a black magic taint. Note that Molly's psychological damage to her friends was unrelated to the black magic and more because she didn't know what she was doing when she did it.
And using it to cure yourself is probably right out. After all, you have to believe in what you're doing to use magic, and how many people can realize that what they believed in was the wrong thing all along, and decide to change themselves at a fairly basic level? Which also means that any outside force trying to do magical therapy would likely be against the wishes of the recipient.
vultur:
--- Quote from: peregrine on July 07, 2018, 05:47:44 AM ---That said, it could possibly help someone else avoid the magical side effects if they were to force the "cure" on you.
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Yeah, that's what I meant - that instead of executing warlocks, the Council could ask Eb to go into their minds and undo the black-magic corruption.
Fcrate:
Why bother? Off with their heads, the council says.
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