Not really, no. By definition, even! ^^
Actually, my mental image of this came from balefire, out of Wheel of Time, but now that you mention it...
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Yep. Trap. Note to self: Gaea's Love doesn't scale up well as it is. Time to move out.A quick fly up to the top floor, dash to the roof, and Air Comet later, and I was floating off to one side of the building, watching people bail out of the ground floor. Every time somebody left the building, my spell triggered, crushing them to the ground with a solid two gees of force.
...wait a minute, that guy just threw himself out a window! Oh, some sort of hover belt... but it's not doing so well. I can hear the thing humming from here- sounds almost like it's... !As the man's flying device shut down, I threw as much power as I could into my Air Comet, willing myself forward desperately. Going to make it- adjust for speed of fall- BELOW HIM- now slowslowSLOW and... got him! Phew. As the man fell into my arms, I actually dipped in midair. Nearly fell... but I caught myself in time, hit him with a quick bolt of magic to knock him out, and upped the power on the Comet.
Wow, you're heavy... [Mal! I need a mass-to-weight ratio on this guy, and I need it NOW!]
[MASS TO WEIGHT RATIO IS 0.332.]
...so he's just over three times as heavy as he should be?
Gah. No WONDER that spell took so much out of me! I didn't just cover the ground floor, but everything above it for... how far?With that thought, I began to force myself upward, gaining speed far slower than I'd've liked. [Tell me when that ratio changes, Mal.]
[TWO HUNDRED METERS. NO CHANGE.]
[THREE HUNDRED. NO CHANGE.]
[FOUR HUNDRED. NO CHANGE.]
[FIELD DE-] -and then I suddenly shot upward, as if shot out of a cannon. ..ookay, that was fast... or was it? I was putting a lot of power into upward movement; the instant the grav strength started to fall off, I would've accelerated, making it fall off faster, causing more acceleration...
Eh. I'll just review the data later. For now, let's see about that building.
I turned in mid-air, throwing my passenger over my shoulder, and pointed Mal (almost) straight down.
[Arcane Bolt, extended duration.]
[CHARGING NOW.]
The familiar circle spun itself into existence. Once it was spinning, a tiny ball of mana appeared in front of it, gradually growing larger and larger. I let it get to where it almost blocked my view of the building below, and then snapped off a quick telepathic command.
[Fire!]
The ball stopped growing, and Malleus responded. [FIRING.] I zoomed in on the building below, watching it as carefully as possible, and waited for the beam to hit.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
Actually, my mental image of this came from balefire, out of Wheel of Time, but now that you mention it...
**********
Yep. Trap. Note to self: Gaea's Love doesn't scale up well as it is. Time to move out.A quick fly up to the top floor, dash to the roof, and Air Comet later, and I was floating off to one side of the building, watching people bail out of the ground floor. Every time somebody left the building, my spell triggered, crushing them to the ground with a solid two gees of force.
...wait a minute, that guy just threw himself out a window! Oh, some sort of hover belt... but it's not doing so well. I can hear the thing humming from here- sounds almost like it's... !As the man's flying device shut down, I threw as much power as I could into my Air Comet, willing myself forward desperately. Going to make it- adjust for speed of fall- BELOW HIM- now slowslowSLOW and... got him! Phew. As the man fell into my arms, I actually dipped in midair. Nearly fell... but I caught myself in time, hit him with a quick bolt of magic to knock him out, and upped the power on the Comet.
Wow, you're heavy... [Mal! I need a mass-to-weight ratio on this guy, and I need it NOW!]
[MASS TO WEIGHT RATIO IS 0.332.]
...so he's just over three times as heavy as he should be?
Gah. No WONDER that spell took so much out of me! I didn't just cover the ground floor, but everything above it for... how far?With that thought, I began to force myself upward, gaining speed far slower than I'd've liked. [Tell me when that ratio changes, Mal.]
[TWO HUNDRED METERS. NO CHANGE.]
[THREE HUNDRED. NO CHANGE.]
[FOUR HUNDRED. NO CHANGE.]
[FIELD DE-] -and then I suddenly shot upward, as if shot out of a cannon. ..ookay, that was fast... or was it? I was putting a lot of power into upward movement; the instant the grav strength started to fall off, I would've accelerated, making it fall off faster, causing more acceleration...
Eh. I'll just review the data later. For now, let's see about that building.
I turned in mid-air, throwing my passenger over my shoulder, and pointed Mal (almost) straight down.
[Arcane Bolt, extended duration.]
[CHARGING NOW.]
The familiar circle spun itself into existence. Once it was spinning, a tiny ball of mana appeared in front of it, gradually growing larger and larger. I let it get to where it almost blocked my view of the building below, and then snapped off a quick telepathic command.
[Fire!]
The ball stopped growing, and Malleus responded. [FIRING.] I zoomed in on the building below, watching it as carefully as possible, and waited for the beam to hit.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.