limitations of UC

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 34931

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "tex23236" <jbryson at r...> wrote:

> Why would a dark(i.e. one who is already on the sheet for using 
> an UC, so it doesn't matter if he uses more) wizard cast any other 
> spell than AK? Is it more difficult?  What spells would one use in a 
> serious duel, other than the UC's?
> 
> Tex, who is trying to work out JKR's system of magic...

Well, they wanted to Rule The World, which probably is easier if 
everyone else is dead, but Evil Overlords tend to prefer having people 
to opress about and all that. That said, I'm of the oppinion that AK is 
extremely difficult to cast, taking years of practice and great powers 
(this means: only a handful of wizards can cast it). The rest of the 
dark wizards would probably work with lesser spells, most of them being 
nowhere powerfull enough to cat UCs (if Crabbe and Goyle take to their 
fathers, I'd imagine that they weren't precisely providing powerful 
curses to Voldi).

Again, the curse that the dark wizards most used was, according to what 
Harry has been told, the Imperio, although we are discovering that many 
of the people who said that they had been hit by it were lying. The 
Imperio curse is the logical one to take over the world: you just 
Imperio whomever are in charge. We're discovering recently that the 
Imperio has big disadvantages (like people throwing it off at will), 
and it always looked implausible to me that the wizard who made the 
curse could have the imprisioned one do ANYTHING while under the curse 
(in the lines of "go to the Neville's place and put AK to everyone you 
find there, except if their under five years old, in which case just 
Crucitatus them"). The latest developments in Canon seem to point out 
that "Imperioed" people need constant supervision, thus making it 
rather useless for force-labor (what's the point of having someone else 
do the hard work if you're going to be seen anyway in the scene of the 
crime?).

In serious duels, if you could do AK, you'd use it, but if you're not 
powerfull enough, you'd just go for more common spells/hexes/curses 
like balls of fire, lightning, etc.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf