From: Philippe Krait (pkrait@micronet.fr)
Date: Tue 23 Jan 1996 - 05:17:59 EET
Tim Torres wrote:
> Philippe Krait posts:
> >Evry time you use magic of effect a permanent change, you burn power. The
> > power is transferred into the change, but can never be recovered. You have
> > augmented complexity at the cost of Power, but this is irreversible.<
>
> If this is so, then each time a magician uses power in this way, he or she is
> feeding (i.e. furthering) entropy. Just as life processes themselves
> increase entropy overall while decreasing entropy locally (within the life
> form).
Yes. The only difference between the Gloranthan and the real universe
in that the Gloranthan one is not a closed system. True Chaos surrounds
it, and transfer is possible, one way only. In the real universe, only
entropy threatens. In the Gloranthan one, you can fight global entropy,
at the price of letting chaos inside. But this threatens the very fabric
of the world itself. The dynamics of the world are therefore more complex
than the "real" ones. This can explain why many theories are spawned,
which all can seem true from a partial point of view.
Only illuminates can feel this delicate vision (only not in these
"technical" terms). But once they know this, they also know that
every action lead to certain doom. This is why they are still free
to act according to their wishes. They have the freedom to do
whatever they want, because in the end, it will not matter at
all. Adding this to their considerable powers makes them a major
threath to the world. Only inactive illuminates are harmless,
but are there any ?
And you are right about the magicians increasing entropy overall.
The only thing that can "save" the world is the decline of magic.
When no magician is able to burn power that way, entropy's progress
will slow down.
Philippe
(Philippe Krait, pkrait@mail.micronet.fr)
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