Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
No, Mace never used force crush in the PT. Anakin is in this battle, NOT Vader. Force crush is out.
Incorrect. Force crush is in for Anakin, Yoda, Obi Wan, Mace, and every single other Jedi Master-level. I'll tell in a second, why. 😉
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Bellatrix, Voldemort, Dumbledore and Fenrir used fiendfyre.
Bellatrix never did. Voldemort most likely did, but it has NOT confirmed. Dumbledore never did. Fenrir NEVER did.
The only person confirmed to have used fiendfyre is Crabbe in Deathly Hallows...which is not a movie yet.
I'll let you use Voldemort since it looks like fiendfyre. But that's it.
He's the only one using it.
On top of that, it can easily be controlled by a low-level padawan.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
You gotta accept that a high level wizard can use spells that students learn, even if the wizard is never shown using them. Same for the Jedi.
Okay, I'll accept that a high-level wizard can use spells that students learn, even if the wizard is never shown using them. However, fiendfyre is out of the question. So are charms, high-level potions, etc.
If the thread is allowed to accept non-onscreen abilities for wizards, then we will most definitely be accepting force crush for Jedi Master and above.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
And the death eaters, they all have the same master, why wouldonly a few of them be able to do fiendfyre?
Because it is an extremely dangerous and difficult spell to control. A deatheater tried to use it, and killed himself. Hermione, shown to quickly master and perform any task before her, would not use it. (deathly hallows) Hermione defeated several deatheaters throughout the series, so she's obviously a high-level witch.
And, to assume that Voldemort sits around tutoring his deatheaters on how to use magic is just silly and absurd. Besides it being silly, it was never seen on screen and, therefore, cannot be allowed.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
What if Mace Windu was never shown doing a simple force pull?
Sure, that will fly. I don't care if you won't allow abilities to the Jedi, despite them being taught to younglings at the youngest level, it was never shown onscreen. This is your thread. No matter how illogically you want to gimp, I will never argue for what wasn't seen onscreen.
if Mace didn't do it, he doesn't use it.
However, Mace having force-crush as a movie feat is semi-canon. Like I've stated a million times: he force crushed Grievous' ribcage, giving him a cough, with said cough appearing in Ep. III.
That's pretty solid canon, right there. However, it wasn't actually done in the movies, despite a tie-in into the movies, so I say it is always up to the thread starter decide. You've decided already, so it isn't in.
But, even as the thread starter, you still can't give wizards the ability to use fiendfyre when they weren't shown using it. No matter what. That breaks a fundamental forum versus rule.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
We wouldnt be able to say he can use it? If a wizard is level 10, and they are never shown using a level 5 spell, they cant use it? Get a clue, man.Its stupid.
There's a difference, though.
With a Jedi, using force push, pull, battle precog, prognostication (it's real name is farseeing), lightsabers, danger sensing, force speed, force jump, and mind tricks are all basic and essential to both light and dark side force users. Force lightening, obscuring light side users from prognostication, force choke, force grip, force levitation, saber throw, etc., those are all abilities few show and are not necessarily high-level, but not something we can reasonably say every well-trained force user can do.
However, remembering an obscure charm taught in school when very few wizards can use ANY charms and none were shown using charms successfully in combat, then we can assume two things:
1. It is not a good idea to use charms in combat as it requires concentration, an incantation, and time. It's very obvious why charms were never seen in combat.
2. Very few people are ever seen using charms, period, because they are difficult to use beyond a classroom setting.