| From: | "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Reasoning Applied (Re: Stun damage; healing Stun) |
| Date: | Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:02:55 -0500 |
> I think this mentality has convinced me the most. I'm not too familiar on
> the technicalities of the differences between the types of stun damage,
but
> it seems more logical to me to be able to treat the "physical stun" that
> you mention. Would "mental stun" be akin to mental trauma one might
receive
> from chemicals or drugs? I'm not clear on the type of stun drain leaves a
> mage with.
>
I have a strange analogy for mages and drain, comparing to a fuse (for those
of you who have heard this before, enjoy).
A magician is a fuse, a wire between the etheric and the mundane realities.
What degree of power s/he can put through their "coduit" amounts to an
effect similar to resistance in electricity (using an old real
world/historical Alchemists comparison to magic and electricity actually).
When you put too much power through the fuse, you get the fuse to heat up,
creating more resistance to be overcome. Too much power through the fuse, it
will break/burn out (think about that one for a few).
Mental Trauma is something caused from standard, biochemical, overstimulation
of a variety of stimulation response, some of which are biofeedback in nature
from the individual. Though I admit that this could be reflective of the
nature of "Stun Damage" taken from magic, you have to remember something,
something veyr important.
"Magic" is reflective of multiple natures, the mental, physical and
"spiritual". That fuse is the conduit balance of all three. Not only is
"Magically Induced Stun" effecting the "spirit/aura" in some fashion,
it is
reflecting its nature upon the body and the psyche of the individual in
question. Recovery requires that all three work in concert to recuperate the
damaged regions. Hell, the new R2 rules for Stress would work wonderfully,
except I don't feel like going that far.
-K
