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"Job placement" microfiction
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on May 18, 2020, 02:50:23 PM ---I don't think that is relevant here, Ramirez was made a Warden before Harry was, he got a Sword because Luccio was still in her old body and had the skills to do so. With in days of Harry being made a Warden, Luccio lost her body to the Corpse Taker, and discovered shortly after that she lost the magical abilities that enabled her to match a sword to the skills and personality of her new Wardens. I seem to remember though I don't have the quote or the time to look it up, but she actually said to Harry that she no longer had the skills since her change but it was no reflection on him as a Warden. However another thought, what if she just thinks she doesn't have the skill anymore? Peabody had messed with her though his magic ink.. Perhaps the last thing he wanted was for Harry to be given a sword matching his talents, even if he never was a great swordsman.
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More likely she does not have the right body for her skills now. In time she might change that wiring a bit if she exercises her magic.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on May 18, 2020, 04:01:41 PM ---More likely she does not have the right body for her skills now. In time she might change that wiring a bit if she exercises her magic.
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Yes, but the other possibility cannot be excluded simply because he also encouraged her to
have a love affair with Harry though the ink. Just throwing that out there.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on May 18, 2020, 02:50:23 PM --- ... Luccio was still in her old body and had the skills to do so ...
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--- Quote from: Arjan on May 18, 2020, 04:01:41 PM --- More likely she does not have the right body for her skills now. In time she might change that wiring a bit if she exercises her magic.
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I don't think "skill" is quite the right term -- that implies a practiced, developed ability. Luccio still had all her practical experience, all the "how-to" knowledge, and the developed "skill" that follows the practical experience and how-to knowlege. Nevertheless, she cannot forge Warden blades.
I think there's some additional, inherent/inborn ability needed; it's not the case that any two wizards are "equivalent" as they enter apprenticeship. Molly is great with subtle stuff, but Harry isn't. Harry is a Starborn, but Molly isn't.
Luccio blames it on her new body, so it's presumably something physical (which includes neurological), not just an "attitude" problem. As you say, @Arjan, she may be able to recover the ability, with enough practice. Maybe it's "re-wiring" herself; maybe it's like exercising a weak muscle. Maybe it's something else. Maybe she'll never be able to. Maybe we'll never find out, because she maybe she dies in the PT/BG duology (looks like Jim has "retired" her from being an active character; killing her off would be one of the deaths that could hit Harry particularly hard).
Avernite:
--- Quote from: Mira on May 18, 2020, 07:25:45 PM --- Yes, but the other possibility cannot be excluded simply because he also encouraged her to
have a love affair with Harry though the ink. Just throwing that out there.
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Pretty sure the ink was only for the old coots Peabody couldn't directly mentally remodel.
But yeah, while he was in there he might as well have tried to 'fix' her into being unable to make the swords. Or maybe the swords require the kind of dedicated focus that compromised minds are not capable of.
Who knows - but it's certainly an interesting idea if you (like me) want to see Harry wield a cool sword (since the holy ones seem to be for other people). But as a spell-slinger 1st class, and a gun-nut, it may not be so critical.
Mira:
--- Quote ---Pretty sure the ink was only for the old coots Peabody couldn't directly mentally remodel.
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No, Luccio was one of his main targets. Turn Coat page 399 Rashid's conversation with Harry.
--- Quote ---"I've been working with the Wardens and administrative staff whose minds Peabody invaded."
"I heard."
"It appears," he said, choosing his words carefully, that the psychic disruption to Anastasia Luccio was particularly severe."
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There is a lot more about it on the page.
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