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<blockquote data-quote="Shasarak" data-source="post: 7764686" data-attributes="member: 94143"><p>So your argument is that 13 year old children learning how to cast spells with broken wands cant cast spells? Ah huh.</p><p></p><p>And of course you have some spells that some wizards can not cast, that is why you have a percentage chance to learn spells afterall. And when Harry learns to cast his Patronus he never fails to cast his Patronus.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, some people are weak minded and can be mind controlled. Some people are not and cant be. It was not the Force that failed.</p><p></p><p>Luke can not levitate his XWing before he was trained in the force and then after he was trained he levitated his XWing. I find in Starwars that its only the Mary Sue characters that can use the Force without training.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think you are right, the Librarian could have been a result of a miscast spell but the only reason they did not change him back was that being an Orangutan was much better for his job.</p><p></p><p>But really the Discworld wizards cast magic all the time, they even summon up Death at the proverbial drop of the hat. In fact Wizards are so proficient at magic that they need to use non-magical ways to try and work their way up the magical pyramid.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It has been so many years since I have read those books but if I was to guess it was a student casting a spell that he was specifically told not to try to cast?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They are very similar to DnD magic, their magic never fails. It is always reliable. Circe never hilariously fails to turn sailors into pigs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well yes obviously.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Gandalf never fails to cast his spells, Bilbos sword never fails to detect Goblins, the One ring never sometimes makes its wearer invisible. You could go on and on.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It would not "break" DnD, it would be a ridiculously niche version of DnD that, as I have shown, would be inconsistent with over 40 years of fantasy literature.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shasarak, post: 7764686, member: 94143"] So your argument is that 13 year old children learning how to cast spells with broken wands cant cast spells? Ah huh. And of course you have some spells that some wizards can not cast, that is why you have a percentage chance to learn spells afterall. And when Harry learns to cast his Patronus he never fails to cast his Patronus. Yes, some people are weak minded and can be mind controlled. Some people are not and cant be. It was not the Force that failed. Luke can not levitate his XWing before he was trained in the force and then after he was trained he levitated his XWing. I find in Starwars that its only the Mary Sue characters that can use the Force without training. I think you are right, the Librarian could have been a result of a miscast spell but the only reason they did not change him back was that being an Orangutan was much better for his job. But really the Discworld wizards cast magic all the time, they even summon up Death at the proverbial drop of the hat. In fact Wizards are so proficient at magic that they need to use non-magical ways to try and work their way up the magical pyramid. It has been so many years since I have read those books but if I was to guess it was a student casting a spell that he was specifically told not to try to cast? They are very similar to DnD magic, their magic never fails. It is always reliable. Circe never hilariously fails to turn sailors into pigs. Well yes obviously. Gandalf never fails to cast his spells, Bilbos sword never fails to detect Goblins, the One ring never sometimes makes its wearer invisible. You could go on and on. It would not "break" DnD, it would be a ridiculously niche version of DnD that, as I have shown, would be inconsistent with over 40 years of fantasy literature. [/QUOTE]
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