| From: | Tim P Cooper <z-i-m@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Orichalcum) |
| Date: | Sun, 20 Apr 1997 19:47:38 EDT |
>> You know that's a very good point. Ryumyo(sp?) was sighted in 2011.
Most
>> games run in 2053-2057. The state of magic has progressed quite a
bit.
>> I'd be interested in knowing how less than 1% of the people could make
>> such rapid advancements ... yeah yeah yeah immortal elves .... bite
me.
>> The way I see it although the mana levels would reach "critical" level
at
>> 2011, perhaps on ley lines or power points, or just lucky breaks magic
>> would break out even earlier, say even NOW!!! Now there would be a
vein
>> of material that is new.
>
>Also, think about this -
>
>It's 2011. Suddenly something new is sprouting in the world, that
>could dramatically shift balances of power in every area of life.
[snip point about the allocation of research dollars or nuyen]
Actually, just cause the Magic came back in FULL force in 2011, doesn't
mean that it wasn't practiced before that. I mean just think of all the
secret societies and magical orders that have been passing down rituals
and rites and lore and stuff for generations.... now all of a sudden you
don't have to spend hours or days performing some complex hermetic ritual
to get something to work, now you just snap your fingers. Same thing for
shamantic magic. You can probably go to any reservation today and find
some analogy of the traditional "medicine man", or see examples of the
rites and rituals that are done. Now it's just that in 2011 someone just
sorta opened the flood gate and what was a barely visible hint of a glow
is now bright as the sun.
Hell think about all those "Psychic Hot-Lines" and Palm Reader places you
can contact. They claim to be using clairvoyance and mind-probe and even
summoning spirits or visiting the astral plane.
The answer? No one just TAUGHT all this new magic stuff to people....
people just suddenly realized that all that old hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo
stuff started actually WORKING.
~Tim
