| From: | Cugel the Clever <cugel@**.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: Time travel and magic... |
| Date: | Thu, 28 Sep 1995 00:45:06 +01.0 |
>wonder about something...what would happen to metahumans in the
>past when magic is not present (or very weak)? Would they begin to
>revert back to human form due to the fact that magic is no longer
>affecting the metagene?
I wouldn't think so. I can logically see a gene being changed by
magic into something else, but the reverse would be less logical. It
is reasonable to assume however that the children of meta-humans at
the start of the fifth world were human (or human-birth from meta-
humans slowly increased), assuming the gene is not hereditary and
affects the meta-human foetus's genes. That explains on one hand the
continious exsistance of the immortal elves who don't change back and
use cosmetic changes or magic to hide their appearance, and on the
other hand why human parents could give birth to elven children.
Goblinization occured in a slightly different way. Some kind of gene
triggers a spontaneously mutation when the magic level gets stronger,
and the change back could be in the same way. The gene keeps the
changes intact as long as the magic level is high enough.
Just my 2 cents,
Martin Steffens (Cugel@**.net / bdi05626@***.rhij.nl)
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because I've got magic aaargh." (Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times)
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