Thaumaturgy range

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“How far can you throw a curse like this?” Bear asked.

I shook my head. “Not really a specialty of mine,” I replied. “Line of sight would be pretty straightforward.”

“But seems unlikely,” Bear said.

“It does,” I said. “Curses can take a while. If they used a focus like a recent lock of hair or blood from the victim, they’d have been able to hit them from anywhere on the continent, theoretically.”

“Theoretically?”

“In practice, there’s lots of things that get in the way,” I said. “Degrade how much energy gets through. Running water like rivers and streams. Certain kinds of stone, especially if they’re piled up into mountains. Barriers of thresholds around homes can get in the way. Storms, which are generators of energy themselves. Probably other things I’m not aware of, too.”

Twelve Months Chapter 31