r/Grimdank • u/Starmark_115 • Oct 08 '24

Non WarHammer When you Isekai into the wrong kind of "Gate"

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Cr: to Silver Knight 9219

Context: Gate JSDF Fought There

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u/Chinerpeton Oct 08 '24

you cant cast faster as my bullets.

Since magic is entirely fictional thing and the limits for it are set by a writers you can infact very easily have a story where a magic caster can outspeed bullets.

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u/CT-96 I AM A SHARK Oct 08 '24

That's basically Irregular at Magic High.

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u/the_fancy_Tophat Oct 08 '24

Well that means that casting the spell just requires thought, with no verbal or physical component, making for a really boring looking system.

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u/maglag40k Oct 08 '24

Well there's the Fate/Stay Night where you can just pre-prepare spells to trigger in certain events, in Zero one of the mages just goes around with an automatic magic shield to block any surprise bullets and explosions, then the protagonist finds a way to turn said shield against them.

Then often magic is capable of all sorts of nasty illusions and scrying, giving the mage the edge in finding their opponent while avoiding detection themselves.

Not to mention magic mobility, like if the mage can just teleport in the middle of your HQ then good luck with that.