[Erio]

Argh. All the discussion happening while I'm sleeping and out of the house, again.

Originally Posted by Darco_emp

But do notice that a mages does not require the use of ID to cast spells.

Yup, that is correct. When I said: "This is where Intelligent Devices come in: to help mages use that raw magic..." I was thinking about Nanoha when she first used Raising Heart. Nanoha didnt know anything about casting magic at the time, but thanks to RH she was able to do it.

The Intelligent Devices help the mages with the calculations or whatnot to cast spells. As you guys have mentioned, mages can do the calculations by themselves as well, but definitely these calculations are done faster with the help of a Device.


On the topic of how Yuuno and Lindy cast spells without the help of a Device, do notice that Yuuno closes his eyes to concentrate when casting his spells. Definitely he is doing all the calculations inside his head. This fact alone proves how good Yuuno actually is, even though his Linker Core is not capable of withstanding the constant energy drain done by Raising Heart. If he gets another ID he can withstand, I'm sure he'd be a lot more powerful.

Originally Posted by BatAttack

Uh huh, except that I don't recall it ever being stated that an AMF drains your life force. I think any normal person or mage could exist in an AMF and remain unharmed indefinitely. Its just that they can't use magic effectively because it becomes defocussed to the point of uselessness.

Hence my comment about the linker core itself being unaffected, only emitted magical energy being defocussed.

Actually, I wasnt trying to contradict you. In fact, what you said is almost the same as what I described in my theory, just that the theory described was more in-depth.

Originally Posted by Burner of Anime

The thing is, the Subaru's RK doesn't always use cartridges to work. There is probably a default setting for continuous strength [it appears to be linked to Mach Caliber for this] that allows the girl to smack the opposition and throw lots of metal around.

In ep5, the revolver unit served as a power generator for her ranged attack. Notice, she spins it manually before casting the magic missile instead of using a cartridge. Cartridge use IMO have always been to augment an existing attack, that or as a means to sidestep complex incantation.

Yes, that's why I'm confused. Subaru doesnt seem to use spells or even the cartridges to enhance her physical strength, and it seems that it is her Revolver Knuckle that is doing all the job. That's why I think that her punching strength comes from a mechanical energy source instead of a spell.

Originally Posted by LoweGear

I think he's referring to "Diabolic Emission".

*is quite overwhelmed at the moment by the sheer size of this thread, has trouble keeping up*

You know, I was wondering why you havent joined the discussion yet, LoweGear.

Originally Posted by Darco_emp

Even those who have done science in university will find some of this challenging...

On a sidenote since I remembered the Nanoha novel did say something about how colour relates to each mage, I'll post what it does say, I can't belive I completly forgot about this, but at least it did prove my freqency theory.

Wait, Nanoha NOVEL? Do you mean the Comics? I thought the only extras were a Comics manga and the Sound Stages...

"The color of magical light changes due to the magical wavelength of each person, It is completly unrelated to specialisation or characteristic of the magic used"

The above is what I could get from it, feel free to retranslate it with a better translation, since I kinda know its petty bad.

I think it was Kha who came up with that theory a little while back, but thanks to this info the magic circle color case is closed.