Fun to see that the “wizard” hasn’t noticed all the First World stuff being littered around by Humph. You know, like the toothbrush? Or the bottle of water, instead of a waterskin? Or the candy bars?
Wonder if he’s part of Myrddyn’s (sp?) expedition…?
Unlikely to be part of the expedition. He has a face, a body beyond the mask and suit. Jen never wrote what they looked like beneath those, or if they even existed beyond those (comic=2016-12-16).
Simplest answer is someone who could access the “lower number” spheres and cleverly took advantage of what he found there. There’s precedent anyway for travel to and from the non-magical 1st sphere (comic=2108-03-02).
Are his eyes really dark pits or is that just dramatic lighting? So, on a lower magic world they found an insane wizard trying to become a magical god. Here they find an insane wizard trying to do without magic?
In the Larry Niven Warlock stories, the anti-magic bomb was called a Warlock’s Wheel. A metal disk with two spells on it: a spinning spell that increased without limit, and a spell to keep the disk intact. It would run until it glowed white hot, using up all the “mana” in the vicinity.
Nuclear reactions are quite cool… a domestic lightbulb filiment has a higher energy density than a reactor fuel rod. Nuclear BOMBS are the result of several kilogrammes of heavy metal all heating to white heat in a fraction of a second. The Wizard’s Wheel would just burn steadily until the fuel in range was gone, like a lightbulb, oil lantern, or campfire.
As I remember, the disc did vaporize when used. It’s just that the reinforcement spell was the strongest part, so it was the last to go, and when it did the spinning ensured that most of the vaporized metal was thrown away from the center. Essentially, a shaped charge.
So, an anti-magic field. The one thing that can save our hero from both being married against his will and the Magical Geass he’s under. If he can just talk the guy with a gun out of shooting him, he may well come out just fine here.
Except that using anti-magic on the bond results in both connected parties funneling their life force into a broken pipe, draining them both dry. Not an optimal solution.
If the leaking contents of that bag are like a fuse, it’s probably going to explode all over the place in a moment. That chaos should give him the opportunity he needs to do something about that gun the wizard has drawn on him.
I’d actually like to see that engagement ended. Let’s see if this mage is really powerful… It had its story uses, but now it’s more of a story crutch. Are they now a team, united without magic shackles in a goal? Mags is going to have to pull up her big girl pants and learn to control her temper by herself. How dedicated is she REALLY?
A no-magic zone? How very interesting.
Anti-magic zones. Woot.
Fun to see that the “wizard” hasn’t noticed all the First World stuff being littered around by Humph. You know, like the toothbrush? Or the bottle of water, instead of a waterskin? Or the candy bars?
Wonder if he’s part of Myrddyn’s (sp?) expedition…?
Unlikely to be part of the expedition. He has a face, a body beyond the mask and suit. Jen never wrote what they looked like beneath those, or if they even existed beyond those (comic=2016-12-16).
Simplest answer is someone who could access the “lower number” spheres and cleverly took advantage of what he found there. There’s precedent anyway for travel to and from the non-magical 1st sphere (comic=2108-03-02).
Are his eyes really dark pits or is that just dramatic lighting? So, on a lower magic world they found an insane wizard trying to become a magical god. Here they find an insane wizard trying to do without magic?
Makes sense. If everyone around you needs magic to survive and thrive, then the ability to deny that magic makes you pretty powerful.
It’s possible that he’s not “Mad” just really, really, “Angry” 🙂
In the Larry Niven Warlock stories, the anti-magic bomb was called a Warlock’s Wheel. A metal disk with two spells on it: a spinning spell that increased without limit, and a spell to keep the disk intact. It would run until it glowed white hot, using up all the “mana” in the vicinity.
Yeah, and all that heat never actually did anything despite the disk’s temperature being somewhere in the neighborhood of “nuclear reaction.”
Nuclear reactions are quite cool… a domestic lightbulb filiment has a higher energy density than a reactor fuel rod. Nuclear BOMBS are the result of several kilogrammes of heavy metal all heating to white heat in a fraction of a second. The Wizard’s Wheel would just burn steadily until the fuel in range was gone, like a lightbulb, oil lantern, or campfire.
As I remember, the disc did vaporize when used. It’s just that the reinforcement spell was the strongest part, so it was the last to go, and when it did the spinning ensured that most of the vaporized metal was thrown away from the center. Essentially, a shaped charge.
So, an anti-magic field. The one thing that can save our hero from both being married against his will and the Magical Geass he’s under. If he can just talk the guy with a gun out of shooting him, he may well come out just fine here.
Except that using anti-magic on the bond results in both connected parties funneling their life force into a broken pipe, draining them both dry. Not an optimal solution.
Yeah, using anti-magic to break the bond was already thought of by the creators of the bond.
http://www.useswordonmonster.com/?comic=2013-09-30
Well, well, well… Things just got even more interesting.
If the leaking contents of that bag are like a fuse, it’s probably going to explode all over the place in a moment. That chaos should give him the opportunity he needs to do something about that gun the wizard has drawn on him.
Nice “Shadow of the Wyrm” pendant you have there, dude. Sure would be a shame if some first-sphere adventurer came along and stole it. 🙂
I’d actually like to see that engagement ended. Let’s see if this mage is really powerful… It had its story uses, but now it’s more of a story crutch. Are they now a team, united without magic shackles in a goal? Mags is going to have to pull up her big girl pants and learn to control her temper by herself. How dedicated is she REALLY?