Those who guessed that he's not actually a mage, but did, indeed, mention having magic gadgets: ding ding ding! You were correct.
Those who guessed that he's not actually a mage, but did, indeed, mention having magic gadgets: ding ding ding! You were correct.
8 thoughts on “Chapter 3 Pages 160-161”
Bob the Moose
Apparently Rav can embroider.
thisisnotdan
No, a “real mage” embroidered it, implying that it actually wasn’t Rav.
I’m not quite clear on how the “written” power of magic works. Do the words disappear when you use them? Or the medium they’re written on? That would make Rav’s shirt and scarf limited-use items, I guess. Adds to the investment he made to get the gang out of trouble back at the church.
And to increase the power of magic writing you write more. So, like, more copies of the same spell? Or do you go over the letters multiple times to make them really thick? Lots to learn!
Neil
Interesting. I suppose there’d have to be a catch though, right? Otherwise mages wouldn’t even need to cast spells, they could simply embroider items with the spells and they could be cast from that forever. They’re either one-use or their effect is limited. It must also be difficult to do, or otherwise I’d imagine everyone would have clothes like this. Perhaps it’s heavily frowned upon by the mage guilds, and therefore you don’t see it often for this reason alone.
Neil
Also, a mandatory “Do or do not. There is no try.”
Amethyst
“I’m not quite clear on how the “written” power of magic works. Do the words disappear when you use them? Or the medium they’re written on? That would make Rav’s shirt and scarf limited-use items, I guess. Adds to the investment he made to get the gang out of trouble back at the church.”
Based on the way Ivan explained it earlier, writing down a spell allows it to be charged with magical power over time. Casting said pre-charged spells seems to drain the magic, but not destroy the item itself (otherwise Ivan’s spell book would have love since vanished), and it will eventually recharge itself over time if left in close enough proximity to a mage.
As for Rav’s shirt, maybe Rav has enough magical power to charge magical items but not enough to actually channel spells on his own.
ThisIsNotDan
“and it will eventually recharge itself over time if left in close enough proximity to a mage.”
I must have missed that detail somewhere, because I don’t remember anything like it. Do you have a page/arc where you remember reading that? And is there any word on whether the ink itself disappears from pre-charged spells when they’re cast? Or is there not really a visible sign that the magic has been drained?
Amethyst
Ah… okay. I apparently misremembered how it worked and was wrong on that part. It seems that casting a written spell erases the words but doesn’t destroy the items it’s written on (page 34.) So Rav’s shirt is likely a limited use item; though HOW limited is an unknown. After all, nothing says there’s only one spell embroidered on it.
It also doesn’t actually specify that it requires a mage to write or charge a spell, but if not then why wouldn’t EVERYONE just write out spells like that?
Amethyst
Addition: Page 34 is where Ivan explains written spells. Page 41 is where he casts and we see the words vanish but his spell book remain intact.
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