From:	dartheggbert@****.com dartheggbert@****.com
Subject:	Magical SOTA?
Date:	Thu, 5 Oct 2000 02:38:58 +0000

On Wed, 4 Oct 2000 18:14:20 -0500 "Nexx" <nexx@********.net> writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aristotle" <antithesis@**********.com>
>
> >
> > SR1: The Mana rises and magic is possible.
> > GR1: Advances in magical SOTA
> > SR2: Some advances in magic, and the rules for it. SOTA still
> going up.
> > GR2: GR1 NOW obsolete, things found within are NOW updated. hence
> SOTA.
> > Awakenings: SOTA going up even further.
> > SR3: Some minor SOTA advancements. GR2 and Awakenings not
> obsolete.
> > MItS: Both Awakenings and GR2 now obsolete. Things found in those
> books
> > have NOW been affected by SOTA.
>
> However, by that logic, the Carib League (formed in part due to the
> power of
> houngans) didn't exist until 2057, because Awakenings was the first
> place to
> deal with Voodoo. Given that most of the magical traditions of the
> world
> are assumed to suddenly start working once the Awakening happens,
> they all
> of a sudden radically changed form in 2057. And that doesn't even
> begin to
> cover beings like Dragons and IEs, who would have the 4th Age's
> knowledge of
> magic to work from, placing them far above the SOTA curve, since
> they
> already know how to operate more effectively at the higher mana
> levels.
>
> ***
> Nexx
> a.k.a. Mark Hall
> ***
> "If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight,
> moonlight, no
> light. If I lose paper and ink I will write in blood on forgotten
> walls. I
> will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and
> bring them
> to you."
> -Henry Rollins
> ***
> http://www-personal.interkan.net/~nexx/index.html
> Updated September 30th, 2000
>
>
>
>

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