[HPforGrownups] Spell Mechanics

[Incitatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 24491

Herald Talia <heraldtalia at juno.com> wrote: > What are
some of the mechanics of spell casting in
> the Potterverse? 
> The Summoning Charm, for example - is it limited to
> line-of-sight? Mrs.
> Weasley certainally used it to find Ton-tongue
> Toffees that she didn't
> see. If it's more long distance, why couldn't Harry
> just Summon the diary
> when it was stolen from him? (CoS - when Ginny
> steals TR's diary back
> from Harry.)

IIRC Harry didn't actually learn the summoning charm
until GoF which is quite a pressing reason for him not
using it to retrieve the diary in CoS:)

~Catriona~

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