| From: | "Andrew W. Ragland" <RAGLAN54@***.BITNET> |
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| Subject: | Mana Spikes |
| Date: | Mon, 21 Jun 1993 15:37:03 -0600 |
it to Paul & Tom on Genie, and was told I'd sussed out where they were going
.
Basically, the mana level is not increasing in a steady curve, but in a series
of parabolics. The function is sort of complicated, and doesn't lend itself
to email, but basically the mana level began rising in the late 20th century.
That's why we have spike babies. The mana level reached a sort of "critical
mass" in 2011, for the Day of the Dragons, the appearance of elves, dwarves,
etc., and then again ten years later for goblinization. The mana level is still
rising; around 2054 is another "critical mass" point, a sort of threshold.
Perhaps "spikes" is a bad word to use here, as the mana level is not
suddenly jumping at these times, although it does increase sharply at some
points and not as sharply at others. "Threshold" seems a good word; when
a threshold in ambient mana is reached, new things happen. The last
threshold resulted in Anchoring becoming possible. The next will probably
result in a series of new metaspecies, possibly new humanoid species.
Pixies were discussed, and geez, they're annoying. Of course, now we have
something like a pixie in the European Animals Guide, and geez, they're
annoying... I'll see if I can hunt up Dr. Weisskirch's paper and post it
here; since I wrote it, I can put it up if I want <bleah!>.
