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Old 08-25-2019, 08:18 PM   #17
Whitewings
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Default Re: Ultra-Tech and Magic

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2 View Post
Not really. Tendons are stretchy so a slight and temporary distortion doesn't make much of a difference and living creatures get resistance rolls. Machines don't.

However what it does do terrible things to is reproductive cells. Basically you need a spell if you don't want a substantial proportion of your offspring to miscarry or be mutants. They'd also have a higher risk of cancer.
That doesn't actually make sense; very few organic compounds are magnetic to any significant degree, and DNA replication mechanisms are not on the list. You explicitly state that high mana levels generate EM interference.
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