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Why is Marcone such a heavy magical hitter?
vincentric:
--- Quote from: Mira on December 05, 2020, 01:43:41 PM ---But they do matter, they number in the thousands and in the early hours of the battle they were critical, not just in info gathering but in battling those flying squid things. Marcone doesn't have anything like that.
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Rock, paper, scissors. Different forces are better at certain things.
Marcone's army of gangsters was able to fend off the Huntsmen because they were an enemy that they could see and keep up with. The Little Folk couldn't have done that as well but they were perfect for scouting and stopping the squid drones.
Mira:
--- Quote from: vincentric on December 05, 2020, 05:40:09 PM ---Rock, paper, scissors. Different forces are better at certain things.
Marcone's army of gangsters was able to fend off the Huntsmen because they were an enemy that they could see and keep up with. The Little Folk couldn't have done that as well but they were perfect for scouting and stopping the squid drones.
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Without which, everyone would have been screwed! Without the Little Folk, all would have remained pinned down and blind until it was too late.
morriswalters:
Marcone has no magic. Namshiel has magic. If that isn't true then Jim has broken his rules. You either manifest the talent or you don't. And if you have it and if you don't use it, you lose it. The danger of using the Fallen was hashed out over and over again during Lash's run in the plot. The more you depend on them the more you are diminished. Am I misreading Jim's rules?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on December 05, 2020, 06:27:32 PM ---Marcone has no magic. Namshiel has magic. If that isn't true then Jim has broken his rules. You either manifest the talent or you don't. And if you have it and if you don't use it, you lose it. The danger of using the Fallen was hashed out over and over again during Lash's run in the plot. The more you depend on them the more you are diminished. Am I misreading Jim's rules?
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Sometimes Jim’s rules are not about what always happens but just what happens most of the time. But in this case I think the magic is Namshiel.
Namshiel should be able to teach Marcone some magic if he provides the missing bits. The power and the ability to see it. Butters could do some things with Bob helping. But what happened in battle ground was just too advanced. I am also not sure when Harry was talking to Marcone and when he talked to Namshiel. I think at the end he was talking to Namshiel because Marcone had never difficulty with long term planning.
forumghost:
--- Quote from: K.L.O.E. on December 05, 2020, 01:08:45 PM ---And this is the second time that he's used the little folk in battle. He gave them all box cutters way back in Summer Knight. I'm not sure if the Senior Council knew about the first time but the fae would remember
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Third time, he also brought them along to the fight on Demonreach back in Turn Coat. Toot even 1v1'd Shagnasty for a bit.
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