Be thou trapped in thine own curse,
Be thou caught in thine own wrong,
Be thou burned by thine own flame,
Be thou shattered by thy song!
Be thou caught in thine own wrong,
Be thou burned by thine own flame,
Be thou shattered by thy song!
My enemies are quite vicious and the Chaos Armor extracts from them a heavy price for their bloodlust: the blows are meant for me, but it is their bodies that carry the wounds.
— Kain, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
You can reflect magic attacks back at their source as well as fix your hair with this stunningly mirrorsome shield.
— Mirror Shield description, Dungeons of Dredmor
"To test this spell, I wandered into a disreputable tavern and made disparaging comments about the mothers of its denizens. Several of them attempted to strike me, and succeeded only in injuring themselves."
— Bethany the Sorceress on the reflection magic, Dawn of the Dragons
“The tickheads never attack. They just turn our own weapons against us.”
“Well, of course I know that. That’s what happened to New York, Tokyo, New Delhi—”
The doctor holds up a hand. “It’s not just nukes. It’s anything we do. Chemical weapons, biological weapons—they turn them all back on us. We’ve never seen a tickhead weapon. Maybe they don’t have any. But their defenses are incredible. They only hurt those who attack them. ”
— Disarm, by Vylar Kaftan
"Return to sender!"
— Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
There's one technique you need to know before facing my father - how to redirect lightning. If you let the energy in your own body flow, the lightning will follow it. You turn your opponents' energy against them.
— Zuko, Avatar: The Last Airbender
