Doug doesn't really have good enough access to his magic to try a real final strike, although he could probably fake it if he had a big enough song running at the critical moment.
You want a final strike among the Warriors, you need to go to Hexe. It's not on her character sheet, but basically, if someone actually manages to kill Hexe's mortal shell, they're in for a world of hurt, as they've basically just unlocked all of Hexe, and she's going to still be right there, and pissed.
As for the magic system, personal-line-node isn't really unique to Lackey, although she's done a master's work on making it a part of Velgarth. I will admit to starting with her interpretation, but I very quickly expanded on it, leaving it as one of several "configurations" magic could take in a world. WW, for instance, doesn't really have nodes, although it does have the rare ley line. And places like the Harry Potter world clearly do not work on the line-node system.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
You want a final strike among the Warriors, you need to go to Hexe. It's not on her character sheet, but basically, if someone actually manages to kill Hexe's mortal shell, they're in for a world of hurt, as they've basically just unlocked all of Hexe, and she's going to still be right there, and pissed.
As for the magic system, personal-line-node isn't really unique to Lackey, although she's done a master's work on making it a part of Velgarth. I will admit to starting with her interpretation, but I very quickly expanded on it, leaving it as one of several "configurations" magic could take in a world. WW, for instance, doesn't really have nodes, although it does have the rare ley line. And places like the Harry Potter world clearly do not work on the line-node system.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.