The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Would a magic circle protect against mental wammys?
g33k:
--- Quote from: SerScot on July 13, 2023, 04:57:07 PM --- Several times in the series Harry gets the “mind magic… mental whammy” attempted against him. It’s magic… so… wouldn’t a quick magic circle be a nice quick block to such efforts?
--- End quote ---
Depends on the whammy.
White-Council style magic, generally, will be blocked.
The Rampire whammy is based on a chemical/drug effect. If you've become addicted, you'll likely obey any commands and may even act proactively to please your masters (leaving a protective circle, destroying someone else's, etc).
I don't think we know enough about Whampire or Blampire mental whammies, and whether a circle would stop them.
g33k:
--- Quote from: SerScot on July 13, 2023, 09:49:10 PM ---Hold on… Corpsetaker didn’t have any of Harry’s blood in Dead Beat. Malvora didn’t have any of Harry’s blood in White Knight. How could Harry’s blood matter?
--- End quote ---
I don't recall that Harry had a protective circle up, in DB, vs. Corpsetaker's attempt on his mind... he was simply running away when she nailed him.
Was there any Malvora attempt in WK upon Harry's mind, when he had a circle raised?
So having / not-having his blood doesn't indicate blood's efficacy at bypassing a circle.
SerScot:
--- Quote from: g33k on July 14, 2023, 04:25:38 PM ---I don't recall that Harry had a protective circle up, in DB, vs. Corpsetaker's attempt on his mind... he was simply running away when she nailed him.
Was there any Malvora attempt in WK upon Harry's mind, when he had a circle raised?
So having / not-having his blood doesn't indicate blood's efficacy at bypassing a circle.
--- End quote ---
He didn’t. I’m asking why he didn’t attempt to put one up and if he did… if it would have blocked the mental Whammies. If it wouldn’t have… why wouldn’t the circle protect him?
g33k:
--- Quote from: SerScot on July 14, 2023, 04:30:12 PM ---He didn’t. I’m asking why he didn’t attempt to put one up and if he did… if it would have blocked the mental Whammies. If it wouldn’t have… why wouldn’t the circle protect him?
--- End quote ---
In Dead Beat, the ghoul was right there... it probably could have taken him out before he had time to form a circle, but even if he got it up, I think they're physical-enough to just walk right through a Circle and mess him up with claws & teeth.
Harry has *never* (that I recall) tried a Circle against ghouls (presumably because it wouldn't work).
But I think that the magic of Capiorcorpus would be blocked by a magic-circle; I just don't think DB ever offered circumstances where Harry could usefully try it.
FWIW, a circle certainly blocked the whammy from the Mind Fog in Summer Knight.
The_Sibelis:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on July 14, 2023, 02:16:43 PM ---Summoning circles areand require a pentagram inside, and are powered by the practitioner.
--- End quote ---
citations needed. Not every wizard hold to pentagrams like Harry and not every circle used to summon would have them. And not every circle has a living practitioner attached either. Am thinking its implied in the original toot scene he powers the circle with a bit of his own energy or something 🤔
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version