From:	Guido Ferraro <crs@****.UNITO.IT>
Subject:	Re: DRAGONS AS NEXT NERPS?
Date:	Mon, 20 Mar 1995 23:10:25 +0000

On Wed, 15 Mar 1995, Mark Steedman wrote:

> > > How could they lair for a thousand years without at least one of them
accide
> nt
> > > being 'found'? (egads, not magic :))
> > Good question :)
> >
> >
> simple some magic seems to work even during low mana
>
> e.g. Ehran's lab (see the first Harlequin adventure)
> remains hidden from everyone even now (except possibly his peers) and
> i get the impression he has had it hidden where it is a long time
> before 2011, i.e. some magic done at high mana levels seems to
> continue working even at the bottom of the mana cycle, it is just a
> power variation not an on/off switch after all.
>
>
> > > p.s. What do you mean they've only been around for 3,000 years? Is that a
> > > FASA statement? They appear in literature before this date. Can someone
> > > let me know where the date comes from?
> > On the contrary, FASA has admited that they have been here for at least 2
> > cycles.
> >
> > --
> > "Believe in Angels." -- The Crow
>
> there are dragons in Earthdawn (4th age) and thats > 5000 years ago,
> probably nearer 7000, and i have heard a comment that there are
> rumors that the second age was the age of dragons, now thats 4 cycles
> back (arround 20000 years, though as they vary in length we need some
> one with a copy of the Malayan calander (as thats whar FASA appear to
> use) on hand for more accurate figures.
>
> as this is only the sixth age its quite possible there were only
> dragons on earth from the second (1st high mana) onwards, and fossils
> take millions of years to form (well unless some cheat uses magic to
> make em anyway).
>
>
> Mark
>


Well, the magic level goes down, but it never reaches zero. Magic may
subside, but local variations are possible and emotional energy - like
that involved in the creation of a site like Ehran's sanctum - is a
crucial factor in magical activity (think background count, chummer).
Besides that, ol' Ehran has gathered enough ancient magical objects
there to make your average Joe wizard go crazy...

-Gillian-