Subject: Re: magic and magical arts
From: joshua 'azlok corning (hook@u.washington.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 13 1999 - 23:37:44 EEST
Taneli Tikka wrote: > > 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. Or better yet he could just block the sun with a giant black disk. > - mandor
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