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<blockquote data-quote="Ibram" data-source="post: 2069565" data-attributes="member: 17640"><p>What is ancient and what is not differs depending on the race you are talking to... think of it like B.C. and A.D.</p><p></p><p>For humans the "Rising of the Waters", which happened when the High Elf spells controlling the worlds climate broke down, represents the change from old-ancient. ~2800 years ago</p><p></p><p>For Elves the beginning of Empress Serenity's reign, and the creation of those climate controlling spells, marks the change. ~4000 years ago</p><p></p><p>For Dwarves it is the crowning of the first High King, marking the end of the Wandering Time. ~4500 years ago</p><p></p><p>As for technology/magic...</p><p></p><p>Magic, a true understanding of magic, is far beyond even the most powerful mortals. Magic users IMC are little more then technicians, they can run the spells and even make some modifications but true innovation is beyond them (which is why things went so horribly wrong when the High Elves tried to manipulate the worlds climate). More importantly there are very few who actually TRY to be innovative with regards to magic, magic research is digging up old scrolls or finding old ruins, not creating new spells. </p><p></p><p>technology is a bit different, and largely depends on the race involved. </p><p></p><p>Humans are technological innovators, before the "Rising of the Waters" human technology was roughly equivalent to early Middle Ages. Following the destruction humanity again fell back to Bronze Age level tech. After humans recovered technology reached to the high Middle Ages before the fall of the Western Empire drove everyone back to the Iron Age. Every time a cataclysm comes along that drives mankind back a bit, but never below the previous cataclysm so humanity is steadily improving over time. This is largely due to humanities limited knowledge of magic, as they cannot rely on spells the way other races can.</p><p></p><p>Dwarves are a highly conservative race; they make gradual improvements rather then sudden jumps. As such they had black powder weapons for over a thousand years before putting them into practical use. Dwarves progress in a linear manner, and though moving slowly they are advancing.</p><p></p><p>Elven technology is relatively advanced but static in nature. They prefer to work on refining what they know rather then moving into new areas. They are very advanced in mathematics, astronomy, and chemistry but are actually trailing in applied mechanics, engineering, and physics. They make up for these gaps through the use of magic, and as such have little interest in researching these fields.</p><p></p><p>It will be interesting when humanity really starts pulling ahead of the older races, which will happen in a few generations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ibram, post: 2069565, member: 17640"] What is ancient and what is not differs depending on the race you are talking to... think of it like B.C. and A.D. For humans the "Rising of the Waters", which happened when the High Elf spells controlling the worlds climate broke down, represents the change from old-ancient. ~2800 years ago For Elves the beginning of Empress Serenity's reign, and the creation of those climate controlling spells, marks the change. ~4000 years ago For Dwarves it is the crowning of the first High King, marking the end of the Wandering Time. ~4500 years ago As for technology/magic... Magic, a true understanding of magic, is far beyond even the most powerful mortals. Magic users IMC are little more then technicians, they can run the spells and even make some modifications but true innovation is beyond them (which is why things went so horribly wrong when the High Elves tried to manipulate the worlds climate). More importantly there are very few who actually TRY to be innovative with regards to magic, magic research is digging up old scrolls or finding old ruins, not creating new spells. technology is a bit different, and largely depends on the race involved. Humans are technological innovators, before the "Rising of the Waters" human technology was roughly equivalent to early Middle Ages. Following the destruction humanity again fell back to Bronze Age level tech. After humans recovered technology reached to the high Middle Ages before the fall of the Western Empire drove everyone back to the Iron Age. Every time a cataclysm comes along that drives mankind back a bit, but never below the previous cataclysm so humanity is steadily improving over time. This is largely due to humanities limited knowledge of magic, as they cannot rely on spells the way other races can. Dwarves are a highly conservative race; they make gradual improvements rather then sudden jumps. As such they had black powder weapons for over a thousand years before putting them into practical use. Dwarves progress in a linear manner, and though moving slowly they are advancing. Elven technology is relatively advanced but static in nature. They prefer to work on refining what they know rather then moving into new areas. They are very advanced in mathematics, astronomy, and chemistry but are actually trailing in applied mechanics, engineering, and physics. They make up for these gaps through the use of magic, and as such have little interest in researching these fields. It will be interesting when humanity really starts pulling ahead of the older races, which will happen in a few generations. [/QUOTE]
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