From:	Cukoo <cukoo@*****.NET>
Subject:	Re: Will a magic item work in the space?
Date:	Fri, 15 Sep 1995 23:01:44 -0700

>On Sat, 16 Sep 1995, Byungwoo Lee wrote:
>> Will a magic item work in the outer space? I gather the magic cannot
>> be cast in the space, but how about a permanent magic item? After all,
>> there are karma points spent to create it, aren't they?
>
>Nope. A magic iten can be transported through space in a deactivated
>state, but upon contact with astral space beyond the atmosphere, it's
>sucked dry of it's magic and all of that karma you invested in it.
>Astral space out relativly as much of a void as real-space. (Unless you
>count the several astral alien entities that...oh, but that's just my
>campaign....)
>
One way to look at it is by comparing mana to oxygen. The air is perfectly
safe as long as its isolated, but as soon as you break the air lock to let
it out, SUCK, all of it is gone into space. Space=Void (no mana) Air
LockÊsting Spells or opening astral channels (required for any magical
use, including perception/projection).