From:	"Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:	Re: SUBMISSION: Astral Vortex
Date:	Tue, 21 Feb 1995 15:57:36 -0600

On Tue, 21 Feb 1995, Guy Swartwood wrote:

> Here's a thought -- could they be the result of strong magic and
> strong technology existing in the same area for an extended period of
> time? If so, I could see 'em being around where NORAD is now (more or
> less in the Rockies), and definately wherever thermonuclear devices were
> tested in otherwise natural settings.

I put forth to you that nuclear fusion and nuclear fission is a natural
occurance, as demonstrated by the fact we are all alive on this planet

> 1. If that is true, why are cities not dead zones for that is where a good
> number of magic is done (based on the theory that more magic active people
> in concentrated areas than rural. The only explanation I could give to that
> is that maybe somehow people or cities can replenish the mana and maybe that
> the great magics was done in the rural areas (ie ghost dances and such) that
> the rural areas couldn't replenish itself.

Life produces mana. High concentrations of people can eliminate the
technological cancellation.

> 2. how does an area replenish itself.
>
> As I said earlier, this is all dependant to a mana theory. If you don't
> subscribe to it, than this message was a waste of time. I haven't
> incorporated dead zones into my campaign yet, so therefore I want to know
> more about it.

Dead Zones are pretty goofy, IMHO, from a standpoint of trying to
understand the physics, and that's what makes them so kool. These
vortexes are also goofy from a standpoint of trying to understand them.

IMHO, votexes should appear only in places of high technology and
relatively low life (say, a supercollider in the middle of a desert).
When a vortex leave, there should be a TREMENDOUS amount of mana in the
area and it should act identical to a Dead Zone for (rating) Days.

Also, some guidelines for how stong, and how rare these are needs to be
worked up, also, what happens to a body sucked it. Is it gone forever or
does it reappear somewhere else?

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