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Brant thought long and hard before answering
"Erm Sir, One limit I can think of is nothing permanlty cursed off, lets say like an ear or something, and a Completion point can be like when one of the two wizard or witches passes out, or have some what of a safe word?" Brant didn't know if these were right, but he would love to have a safe word for something like this. maybe like "Banana" or something, that would be funny to see. but This was still serisous stuff so Brant didn't laugh or show that he was laughing at all.
"Right. Good examples." Truebridge answered.
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Ameh Limit and Completion point. Raiden wrinkled his nose as he made notes. The most obvious ones were...
"A limit could be... not casting anything permanently debilitating." Which meant no blasting curses meant to take limbs off. "A completion point... the most obvious one is death in more extreme duels, isn't it?"
"Death indeed." Truebridge answered gravely.
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Ellabella "One limitation I know of is there is no physical contact in a wizards duel", he thought this one was kind of obvious considering the use of wands.
"Ah, well that is indeed a rule that can be included in a Code Duello, but we are talking about limits which are imposed and agreed upon by the duelers
before the duel commences. Physical contact is often excluded but is not always, depending on the nature of the duel. In fact duelers may decide
not to include that as a limit and are quite within their rights to do so." Truebridge explained.
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Zellanna Lina thought a little about it. "I would think a limit would be nothing that would cause permenant damage. A completion point... when one or the other wizard is incapable of dueling... like being knocked out or petrified."
"Good, Lina." Truebridge liked when the students listened and thought about the questions. So far the class were all doing well.
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The1HBIC Raising her hand Marie said, "Sir, a limit could be something like no memory altering spells allowed. A completion point could be unconsciousness." Yes, once someone was unconscious tey would no longer be able to duel.
"Precisely." Truebridge nodded once in agreement, frowning just slightly at those particular suggestions. Life imitating art and what not. He had his suspicions about what was going on.
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DH Vixen Mina smiled as she caught the professor's nod. She really was a bit more at ease now. "One limit could be not using Unforgivables and a completion point could be when either wizard is unable to response. Like if they are hit with a petrificus totalus and are unable to response or move." she replied with a quick raise of her hand.
"Good, Mina." Ethan answered, nodding in agreement.
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grangerfan8 "Pleased to be here professor." She said, glancing up from her notes. She continued to take notes while she swung her feet and thought about what would signal that a duel is over. "Um...if one of the duelers looses there weapon."
"Yes that would be a completion point." Truebridge agreed.
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Herminny "Erm, O think a limit could be not being allowed to use non-verbal spells if facing a much younger less experienced opponent at at school and a competion point in this instance could be disarming you're oponent", Herrminny said with a slight crringe. She felt a little uneasy being aound Truebridge knowing what happened to him about the end of last time and his time in Azkaban. She was not sure what to think.
"Very good answer Herminny." Truebridge nodded approvingly and moved on to the next student.
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Mrs. Weasley Sidney writes her notes down as quickly as possible. Things are really moving fast in this class. "My name is Sidney Marlowe sir." Professor Truebridge seems to know a lot about dueling. Sidney tries to think of a limit and a completion that has not already been said. "When teaching dueling there could be a limit to the number of spells used during the duel. That would encourage the participants to choose their spells more closely. There could also be a time limit on the duel. It concludes after a certain time. The winner being determined by points awarded by judges." Sidney hopes her answer is right. She knows nothing about dueling. Professor Duskurk didn't teach them very much. He just kind of let them loose.
"Good. Very creative answer. Indeed you can limit the number of spells, either by limiting the duel to specific spells or by limiting the total number of casts allowed. Often this is the case in show dueling. A time limit is also a viable option." Zan nodded at the little first year.
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Miss Lissy Lou Jack tapped his chin in thought for a few seconds before raising his hand. "Well, in a proper duel, would Unforgiveables be a limit? Obviously if you're dueling to the death against an opponent who is really lethal, that might not be an issue, but if you're doing a duel like--in the Ministry or at school you obviously would NOT be allowed to use an unforgiveable." he explained.
Although he wasn't sure when you'd be dueling in the Ministry...but whatever. He was sure Truebridge would get it.
"And a completion point would probably be when someone is disarmed. Like, when they lose their wand," he added.
"Yes, unforgiveables are, by law, always an imposed limit. Though in reality not everyone follows the law. Good."
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Completion points include;
- Disarming the opponent
- First blood
- Disabling the opponent
- To the death
Limits include;
- Physical contact between duellers
- No dark magic
- No unforgiveable curses
- Length of time a duel may run for
- Allowance for replacement wands
- Allowance for a second
- A specific spell list
- A specific number of casts
- Allowance for use of other weaponry
- Duel location
Truebridge added some more notes to the orb floating above and behind him where everyone could see to copy the notes.
"In medieval times duels were reserved for social equals. This stands in both Muggle and Wizarding societies; as recently as the eighteenth century a Muggleborn was not permitted to challenge a Pureblood. Complicated laws governed the right of Halfbloods issuing or accepting a challenge depended on how ‘pure’ or ‘diluted’ the Witch or Wizard’s blood was judged to be. Witches were not generally encouraged to duel, though the last remaining laws prohibiting the participation of a witch in a duel were abolished in 1802.
Perhaps the best documented incidents of duelling in Wizarding history are those duels which occurred around the Elder Wand. The Elder wand could only be possessed by someone who had disarmed its master, though this was often incorrectly interpreted to mean that the master of the wand must be killed for the wand to transfer its allegiance."
Truebridge paused, several of the students in this class had been in a lesson with him precisely on that subject, that is, the Elder Wand.
"Can anyone name a well-known duel? There are many involving the Elder Wand alone, but a myriad of others in your history books alone."
ooc: There are plenty of canon answers, but feel free to be a little creative if you like.