Maybe not if we act fast enough now.
Even if you have a huge Occult score, you still meed to research or learn specific rituals.
of course no disagreement just saying beyond 5 dots sounds unfounded given I'm unsure its even possible for them to go beyond 5 dots.
well yeah my argument is I don't see how that is beyond occult 5 as a skill.
well yes again the argument is I don't see why this ritual would require something like occult 6 or higher to do.
I mean kemmler could do it, the fae queens could do it while mortal, some kemmlerites fresh off reading a book could do it. Dresden was damn sure he could do it himself.
So your saying beings without intellectus of some kind while mortal can have beyond 5 in a stat like occult? That every single kemmlerite that could pull the ritual off is beyond 5 occult or heck that dresden is? Cause dresden was damn sure he could pull off the ritual. That doesn't require beyond 5 occult.
No, he says that creating the ritual may take Occult knowledge beyond 5 dots, but once the ritual exists anyone who reads about and has the occult grounding and magical skill to understand it can use it.
thats more fair arguably kemmler probably based it off someone else though heck its not even known if the fae even created the original themselves. I'm unsure if kemmler was more skilled than a senior council member though definitely on their league and dangerous unsure he would have more than occult 5 though. Given he definitely could of I'm just not sure he did.
offhand can we even get stats beyond 5 or is that strictly impossible? Probably Bob given the book wouldn't even be needed if they all knew about Bob.
well yeah though fairly sure they did kill him more than once it just didn't stick since the guys specialty was bonkers and the guy was probably roided off dark magic like nobodies business. Also well not everyone actually beat him in direct combat there were a lot though even some senior council members aren't that good in actual combat like ancient mai not to say their defenseless they all have guards, their own secret skills/powers, and defenses of their own or gotten from contacts.
All the Wardens did, and the Senior Council, and several of the more responsible/combat-capable wizards who weren't either of the former (like Ebenezar, Klaus the Toymaker, and the Germans). But it wasn't literally the entire Council. Plenty of the wizards there have got precious little gift when it comes to actual combat magic–like Ancient Mai. Their strengths simply lie in other areas. Others . . . just aren't suited to it, mentally, and could probably prove to be more of a liability than an asset. Some of them are just plain chicken.
for one she has guards like every senior council member, two being bad at magic combat doesn't mean she can't use a gun, thirdly pretty much everyone has specialties thats universal in dresden files and magic is very very personalized.
There is no way Matthews didn't see our little helper.