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Subject: [FFML] Re: [FFML][comments] [Ranma/Slayers] Redheads Three
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From: "Chris Mattern" <matternc@home.com>
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Subject: [FFML] Re: [FFML][comments] [Ranma/Slayers] Redheads Three
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Richard Robinson wrote:
1: As I understand it, Black Magic doesn't depend on Mazoku for
power.
Rather, it and the Mazoku depend on the same source of power,
so-called
"negative" emotions.
Depends on the spell. Lower-level stuff, like, say, a Fireball, only
needs the "negative" emotions. But a Dragon Slave calls upon
Shabrinago;
if Shabrinago's not there, you can't cast it. Similarly, the Giga
Slave,
and, if I remember correctly, the Ragna Blade, call on the Lord of
Nightmares.
Since Ranma's apparently not going to be trying a Dragon Slave, the lack
of the Mazoku in his world shouldn't be a problem.
Actually all of the elemental spells fall under the realm of Shamanism.
Shamanism falls under the following categories:
Fire, Includes spells such as Flare Arrow, and Fireball,
Ah, Flare Arrow and Fireball are *Shamanist* spells? Explains my confusion;
I had always thought they were Black Magic.
Chris Mattern