[Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: No-Mana Shutdown

[Alden Loveshade]

Originally Posted by johndallman

No-Mana Shutdown [-20] is an exotic physical disadvantage, normally only possessed by magic items built as characters. It means that they shut down completely in no-mana areas, but return to life as soon as magic starts operating again. This appeared in GURPS Thaumatology for 4e, and does not appear in any other publication....

Except that by default magical items shut down in no-mana areas. By GURPS Magic (p. 6): "No Mana: No one can use magic at all. Enchantments and permanent magic effects are suspended and do not function while within a no-mana zone, but resume when taken to an area with mana."

(And yes, I understand the philosophical distinction between "that's just the way it works" for non-character magic items and "my character may shut down" for magic item-characters.)