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Harry's force rings
g33k:
--- Quote from: RobReece on June 26, 2025, 03:41:00 AM --- I don't think it's the motion of the ring, it's getting energy from Harry when he moves his arms. Putting it on something moving wouldn't do anything, even another person might need attunement or something.
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Remember that Elaine could recharge her thorn-wand by just plugging into a wall-socket, and she's got similar training to Harry (she's just "more elegant").
I think Harry's rings are (or could easily be re-made) similarly-amenable to mechanical recharge.
It might have to be more linear than rotational, though -- the force rings are pretty explicitly one trick, linear thrust (though if he does have to re-make them anyhow, he might include some rotational and other variants).
Maybe he could find a supermarket or similar, with a sliding-door that opens & closes many times per hour, all day long...
Talby16:
--- Quote from: RobReece on June 26, 2025, 03:41:00 AM ---I don't think it's the motion of the ring, it's getting energy from Harry when he moves his arms. Putting it on something moving wouldn't do anything, even another person might need attunement or something.
IMHO
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To add to g33k's answer, IIRC it states in the book where they are introduced that they are charged by kinetic energy. I take that to mean that anything that generates kinetic energy should charge the rings up.
TrueMonk:
I still think Toot, or possibly more members of the guard with force rings would be great. They are allways topped off because they are moving all the time and if he needs them to attack something it would be the knives/nails setup dialled up.
RobReece:
--- Quote from: Talby16 on June 26, 2025, 05:23:49 PM ---To add to g33k's answer, IIRC it states in the book where they are introduced that they are charged by kinetic energy. I take that to mean that anything that generates kinetic energy should charge the rings up.
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I agree that it's storing kinetic energy, the difference being the source of the energy, I think it's coming from Harry and his movement, not the motion of the rings themselves.
If all it needed was for the rings to be moving then he could have been doing that for years, instead he wears them and hits the big bag.
Talby16:
--- Quote from: RobReece on July 01, 2025, 05:48:40 AM ---I agree that it's storing kinetic energy, the difference being the source of the energy, I think it's coming from Harry and his movement, not the motion of the rings themselves.
If all it needed was for the rings to be moving then he could have been doing that for years, instead he wears them and hits the big bag.
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How does this work with his staff? He carved the spell on the end of his staff multiple times and used it against Asher in Skin Game. Harry is moving the staff, but the actual spell is not touching him directly (ie ring on skin). I could buy the argument that Harry is necessary for the rings to power up. We only saw the rings "being charged" while he was wearing them within his aura. The staff is a different story. The carved spell on the end of his staff is not within his aura. Is it charged by passive movement (just being used as a walking stick)? Does Harry have to run energy through his staff with movement to charge the spell? When it comes to the staff, it seems inefficient to have to actively run energy to it in order to charge it.
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