From:	Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject:	Re: The End of Mana Cycles
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 1997 09:23:47 -0700

Lady Jestyr wrote:
>
> 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?

<snip>

I understand it the same way. The way that I understood goblinization
though is that the metagene was triggered and then stayed active, it
shouldn't require constant mana levels IMHO. Therefore new metahumans
would stop being born, but the ones already alive would finish out their
lives.

Caric