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Coscott comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 19, chapter 88-89 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Coscott 30 June 2013 05:39:51AM 6 points [-]

For years, when trying to explain just how easy it is to break D&D 3.5 specifically, my example has always been a 5th level transmutation wizard with shrink item, mage hand, a twenty thousand pound rock and 100d6 of falling object dammage.... And somehow, I managed to not see that coming. I wonder if EY's falling rock idea originally came from D&D.

Comment author: Fhyve 30 June 2013 11:59:48AM 3 points [-]

Wasn't exactly a falling rock, more like a rapidly expanding jawbreaker.

Comment author: ikrase 01 July 2013 07:43:45AM 2 points [-]

I predicted that the rock would be used in more or less this way, although I expected it would be used as a projectile by accelerating the ring to a high speed at an enemy and then Finite Incantatem.