Spectrum of energy (magical or otherwise)

Evil admin Joined : 08 Dec 2007 Posts : 1024

Very interesting thoughts here ^_^

Silent_eric : This is a great take, and really original. Many things to do with that ! ^_^

Subject: Re: Spectrum of energy (magical or otherwise) Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:10 am

Hero Age : 24 Joined : 08 Dec 2007 Posts : 1071

About the property of the soil of Felarya, due to the unstable nature of the world. The soil helps you to support the different changes which may happen in the world. I don't think diseases disappear in Felarya they are still here.
When you come in Felarya I think you will die from all the diseases from different worlds at the same without the property of the soil Very Happy

It explain how you can resist to external disease but not from the disease existing in Felarya Evil laugh

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Subject: Re: Spectrum of energy (magical or otherwise) Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:34 am

Subject: Re: Spectrum of energy (magical or otherwise) Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:44 am

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Subject: Re: Spectrum of energy (magical or otherwise) Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:32 am

Now lets stop and think about this, a good place to start is the text on the Felarya wiki page, which states the following: "The ground of Felarya cures all known diseases by simple contact. It revitalizes living beings and makes them grow - though the amount depends of the species - and grant a sort of immortality ( not invincibility of course ). In short you won't age, your body won't register any damage caused by time and you won't die from illness as long as you are on Felarya. Any non-lethal wound would completely heal in just a matter of weeks or days."

So we know you won't age, your wounds heal faster than normal, and somehow it will stop illnesses from killing you.

Why do we age? Because our cells have a limited number of telomeres, and when we run out they cease to be able to make perfect copies of themselves when they perform the process of mitosis. How do wounds heal at all? Through cells splitting to create new flesh to fill the gaps. And how do many diseases harm us? By destroying our flesh, one cell at a time.

Some form of magic that keeps our cells working at an unnaturally high level would explain having these effects happening simultaneously. That's my take on the subject.

Subject: Re: Spectrum of energy (magical or otherwise) Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:43 am

Subject: Re: Spectrum of energy (magical or otherwise) Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:16 am

I'm thinking out loud here, but I wonder…wouldn’t the soil cause most of Felarya to become a place of some evolutionary stagnation? If the soil basically super charges your cells to the point where you’re immune to disease and aging that should slow the natural evolutionary process. Since the body, while in Felarya, can instantly adapt to all types of diseases to the point of immunity, cease aging, and heal very quickly without needing to improve itself naturally.
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Subject: Re: Spectrum of energy (magical or otherwise) Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:21 am

Could be, if all organisms there were relieved of the burden of a limited immune system then yes, there would be some species that would avoid extinction that they might face elsewhere. However, other bizarre phenomena that occur in Felarya could more than compensate and force evolution to continue because of competition from other species, or forced adaptation to its unique environment. Plus, on top of everything, it would seem that all sorts of new creatures spring up from other universes. With so many new species all seeing one another for the first time, there would be plenty of room for adaptation because the ecosystem is in flux.

Another thing to consider is whether or not having every organism's immune system being given this boost will force pathogenic viruses and bacteria to become bigger and meaner as well. Pathogens seem to have a nasty habit of multiplying so fast that in a matter of days their strain can change entirely, and sometimes become much more deadly. One of the reasons that AIDS is difficult to treat is because HIV can actually adapt to resist medications fast enough to overcome the dosages. If it is a boosted immune system that keeps inhabitants of Felarya disease free, then yes it would be inevitable that at some point the germs would catch up. However if it were something different, perhaps nothing more than a strong regenerative ability that can fix the damage caused by the disease, but without doing anything else to combat it, that could present the possibility that the germs would simply continue to multiply, but without needing to change.

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Naga food Joined : 09 Dec 2007 Posts : 47

Don't forget that there are alternative solutions to the "Bacterial Problem" in Felarya if we include more than just the physical world. If we assume that every creature has a "life force", that when two conflicting life forces "fight" the bigger one tends to win, and Felarya's soil boosts one's life force then it naturally follows that bacteria cannot infect larger organisms with much success, as they simply can't overpower the hosts life force and destroy the hosts cells.

There are of course downsides to introducing "life force" (plus it's kind of a cop out, similar to saying "A wizard did it!"). ^^;