From:	Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject:	The End of Mana Cycles
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 1997 14:30:49 +1000

Okay, I have a question:

Unless I've totally misunderstood things, magic goes in cycles like a
sine wave (where the peaks and troughs get respectively higher and
deeper over time), and the peaks represent high magic periods, eg.
Earthdawn and Shadowrun (and whatever the 2nd age was - the Age of
Dragons?)When magic is above the middle line and on the rise, at the
start of each peak, there comes a point where the magic level is high
enough to sustain metahumans, and metahuman babies start being born,
while some adult humans become metahumans.

Right, so what happens at the equivalent point in the magic decline?

-
/ \
/ \
M X
/ \
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/ \

time -->

If M is the point where the magic level is high enough for metahumans to
exist (and yes, I know it takes less magic for elves/dwarves than for
orks/trolls, but let's not get nitpicky), what happens at X? I would
assume that metahumans would stop having metahuman babies and have human
babies (a nasty shock that...), but what about pre-existing metahumans?
Would they die from lack of magical energy? Would they de-UGE, or
de-goblinise, and become humans again? Would they just continue on the
way they've been so far?

Lady Jestyr

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