One of the transfiguration safety rules: Never transfigure something into anything that might be eaten or breathed. Is it possible to demonstrate partial transfiguration (on, for example, his father’s rock) while transforming much of its substance very temporarily into a breathable gas?
I think those are just safety rules, rather than laws of transfiguration magic, so it should be possible.
(in any case, I don’t really think partial transfiguration is actually the solution, since anything which involves combat is necessarily a long shot with too many magical unknown unknowns to count).
One of the transfiguration safety rules: Never transfigure something into anything that might be eaten or breathed. Is it possible to demonstrate partial transfiguration (on, for example, his father’s rock) while transforming much of its substance very temporarily into a breathable gas?
I think those are just safety rules, rather than laws of transfiguration magic, so it should be possible.
(in any case, I don’t really think partial transfiguration is actually the solution, since anything which involves combat is necessarily a long shot with too many magical unknown unknowns to count).