From:	Mark Steedman <RSMS@******.EEE.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: Will a magic item work in the space?
Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:11:46 GMT

Nathan Walker writes

> So, now I have a few questions:
>
> What would happen on another planet?
good question.

> It would have an "aura", too, right?
I assume so, FASA seem to have left the requirements for an aura a
bit vauge, intentionally, the reason for half the problems with FAB
(no more discussions on that)

> Could be a totally different aura, depending on whatever life lived on that
> planet. In other words, totally different energy, totally different magic?
> And of course, different critters, people, etc., etc.
>
It couls be i suppose, the only lead we have to go no is the
functionality of the Bugs and the Horrors (enemy from HB). They can
both function on the prime materail, and use their magic here, thoguh
from ED the horrors magic is only at full strength at full magic.
Both these 'races' (the bugs are noted as being a race in ED, also
named in HB, the same name) come from other parts of the Metaplanes,
and are not native to the real world / 'ordinary astral plane' so it
would atand to reason that other planets might be different yet
magically compatible.

> And what would happen if that planet were in a different part of it's mana
> cycle than ours?
The ammount of magic available would be different, but i don't know
if this is possible, no FASA leads????

> If the mana cycle is like a sine wave,
well it is according to Harlequin.

> it could have more
> magic than earth, less magic than earth, it could have no magic at all!
> There could maybe be a planet that has a mana cycle of possibly a few hours
> or days! That could shake a mage up a little...
>
> And what about those horrors thingys? I don't know anything more about them
> than what I have heard on this list, but they could be on other planets too,
> I think...
>
I should think they could invade anywhere the could build an astral
bridge to, ie anywhere that has a high enough mana level to support
thier 'stay in the physical magic'.

> Maybe I had better come up with a corp that makes Faster-than-Light
> spacecraft. This sounds like fun...
>
> >>>>>> Nate

Mark