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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 3363455" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>The closest I can think of is the old <em>Arcane Age: Netheril</em> boxed set in 2E for the <em>Forgotten Realms</em>. It took place something like two thousand years before the present-day campaign, and had a different spellcasting system and spellcasting classes (though given what a magic-rich empire Netheril was, their "primitive" magic was more powerful than what followed after them).</p><p></p><p>The thing with examples like this, however, is that they tend to make ancient magic more powerful but lost to time; other times primitive magic is just different, but not any worse than magic of the modern period. I think you're looking for examples where ancient magic just isn't as potent or convenient as modern spellcasting (the same way ancient guns don't hold a candle to modern ones), and I can't think of any examples of that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 3363455, member: 8461"] The closest I can think of is the old [i]Arcane Age: Netheril[/i] boxed set in 2E for the [i]Forgotten Realms[/i]. It took place something like two thousand years before the present-day campaign, and had a different spellcasting system and spellcasting classes (though given what a magic-rich empire Netheril was, their "primitive" magic was more powerful than what followed after them). The thing with examples like this, however, is that they tend to make ancient magic more powerful but lost to time; other times primitive magic is just different, but not any worse than magic of the modern period. I think you're looking for examples where ancient magic just isn't as potent or convenient as modern spellcasting (the same way ancient guns don't hold a candle to modern ones), and I can't think of any examples of that. [/QUOTE]
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