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24 May 08 - 16:02
What are the minimum no. of people required to summon a marid successfully?
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25 May 08 - 06:03
nathanielandbartimaeus wrote: What are the minimum no. of people required to summon a marid successfully?
One actually, although it has to be a pretty strong magician and a fairly weak(if you can call them weak)marid.
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
27 May 08 - 16:29
"A strong magician can summon an Afrit on his own, most Marids require two. I estimated this at a minimum of four."

As quoted from memory, from AoS.
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5 Jun 08 - 10:15
If 'this' means a Ramuthra, then that proves they are way stronger then marids.
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
29 Jun 08 - 23:57
it, not they. Ramuthra is a singular being.

And no duh.
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Nero Higher Spirit
30 Jun 08 - 00:11
I asked in the Jonathan Stroud questions that when a marid is summoned by two people, and one magician dies, what would happen? Would the marid still be there or will the willpower of the last remaining tie the marid to earth?
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1 Jul 08 - 14:44
Good question. I think the marid might possibly escape but again you can't say. He's already summoned so he might have to remain bound in the pentacle. Mightbe only the summoning of the marid requires 2 magicians not the controlling. As I said, good question.
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1 Jul 08 - 21:12
Now to wait for Dansariki's answer...
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6 Aug 08 - 23:59
marid are summoned tons of times. 2 notable ones are.. remember whitwell destroyed one with a vortex. and also there was atlas, who was a marid who had to build the parthenon. messed up, and had to hold it up..
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
7 Aug 08 - 06:18
Atlas was in Ancient Greece.
You're Whitewell comment simply wrong.
Her 'bear' is a Djinni, as seen in GE.
I believe you meant to say that she destroyed one.
If not, then I did you're thinking for you.
Congratulations.
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7 Aug 08 - 13:52
No, he meant in PG when Whitewell summoned an afrit while a captive of Nouda. It was still the same bear, but I think it was a typo that it was an afrit.
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7 Aug 08 - 14:00
It was an afrit.


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7 Aug 08 - 14:17
what i mean was, that i believe it was in the AOS. That, it didnt take place in the book. But it mentioned something about whitwell destroying a marid which the chechs but on her.
I retracted my wing briefly, held the boy so he had a quick view of the square.
"Take a look," I said. "Which house do you think has the thinnest walls?"

For a moment, he was uncomprehending. Then his eyes widened. "You're
not---"

"That one? With the pink shutters? Yes, maybe you're right. Well, let's see..."
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
7 Aug 08 - 20:52
IT was Djinni.
It's referenced many times in GE that it is.
The afrit mentioning in PG is the typo.
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8 Aug 08 - 13:10
exactly! cant remember which topic it is. But one of them has a quote from jonathan stroud mentioning that shubit is a djinni and not an afrit.
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"Take a look," I said. "Which house do you think has the thinnest walls?"

For a moment, he was uncomprehending. Then his eyes widened. "You're
not---"

"That one? With the pink shutters? Yes, maybe you're right. Well, let's see..."
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
15 Aug 08 - 01:59
Exactly.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
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1 Nov 08 - 12:40
*spoiler. yep. there is. mr. button :D
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1 Nov 08 - 13:29
Please use the edit button rather than posting twice in a row. Thanks.
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
1 Nov 08 - 22:47
Umm, he was summoning a an Afrit when he mispronounced a verse.
He read straight from a sabotaged book, and the four-armed afrit killed him.
Rather stylishly, too.
He might have done a Marid, but I seriously doubt he could keep it around for long.
Constant strain, and all that.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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1 Nov 08 - 23:20
Wrong bloke. Button's the crazy old magician Kitty works for for a while.
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