polymathwannabe comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapters 105-107 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 17 February 2015 01:13:20PM -1 points [-]

I would expect Finite Incantatem to work like Dispel Magic and require a caster level check.

Comment author: Velorien 17 February 2015 03:59:58PM 3 points [-]

That still wouldn't be safe. The possibility of using "massed Finite Incantatem", as raised by Quirrell, suggests that low-level casters can dispel high-level ones' spells, either by combining power (circumstantial help modifier?) or by getting a natural 20. And matters being as they are, if Voldemort gets transfigured, odds are good that it will be done by Harry (who has a low caster level).