ward woj

Q: Keep in mind that Harry’s wards (because I’m sure there are some on the office as well as his apartment- even Harry is not quite that dense) don’t seem to have interfered with the rest of the building’s electrical, gas, or other utility functions.
A: No wards on the office.  You need a threshold for anything but teensy defenses, and the office is a public place of business, not a home.

Quote from: Orbweaver on March 16, 2010, 11:23:41 AM (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,16154.msg744696.html#msg744696)


Q: The scorpion was dormant magic when it entered.
Mab probably isn’t affected by those types of wards, she’s exceedingly powerful fae (Were the fae even an issue with wards that weren’t the fry-to-crisp type, in the books, let alone a powerful one?)
But I do not remember Jim ever mentioning wards in the office. Then again, since Harry has begun using serious wards in the books, we’ve had few office scenes. When Jim originally started writing the early books with the office scenes, he may not have really considered wards for it.
A: No wards on the office.  To build a ward, you have to use a threshold of some kind.  (Well, you can use other kinds of similar energy structures, like ley lines, ogham stones, etc, but you can’t just slap them down anywhere.)  No wards on Harry’s office in the books for that reason.
The office doesn’t have a whole hell of a lot of “home” energy around it.  Virtually none.  I mean, a hotel room would have more.  Harry could probably sling up some kind of tripwire-rings-a-bell equivalent ward, if he wanted to, but even that would be tricky and he has better ways to spend his time and effort.

Quote from: Mickey Finn on February 06, 2007, 05:29:09 PM (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,1858.msg34721.html#msg34721)