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Atrocity-Class Spells
The class of spell the system calls an Atrocity, of which Donut's War Crime is one.
Story so far
Carl wrestled with the classification in his Cookbook note: the system calls Donut's War Crime spell an "Atrocity," and the dictionary in the guildhall defines that as an act of fiendish cruelty. He wonders whether the definition is unfair, or correct but wrongly applied — or whether the true act of fiendish cruelty was giving her the spell at all. That such a spell came out of the same Legendary 1914 Box as Spellbook of Run, Little Günter, Run only makes the gulf in capacity between them more astonishing.
Role
The spell tier that gives Carl's plan its power and its moral cost.
Relationships
War Crime — The Atrocity-class spell in Donut's possession
Atrocity — The system term for the class
Carl — Questions whether the label fits
Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 71
- A category of maximally destructive spells; Donut has several, and the Nest's synergy amplifies them.
Chapter 75
- Range-limited corpse-defiling magic that the Madness uses offensively and Donut can no longer reach the enemy with.
Chapter 85
- The class of spell the system calls an Atrocity, of which Donut's War Crime is one.