How do you think homosexuals reproduce?

Metrosexual refers to people who are attracted to, in a word, city slickers. It doesn't specify male or female, just that the partner is also related to (or literally is) the city.

According to whom?

The same way everyone else does. With creativity and determination (and sometimes by accident).

Oh damn. Some movie trailer I saw recently had a clip of something to that effect.

"Gays can't reproduce."
"No, but sure try our damnedest!"

They can with the opposite sex ...

Well, yes. But the quote was implied with a same-sex partner.

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Mmm, sounds like The Marker is the source of magic.

Simply, the source of magic is mana. Mana come from somewhre outside the planet (neutrinos ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino ) And when it enter our system we skim it to make it viable so that the wielder can use it without killing them self (most of the time). Then if we are more and more people (how many living in shadowrun with full essence ?) We would process more and more mana. But the Mana need the soul essence to be processes and washes our soul filth to create horrors with it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I like David Eddings' explanation. In the Belgariad (and the various other related novels, of course), magical effects are achieved by the Will and the Word. Essentially, you focus your willpower, your intentions, then provide a physical means to translate your intention into physical form (the Word). Awakened characters have the ability to create these physical manifestations of their willpower.

As for the nature of magic, I discount the Yoda explanation that life creates it. If mana is created by the collection of multiple life-forms in a single area, then the wave-form of the mana cycle suddenly becomes nonsensical. It also wouldn't follow a set pattern, since it is all but impossible to make long-term predictions concerning a complex ecology as large as the Earth, and we *know* that the mana cycle follows a set pattern because the Mayan Calendar that gives us the name of the Sixth World; Hell, Ehran said flat-out that the mana cycle's wave-form was regular and predictable in his speech to the Young Elven Technologists.

As to what the source of magic and mana are, I have no answer. If I were to postulate wildly, I might suggest that mana is just the effluvient from Mother Earth's 5,200 year-long menstrual cycle.

I like that ^_^

Back to Shadowrun...

How do cat-girls reproduce?

Is it by magic?

With tom-boys, obviously.

Damn, why didn't I see that?

Note that this is false in Earthdawn. The mana levels in gameplay are unexpectedly steady post-Scourge.

But the Scourge is over and most of the Horrors have been forced to retreat back to their home metaplane, yes? . . . . as a result of the mana level dropping again.

Yes, the mana level dropped, but it unexpectedly plateaued just high enough that there are plenty of Horrors leftover. The mana level is actually higher than was originally spec'd "safe".

Wasn't that due to the Theran's doing it FOR THE LULZ? With those colossal Orichalcum pillars?

I believe it's one of those things that's officially unexplained.

Ok in the last era of magic : They made floating forteress ! Now can we do that ? Is there something that can do that ? I just found the goal of my new mage ... make a floating Archology !

Yes you can, and yes there are. Its the orbital fortress where the Corporate Council hangs out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . Takes a lot of karma to bind enough spirits supporting the number of levitate spells necessary.

If then, the mana is out of control because of the mass population. We are on a time bomb before Battletech...

I never liked as a gm of Earthdawn being the history of Shadowrun. I know it is the unofficial official history but alot of the lore we use from earthdawn did not happen in the 4th age. I prefer to believe that anytime a GD or IE talks about history or magic, they know alot more then anyone else but also that alot of it is their own lore and religion used as history. Of course the Dragons like to believe that they created the meta races (i think that is how it goes) but you can't blame them for thinking that even if it isn't true. Shadowrun magic has been built alot around the mages thoughts and beliefs shape the manifistation, so i wouldn't be surprised if it is the same for dragons and the IE.

Also magic comes from hockey and drum sticks.

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