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Murphy
Mira:
--- Quote from: TheCuriousFan on August 10, 2020, 05:55:05 AM ---Martin got a whole bit in Changes about how looking like you're not threatening in the middle of a big fight with obvious threats running around is it's own form of armour, so yes the non-threatening bit still applies.
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Yeah, maybe, she is small but Murphy usually doesn't act non threatening. Maeve got shot because in her over confident insanity she failed to fully disarm her prisoners. A gun is a great equalizer it doesn't care if the finger pulling the trigger belongs to a six foot tall linebacker or a five foot hundred pound woman. Maeve didn't overlook Murphy, she overlooked the gun and she overlooked Mab.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: guinnesshero on July 27, 2020, 11:19:26 PM ---Am I the only one that thinks Murphy is way over powered for a run on the mill human?
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No. Well, maybe not "way" over powered, but overpowered.
--- Quote from: Mira on August 10, 2020, 05:49:13 AM ---All of that, plus Murphy still had a gun on her, and she is trained in "shoot to kill."
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Technically she's trained in "shoot to incapacitate," to aim at center mass. It's just that the result is often death. She leaves the fancy shots up to the boys in SWAT. I think that's pretty close to a direct quote from Murphy.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on August 10, 2020, 04:59:47 PM ---No. Well, maybe not "way" over powered, but overpowered.
Technically she's trained in "shoot to incapacitate," to aim at center mass. It's just that the result is often death. She leaves the fancy shots up to the boys in SWAT. I think that's pretty close to a direct quote from Murphy.
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We also know she is a bit of a "dead eye dick" so she is capable of fancy shots. I think though this was at very close range if I remember correctly so the head shot may have been easier to pull off than the body shot. Also, cannot remember exactly, but did or didn't Harry tell her that Mab wanted Maeve dead? Add that Maeve had just shot Lily dead, so well motivated to shoot to kill.
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 10, 2020, 05:49:13 AM ---All of that, plus Murphy still had a gun on her, and she is trained in "shoot to kill." However none of it would have been possible if Mab hadn't freed her in the first place.I doubt the fights in the next book are going to be fair.
But in the mayhem of the battle field?
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Mab have to free her and she also has to be able to take the opportunity. That alone is a skill.
What I want to say is that even the likes of Murphy could have her uses in the right time and place. The smallest nail could possibly end up determining the victory or defeat of the battle.
And Indeed. If you put Murphy in the front charge as some kind of infantry soldier, Murphy would be dead. At this rate, a turtle neck goon would pose more danger to Murphy compare to Ethniu. But chances are high that Murphy would not be in such a frontline charge.
She is following Harry. Which means she is going to conduct special operations type of activity instead of an infantry charge. She is going to be there facing the big baddies with Harry beside her in a relatively not so chaotic battle. And Harry as we know, has max out his taunting and drawing Aggro skill. Add Murphy's own stealth bonus I mentioned before,, she has a reasonably decent chance to survive as long as Harry could draw hate and tank properly which should provide opportunities Murphy could capitalize.
Conspiracy Theorist:
We have already had a whole series of scenes where Harry used a potion to appear to be background and unimportant. He was unimportant to Ethnui but the Athame and the swords won’t be, and her attention will be drawn to those.
We also had the whole misdirection shtick as well, so I presume Harry will bring on Mac to misdirect. Getting Mac may be Murphys job, she understands family and divorce. Murphy “So he helped kill your father, my SECOND ex-husband married my YOUNGER sister!” Ethnui “the b@stard!”
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