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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 9886394" data-attributes="member: 6915329">The recap: When Oppenheimer said "I am become Death, destroyer of worlds" and they tested the atom bomb, he accidentally completed a necromantic rite that tore open a hole in reality and let magic through. Then the Soviets did the same thing in Antarctica, only it tore a bigger hole (and created hive-minded commie penguins in the process), so now nobody wants to try a third bomb, let it break reality altogether. This also caused pregnant women in the region of the first bomb to give birth to anthro animals (Southwestern US/Northern Mexico native carnivorous species only) or to miscarry and accidentally produce undead fetal vampires. Other animals produced various monstrous beings. It was possible to summon demons. Fast forward to today (meaning, the 90s), and magic is fully integrated in society. Some people buy flying carpets instead of cars (but it's GURPS, so the prices are exorbitant). Power plants run on summoned elementals. People learn minor magics in grade school (like, cantrip-level in terms of power) but could take higher-level magic classes in university. Religions changed to embrace or reject magic. Magic could be used to cure all sorts of ills but magic-resistant diseases evolved. There's spells that were created to deal with metal, radiation, magnetism, and other modern knowledge, not just the four classic elements. There was a presidential sex scandal involving a succubus. And, since it was published in the 90s, there was a whole section on hacking.I've always wished it would be updated. It was such a cool setting that it's a shame that it's stuck in the 90s.</blockquote>

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