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From: john@x.UUCP (John Woods)
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Subject: Re: Limiting Magic
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Date: Thu, 4-Apr-85 17:18:53 EST
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> magical potency).  In the Niven stories, the manna in an area never
> came back once it was used, so flagrant use of manna in a particular
> region exhausted that region forever and magic would never again work
> there.  An interesting situation for a campaign...a world on the edge
> of manna depletion, trying to survive reality.  Images of a Swords and
> Sorcery Morrow Project spring to mind...
> 			Jim Gardner, University of Waterloo

If I recall, in Niven's story, sacrifices would restore some quantity of
manna to an area (I believe there were other ways, but that was the most
effective, and it wasn't terribly so).  Given that, it seems like you could
work up a really good campaign (if you rate campaigns on dramatic tension).
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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