Subject: Re: magic and magical arts
From: Ari Miettinen (emiettin@hytti.uku.fi)
Date: Wed Oct 13 1999 - 17:18:38 EEST
> > > >On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Ari Miettinen wrote: > >> This would mean that since the world of Majik is a round one, >> Eternal Night spell would in fact be Stop the Sun so, that it >> won't rise at this location again. Ie: It would shine at the other >> side of the ball eternally or until someone makes it move again >> and would not shine on the casting side. .. not good for either side >> in the long run. .. in fact, it sounds so big thingy that i am afraid >> that we are pretty much unable to simulate it. (drought on one side, >> freezing on the other side..) > >Why do you have to make it so hard. Magic is manipulation of reality and >that reality includes a thing called space. A powerful wizard knows how to >manipulate patterns that create the illusion of space, he can co-exit in >various locations at the same time, he can see far beyond hisnormal >senses, he can even "look at" 10 diffrenet locations at the same time, or >he can pretty much teleport where ever he wants to. Or he can change the >measurements of space, make a 10 foot tall tree a 100 foot tall tree. > >he could also cast that eternal night spell in such a way that it would >simply re-route all sunlight to otherside of the globe. Just make a huge >space-wide gate that re-routes sunlight elsewhere. Or he could even wrap >the planet of majik inside a space-bubble and cause all light to go around >it. I stand corrected: Eternal night could work like that too. There are many ways to create similar effects. Some of those many ways could even avoid nasty repercussions like eternal winter as a side effect of eternal night. This can be generalized to all magic. -------------------------------------------------------- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. --------------------------------------------------------
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