Re: Magical ecology?

> Question: What's is the ecological effect of a
> continious release of pure magical energy (not
> formed into spells) in really large amounts?
> Is it going to be felt in orbit?
> Will it affect spelljamming shipping? Will it
> affect tech ships (I have both IMC)?

I would say in a word... Fun.
For you as a games master, anytime someone makes an
assumption that things are 'so'... they just ain't
quite 'so'.
Consider a random chart for most of this such as
1)One magical effect withing 50 yards of location of
party  becomes 3x stronger.
2)one nearby inanimate object animates and begins
moving around,
3)Pets become intelligent and can speak.
4) Vegetation becomes sentient and antagonistic to the
party.
5) Microbes gain a hive mind and telepathy. The plaque
on your teeth starts to recommend sweeter food.
6) Intelligent plagues, some of which could attack
technological stuff, even in orbit. What happens if a
microbe starts eating plastics?
7> robots and servos become sentient and have to be
reasoned with to get them to work.
8) Ships weapons become peacekeepers and refuse to
operate except if a formal declaration of war is
drafted, signed and displayed to it so that it knows
the use of deadlyforce is truely authorised.
9) Rocks gain the ability to project illusions. The
bigger the rock, the bigger the area displacement
possible. "I know I saw a chasm here on the initial
surve.........ay!!!!
10) Temperatures fluctuate wildly, glaciers begin
forming in the center of any large body of water and
moving elsewhere, grinding the landscape beneath as
they search for more water, the polar Ice caps become
deserts and melt overnight...
11) PCs gain one new magical or Psionic Ability with a
control over same which will eventually be based on a
relevent ability. Menewhile it is random (Give Player
a folded 3x5 card stating "roll against your wisdom+2
and if you roll above read that aloud" Each beneficial
use removes a +1 until they finally reach a goal
Wisdom -5 then the PC has control of the ability.
12)Storm clouds form high in the atmosphere and begin
moving into space, actively hunting anything with
iron/steel and attacking with lightning bolts
equivilent to a caster of 15th level.
13)Formerly Intelligent beings become will'o'wisps
spontaniously.
14) Metal randomly rusts at an alarming rate, and
forms puddles of red grainules within a few minutes,
metallic Magic Items get a save.
15) Fruits sprout wings and fly off to plant
themselves.
16) Written words become anagrams or change languages
spontaneously.
17) The planet stops rotating normally, large eyes
open on it's dark face and the planet goes exploring
it's sphere at tactical speed of SR 5, MC D.
18) Ships gain sentience and decide if they want to
mutiny by a random roll.
19) Empty buildings pop like popcorn and become 9x
their original size. Exploration should be done by
experienced adventurers only-Add traps and treasure as
needed.
20) One sense becomes much more sensitive, (sight
sound, taste, touch, smell, psionic awareness)and the
PC must react to the largesse. The sound of the
neighbor's armor as they move could cause migraines.
dim light could be too bright and they need a
blindfold to see....
I'm sure you can see where this is going. Pure magical
energy can be dangerous as damaging effects but I
think it is better to just make a random chart and
have fun. It is up to you to decide how far the effect
goes, although I would limit it to the single crystal
sphere.
:>
Lea

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