From: fannicm@wkuvx1.bitnet Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: Re: Brighter lights and Louder sounds!! Message-ID: <1992Oct18.073336.3274@wkuvx1.bitnet> Date: 18 Oct 92 07:33:36 CDT References: <1992Oct13.080258.3106@wkuvx1.bitnet> <1992Oct13.153738.3132@wkuvx1.bitnet> In article , zweldron@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Matthew Charlap) writes: > "No, more depth is not necessary. While I am quite interested, I would not > understand anything detailed. I have a friend who is a powerful spellcaster, > probably the strongest in my homeworld, who would love to hear about this > sometime. If you don't mind, I'll mention you to him when I return home. I > don't plan on heading home too soon, however, so this would be in the far > future. He has been studying the magics of many worlds, and probably has some > knowledge of this as well--- But I am wasting your time talking about my > friends. "I do not believe so! I find the discussions of friendship interesting since I have so few myself." A small, humorless grin appears on her face. "No I do not mind if you mention me to your spellcasting friend. I am sure that he would be an interesting fellow." > "Hmmm... so this structure can have unpredictable side effects if not handled > properly? This sounds a lot like what happens in chaos regions- places I've > heard about, I think locally they're called wild magic zones- where any power > used has unpredictable results as well. Only this opens portals to random > worlds? I can see how dangerous this can be. Is there a way to destroy the > outlets formed, and set them to a more desired place? Although I have no > skill with rune magic, I may be able to help in other ways. "I know of the regions which you are speaking of, and yes, the idea is similar. If no defined outlet is created then almost pure random chance will decide which of the minor little flaws in your work will define that which you did not intentionally define. Sometimes they open to random worlds, sometimes they explode, sometimes they create 'things'. "It is quite easy to destroy the outlets, define an outlet or destroy the structure, the planar gates must be constantly fed energy to function. Does that answer your question?" ----- Master Hawk Leader of the Night Parade "And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered, and the Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man." -from The Karaethon Cycle: The Prophecies of the Dragon.