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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5772111" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>OTOH, Dr. Strange- Marvel's <em>Sorcerer Supreme</em>- is probably the most Vancian of all comic book spellcasters. I say this because he often calls out the names of his spells- so it's easier to track- and he rarely uses the same ones more than once in a combat or even comic book. Try a count sometime. Do you know how many times he uses ths Crimson Bands of Cyttorak? According to Marvel, 8 times.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://marvel.wikia.com/Category:Crimson_Bands_of_Cyttorak/Appearances" target="_blank">Crimson Bands of Cyttorak/Appearances - Marvel Comics Database</a></p><p></p><p>8 times in all the decades that character has been around...and that's a basic- albeit powerful- grappling spell.</p><p></p><p>And, FWIW, he <em>has</em> run out of power, more than once. There was one story arc in which he was traveling up through dimensions- I believe in search of his beloved Clea- and he only way he could continue on his quest was by stealing the magical reserves of those he defeated.</p><p></p><p>So while it may be true that comic book spellcasters rarely run out of power, there is the open question of why this is so. Some clearly have powers that function like 4Ed's At-wills. Some know specific spells that apparently may only be cast a limited number of times, in Vancian fashion. Others craft spells on the fly. Still others can spam their entire repertoire of arcane might any old time...but only know an extremely small number of different powers. And then there are ones who operate by rules we can only guess at.</p><p></p><p>All within the same comic book universe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5772111, member: 19675"] OTOH, Dr. Strange- Marvel's [I]Sorcerer Supreme[/I]- is probably the most Vancian of all comic book spellcasters. I say this because he often calls out the names of his spells- so it's easier to track- and he rarely uses the same ones more than once in a combat or even comic book. Try a count sometime. Do you know how many times he uses ths Crimson Bands of Cyttorak? According to Marvel, 8 times. [url=http://marvel.wikia.com/Category:Crimson_Bands_of_Cyttorak/Appearances]Crimson Bands of Cyttorak/Appearances - Marvel Comics Database[/url] 8 times in all the decades that character has been around...and that's a basic- albeit powerful- grappling spell. And, FWIW, he [I]has[/I] run out of power, more than once. There was one story arc in which he was traveling up through dimensions- I believe in search of his beloved Clea- and he only way he could continue on his quest was by stealing the magical reserves of those he defeated. So while it may be true that comic book spellcasters rarely run out of power, there is the open question of why this is so. Some clearly have powers that function like 4Ed's At-wills. Some know specific spells that apparently may only be cast a limited number of times, in Vancian fashion. Others craft spells on the fly. Still others can spam their entire repertoire of arcane might any old time...but only know an extremely small number of different powers. And then there are ones who operate by rules we can only guess at. All within the same comic book universe. [/QUOTE]
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