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mechanic
Offensive Magic Ban
No Offensive Magic
Restriction on offensive spellcasting that Li Na's dreads legally circumvent, since dreads don't count.
Story so far
The restriction on offensive magic is the constraint the entire Club Vanquisher Infiltration is built around. Best of all, Carl notes, Dreads don't count as offensive magic — which is why Li Na's auras can be broadcast into the club without triggering whatever enforcement would follow a fireball.
The loophole holds even as Dark Purpose causes the most destructive event in the club's lobby: guards mutilating themselves, trophy heads screaming to life, and the area formally declared defiled. The club's own alert blames demonic activity rather than illegal spellcasting.
Role
The rule Carl's plan is engineered to sidestep.
Relationships
Dreads — Exempt from the ban
Li Na — Exploits the exemption
Carl — Built the plan around the loophole
Sources — 5 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 25
- Phase One rule barring attack spells, reducing the war's opening to rifles, bombs, and thrown rocks.
Chapter 30
- Temporary prohibition on offensive magic that shapes both armies' timelines and forces creative weaponry.
Chapter 54
- Universal prohibition on offensive magic that makes Prepotente's slaughter of the naga army inexplicable.
Chapter 59
- Floor-wide restriction on offensive magic that shapes which towers and tactics Carl can actually use.
Chapter 60
- Restriction on offensive spellcasting that Li Na's dreads legally circumvent, since dreads don't count.