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Will Harry change his approach to magic now?
forumghost:
Harry hasn't bothered to learn anything new or grow since pre-Changes, so no, I don't see his starting now.
If anything, he'll start leaning into being a thug even more, since everyone out-skills him so much that he can't hope to catch up, so better keep developing his Thews instead.
The man is the living embodiment of "Fight Harder, not Smarter"
Mira:
--- Quote from: forumghost on September 16, 2021, 12:59:11 AM ---Harry hasn't bothered to learn anything new or grow since pre-Changes, so no, I don't see his starting now.
If anything, he'll start leaning into being a thug even more, since everyone out-skills him so much that he can't hope to catch up, so better keep developing his Thews instead.
The man is the living embodiment of "Fight Harder, not Smarter"
--- End quote ---
He has worked quite a bit of ice magic.. It did take some smarts to defeat Ethniu, he used his smarts to get around Eb, he used his smarts to get his lab back and that castle from Marcone. Make no mistake there is a lot of brute force when it comes to Harry's power, but never underestimate his intelligence.
Avernite:
--- Quote from: forumghost on September 16, 2021, 12:59:11 AM ---Harry hasn't bothered to learn anything new or grow since pre-Changes, so no, I don't see his starting now.
If anything, he'll start leaning into being a thug even more, since everyone out-skills him so much that he can't hope to catch up, so better keep developing his Thews instead.
The man is the living embodiment of "Fight Harder, not Smarter"
--- End quote ---
Cold Days spells out his training - Mab forced him to train magic-without-props, mind-only. If that isn't a skill about fighting smarter...
morriswalters:
Mab's pointed out the way Harry needs to progress in Cold Days when she says to him. "Improve your mind." This is used in Skin Game. Read Chapter 44 and consider Harry's past.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on September 16, 2021, 06:40:47 PM ---Mab's pointed out the way Harry needs to progress in Cold Days when she says to him. "Improve your mind." This is used in Skin Game. Read Chapter 44 and consider Harry's past.
--- End quote ---
Great point. He outsmarted Lasciel, and used defensive magic to take her down. Not brute force. As Jim said "He's matured". This is exactly what I'm talking about. He used to rely on pure brute force, and because he's so strong it could get him out of a tough jam. With who he's facing now, he needs to be smart, and efficient.
I'm hoping that maybe we see Harry working some earth magic. He's done some pretty cool stuff with it in the past. Also he mentioned how Morgan could horribly hurt you with it, as to not violate the laws of magic. So in a duel with Carlos I could see the ground sucking in, and twisting, and snapping his already injured leg.
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