I think we have well and truly established that the untransmute-from-gas-hack constitutes a superweapon—whether you use botox, cyanide or rocks. The context, however, was exploring the possibility of using tranmutation itself (without untransmutation) to create powerful weapons (such as botox). Whether the poison you consider is botox or cyanide you can either use transmutation to create it or transmutation to deliver it past the gas masks but not both. In that context the task is to create a lethal substance that can be devilvered easily.
Or their face into cyanide.
If only time travel wasn’t limited to 6 hours. Then the natural improvement would have been “Or their mom’s face into cyanide”. As it happens, though, we are left with considering “transmute their face into cyanide” as a line of sight attack spell. But as Quirrell’s explained in his first battle magic class the best spell for that role is pretty much always avada kedavra.
Except that can be dodged. How do you dodge transmutation? It’s been established that it has been used in combat by an expert duelist(albeit incredibly dangerously), so I’d wager that it’s not without use.
I guess you’re right, even though there’s no reason for that limitation either, given how the physics of transfiguration works- e.g is there really a difference between the electron clouds in a metal and clouds of gas.
Anyway, he can transfigure through the ground, up through a leg, and to the face.
I think we have well and truly established that the untransmute-from-gas-hack constitutes a superweapon—whether you use botox, cyanide or rocks. The context, however, was exploring the possibility of using tranmutation itself (without untransmutation) to create powerful weapons (such as botox). Whether the poison you consider is botox or cyanide you can either use transmutation to create it or transmutation to deliver it past the gas masks but not both. In that context the task is to create a lethal substance that can be devilvered easily.
If only time travel wasn’t limited to 6 hours. Then the natural improvement would have been “Or their mom’s face into cyanide”. As it happens, though, we are left with considering “transmute their face into cyanide” as a line of sight attack spell. But as Quirrell’s explained in his first battle magic class the best spell for that role is pretty much always avada kedavra.
Except that can be dodged. How do you dodge transmutation? It’s been established that it has been used in combat by an expert duelist(albeit incredibly dangerously), so I’d wager that it’s not without use.
You make sure your opponent doesn’t touch you with his wand.
You transfigure (a one atom line in the air to the person and his face) to cyanide.
Harry can do partial transfiguration; he can’t transfigure gases.
I guess you’re right, even though there’s no reason for that limitation either, given how the physics of transfiguration works- e.g is there really a difference between the electron clouds in a metal and clouds of gas.
Anyway, he can transfigure through the ground, up through a leg, and to the face.
Huh, somehow I missed that restriction.
wedrifid did it first.
Do we have any examples of transfiguration occurring without wand contact?