| From: | Kelson kelson13@*******.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Mana |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Aug 1999 06:37:29 -0700 |
>I found it! May I direct your attention to SR3, p 161, 4th paragraph:
>"Mana, magic essence itself, flows from the metaplanes into our physical
>world and through it to the astral."
Coolness. I'm glad you found a quote about this.
>Sha-BAAM! See? Mana does enter the physical realm. It can't be
>seen/tasted/touched, but Awakened people (those with a certain gene
>activated) can manipulate it.
Ah, but here's where things get gray again. I believe that the mana that is manipulated
is on the Astral Plane. So, the mana on the physical plane probably wouldn't be affected
by spellcasting, etc.
>So! Is it /possible/ to detect mana in the physical realm (with the
>equivelent of a Geiger counter, or something)? Think of the possibilites
>of this! If a corp could figure this out and keep it a secret, they'd
>have security that no one else could match! They leave sensors around, if
>a mage creeps by, the alarm's triggered and they send a team to
>investigate.
If this is what you want to do - go for it.
>Of course, watch someone else pull a quote from MitS and open a can a
>whoop-ass on my case...Come on, where is it?
>-Jared Leisner
Nah, I don't need quotes from books to use my can of whoop-ass on people. I just do it
for fun. ;)
Justin
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