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Has anyone heard of this discovery?
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/battery2.html
Another good post at wikipedia discusses some counter-points and nonelectrical theories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Battery
If it was indeed an electrical tool, it was probably used for electroplating, as an analgesic (instead of electric eels) and possibly to electrically stimulate iron/copper needles during acupuncture treatments.
Do you think the discovery is valid?
Is the discovery of an electrical cell or of a storage vessel for sacred scrolls?
How would a basic battery like this be used in a fantasy world?
What would it cost? What would a character need to know to make one?
Do you see it being used/abused by players to develop new modern-world technologies?
Is there any way it could be feasibly restricted to medieval fantasy applications?
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/battery2.html
Another good post at wikipedia discusses some counter-points and nonelectrical theories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Battery
If it was indeed an electrical tool, it was probably used for electroplating, as an analgesic (instead of electric eels) and possibly to electrically stimulate iron/copper needles during acupuncture treatments.
Do you think the discovery is valid?
Is the discovery of an electrical cell or of a storage vessel for sacred scrolls?
How would a basic battery like this be used in a fantasy world?
What would it cost? What would a character need to know to make one?
Do you see it being used/abused by players to develop new modern-world technologies?
Is there any way it could be feasibly restricted to medieval fantasy applications?
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