Glad you're getting over the Con Crud, Mal. never good stuff, that. And thanks for specifying what was going on with the mana level a bit more. That's
definitely interesting.
Heh - actually, this is part of what got me to thinking about handwavium as mana. If even Paralabs was blaming handwavium for their odd readings, I thought it
might be amusing if they were absolutely correct.
I don't insist on this being accurate. It's something that the Jason might follow, but that's given his/my own inclinations and beliefs. I'm
perfectly happy for it to be a theory. My real goal was to toss the idea out and to get people discussing the nature of handwavium again. There are usually a
few neat ideas brought to light every time we kick the topic around. Most of the time, handwavium is viewed as something strictly tech-based, even if so
advanced it could be considered magic. I thought I'd try to get people looking at it from the other direction, and see if any interesting ideas or thoughts
would spring up. *grin* Now...if the Jason winds up meeting Skuld or one of the others, or at least finding out that some real magic workers were around,
he'll probably tag this theory far higher - in his OWN opinion - in the list of possibilities for how the goo works. That doesn't affect HOW it works,
though. No sudden D&D magic. Even if it IS mana, it's tech-aspected mana; it has to have at least a passing nod to technology to do its thing.
Ultimately, you'd have to have sensors capable of detecting magical energy before you could even try to argue the case fully...
*snicker* Now, there's a fun thought...trying to con...ahem, convince the Professor to design sensors for detecting 'unusual' types of energy.
Either without ever quite mentioning 'magical' energy, or else putting quite a bit of spin on it. Ah well. Something else for the Jason to do...in his
copious free time.
definitely interesting.
Quote: So that's what's going on with the mana level. Paralabs has no clue as to how or why, but since the natives blame everything weird on handwavium...
well, why not?
Heh - actually, this is part of what got me to thinking about handwavium as mana. If even Paralabs was blaming handwavium for their odd readings, I thought it
might be amusing if they were absolutely correct.
I don't insist on this being accurate. It's something that the Jason might follow, but that's given his/my own inclinations and beliefs. I'm
perfectly happy for it to be a theory. My real goal was to toss the idea out and to get people discussing the nature of handwavium again. There are usually a
few neat ideas brought to light every time we kick the topic around. Most of the time, handwavium is viewed as something strictly tech-based, even if so
advanced it could be considered magic. I thought I'd try to get people looking at it from the other direction, and see if any interesting ideas or thoughts
would spring up. *grin* Now...if the Jason winds up meeting Skuld or one of the others, or at least finding out that some real magic workers were around,
he'll probably tag this theory far higher - in his OWN opinion - in the list of possibilities for how the goo works. That doesn't affect HOW it works,
though. No sudden D&D magic. Even if it IS mana, it's tech-aspected mana; it has to have at least a passing nod to technology to do its thing.
Ultimately, you'd have to have sensors capable of detecting magical energy before you could even try to argue the case fully...
*snicker* Now, there's a fun thought...trying to con...ahem, convince the Professor to design sensors for detecting 'unusual' types of energy.
Either without ever quite mentioning 'magical' energy, or else putting quite a bit of spin on it. Ah well. Something else for the Jason to do...in his
copious free time.