In theory, a wizard's house could be rigged with tons of circles so that the new fangled electrikity could be installed. All the wiring could be wrapped in a tube with circles inscribed periodically. Then you create a circle around all the appliances too. However, it would probably take either massive renovation or building a new place - and having yourself or another trusted practitioner around to install the circles as the other stuff is going in. So a wizard would probably be paying through the nose for that kind of set up.Not unreasonable. The ideal architecture would be a geodesic dome with interior walls of a fully circular curvature. The circles could then be placed directly under the floor moldings or drywall...perhaps even INCLUDING either, and therefore never be breached without physically punching through the wall. They'd be relatively easy to reestablish as well.
Some of them might go down every so often during cleaning, but it should still vastly increase the equipment's useful life.
Leylines and such are magically charged areas. This is part of the Dresdenverse canon.
How about areas that are the reverse of such? Places where there is an absence of magic? Magically null or void zones?
It occurs to me that such areas could well be a good place for a wizard to hide out, much like what the Dark Side cave on Dagobah did for Yoda.
In my mind, places like this would make it more difficult for a wizard to cast magic. There would definitely be a negative modifier to the effective Conviction of a wizard's spell, as the energies would effectively be grounded. Sort of like a Quickening on Holy Ground.That's not a real problem though. I could see such a place interfering with all supernatural activity. It would probably utterly prohibit travel to or from the Nevernever in that area, make various activated powers difficult to use, and prevent all but nigh-godly (or even beyond godly) tracking and scrying attempts. Not even Cowl could find you there, even if he had a whole hand of yours.
There's enormous potential for such an idea in concert with the various standard tropes of the Dresdenverse.The way I see it is that such places are magically null and utterly mundane. Science work perfectly there. Hence magical elements like mordite can't form and magical beings take a big hit to their supernatural powers. Mortals in the know might even purposely look for such places to give them an edge.
There could possibly be a potentially serious drawback to such places though in that mordite could form or appear there. I'd consider that to be a negligible risk though considering the rarity.
The way I see it is that such places are magically null and utterly mundane. Science work perfectly there. Hence magical elements like mordite can't form and magical beings take a big hit to their supernatural powers. Mortals in the know might even purposely look for such places to give them an edge.Mordite isn't magical, it eats magic...all magic, all energy, all life.
Mordite isn't magical, it eats magic...all magic, all energy, all life.What is mordite? Is it scientifically explanable? What elements does it compose of? Is it an element? If mordite isn't magical, then can it be created by science? If mordite eats magic, then how can a mordite-fiend come into being?
Of course, since it's all fiction anyway and there's no such thing as magic...doesn't actually make a difference.
What is mordite? Is it scientifically explanable? What elements does it compose of? Is it an element? If mordite isn't magical, then can it be created by science? If mordite eats magic, then how can a mordite-fiend come into being?Not sure. If I had to venture a guess, I would term it as an unstable confluence of exotic particles. That said, it would make sense that mordite originates from beyond the outer gates. I don't know for sure, but I seem to remember that being mentioned somewhere...but I could very well be wrong.
The books are ambigious on the subject of how magic affects technology. Does a wizard sitting on a plastic chair causes it to break apart? All this is speculation since there hasn't been a mention of any place that impedes magical abilities, although there are areas that enhance it.As near as I can tell, magic only seems to inhibit processes, not structures. Something that's electrically or chemically static doesn't seem to be affected. Given Harry's propensity to wear smarta**ed t-shirts, which often contain complex polymers in the print and usually polyester in the fabric, it's safe to say magic doesn't break down artificially complex chemical bonds. The only time technology seems to go wonky is when it depends on complex electromechanical processes. If it's not an active process, it doesn't seem to matter. I don't think there has been any mention of wagons in the old days throwing a wheel or snapping an axle just because of a wizard's presence. I'm sure a direct hex could foul up even the simplest of mechanical or electrical devices though.