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<blockquote data-quote="Alkiera" data-source="post: 4252551" data-attributes="member: 41353"><p>And yet, in all the editions there have been, all the official settings, there was one... One... that actually treated magic like technology, and did as you suggest; Eberron wasn't even invented by anyone at WotC/TSR, it won a freaking contest.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, I love Eberron, for that very reason; but out of the many fantasy settings out there, both D&D and fiction/literature, very very few treat magic like technology. There are all kinds of excuses why; magic users are rare, magic is very hard to understand, and/or inconsistent in practice. The whole 'magic is inherently chaotic, and therefore impossible to apply logic to' idea.</p><p></p><p>Frankly, I think the real 'reason' is that all legends of magic come from by-gone eras, from before there was much in the way of logical thought or scientific process or methods. Heck, the idea of cause and effect, and the difference between causality and coincidence is pretty new, in the grand scheme of things. Because of this, people go the 'magic is not technology' route to maintain a sense of the fantastic. It's wild, crazy, MAGIC! Not just a smart guy with fancy tech.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alkiera, post: 4252551, member: 41353"] And yet, in all the editions there have been, all the official settings, there was one... One... that actually treated magic like technology, and did as you suggest; Eberron wasn't even invented by anyone at WotC/TSR, it won a freaking contest. Mind you, I love Eberron, for that very reason; but out of the many fantasy settings out there, both D&D and fiction/literature, very very few treat magic like technology. There are all kinds of excuses why; magic users are rare, magic is very hard to understand, and/or inconsistent in practice. The whole 'magic is inherently chaotic, and therefore impossible to apply logic to' idea. Frankly, I think the real 'reason' is that all legends of magic come from by-gone eras, from before there was much in the way of logical thought or scientific process or methods. Heck, the idea of cause and effect, and the difference between causality and coincidence is pretty new, in the grand scheme of things. Because of this, people go the 'magic is not technology' route to maintain a sense of the fantastic. It's wild, crazy, MAGIC! Not just a smart guy with fancy tech. [/QUOTE]
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