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RRdem · 10-04-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by cake.ninjak

"Those are all fantastic suggestions, class," Ian said, smiling.

"There are a few things I would like to explore further out of the suggestions you all made. First, a few of you said that they would be useful in the case one was without one's wand, however, non-verbal spells are not to be confused with wandless magic. Wandless magic can be both verbal and non-verbal, but today, we'll stick with non-verbal magic that still requires a wand." Good thing that was out of the way. Ian himself had had trouble with that when he was first learning about non-verbal and wandless magics.

"The second thing I would like to talk about is the power of non-verbal spells. To a regular witch or wizard, non-verbal spells tend to be weaker than spoken spells. However, to a highly-trained wizard, they can be just as powerful as a normal spell, or even more powerful than a normal spell." Was Ian one of those highly-trained wizards? Maybe....but probably not.

"Third is actually the reason I wanted to talk about non-verbal spells today. While you may not be able to produce a spell without speaking - and let it be known that I don't expect any of you to be able to achieve that right now, as it is very advanced magic - the discipline and focus required to produce a spell without speaking can translate into any other area of life. If you're feeling distracted while you're trying to do homework, or if you need to calm yourself during a gobstones or quidditch match. Attempting non-verbal spells will give you the skills to be able to focus more easily."

"So, as I mentioned earlier, some spells are actually easier to cast non-verbally than verbally. One example of that is levicorpus, which in itself is a rather advanced spell. However, I have designed rather simple spell to be used non-verbally that I would like to try to teach to you all. But again, before we get into the theory behind this magic, how about a demonstration?"

Ian nonchalantly pointed his wand toward the door, and a white, ghostly red panda shot out of his wand to an unknown location.

Edem listened carefully, his eyes fixed upon the professor, his quill brushed against his chin occasionally when he wasn't taking notes.

Levicorpus.. Hoisting the opponent by their ankle? he started drawing a caricature of the image of the spell being done, which had appeared in his mind earlier. Pursing his lips, he let the drawings stay where they were made. His attention returned to the professor. A red panda was bursting out of the professor's wand just when he looked up. What was that?

He thought dumbly of again partnering up and casting random, nonverbal spells to defeat the panda. Meh.

10-04-2009, 10:57 AM	#238 (permalink)
RRdem Puffskein Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,376 First Year	Quote: Originally Posted by cake.ninjak "Those are all fantastic suggestions, class," Ian said, smiling. "There are a few things I would like to explore further out of the suggestions you all made. First, a few of you said that they would be useful in the case one was without one's wand, however, non-verbal spells are not to be confused with wandless magic. Wandless magic can be both verbal and non-verbal, but today, we'll stick with non-verbal magic that still requires a wand." Good thing that was out of the way. Ian himself had had trouble with that when he was first learning about non-verbal and wandless magics. "The second thing I would like to talk about is the power of non-verbal spells. To a regular witch or wizard, non-verbal spells tend to be weaker than spoken spells. However, to a highly-trained wizard, they can be just as powerful as a normal spell, or even more powerful than a normal spell." Was Ian one of those highly-trained wizards? Maybe....but probably not. "Third is actually the reason I wanted to talk about non-verbal spells today. While you may not be able to produce a spell without speaking - and let it be known that I don't expect any of you to be able to achieve that right now, as it is very advanced magic - the discipline and focus required to produce a spell without speaking can translate into any other area of life. If you're feeling distracted while you're trying to do homework, or if you need to calm yourself during a gobstones or quidditch match. Attempting non-verbal spells will give you the skills to be able to focus more easily." "So, as I mentioned earlier, some spells are actually easier to cast non-verbally than verbally. One example of that is levicorpus, which in itself is a rather advanced spell. However, I have designed rather simple spell to be used non-verbally that I would like to try to teach to you all. But again, before we get into the theory behind this magic, how about a demonstration?" Ian nonchalantly pointed his wand toward the door, and a white, ghostly red panda shot out of his wand to an unknown location. Edem listened carefully, his eyes fixed upon the professor, his quill brushed against his chin occasionally when he wasn't taking notes. Levicorpus.. Hoisting the opponent by their ankle? he started drawing a caricature of the image of the spell being done, which had appeared in his mind earlier. Pursing his lips, he let the drawings stay where they were made. His attention returned to the professor. A red panda was bursting out of the professor's wand just when he looked up. What was that? He thought dumbly of again partnering up and casting random, nonverbal spells to defeat the panda. Meh. __________________ it's been about three years now, ain't seen or heard from you, I've been missing you crazy.. ♥Ameh's Favourite♥