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True, their presence in a setting that resembles ours in almost every way raises questions about historical differences between our world and a world that looks like ours but isn't. But how often is history brought up in a contemporary fantasy story? A character in a contemporary fantasy...

It would depend on how obvious those magical elements were to the average person. You could have a retail store, for instance, that looks ordinary to a non-spellcaster. But to a spellcaster using Sight, they could see the security glyphs and runes that cover the outside and inside of the...

Most likely by arcane magic, which is a studied 'science' in a fantasy setting.

Then that might be a problem. People like playing 5.5e because of its' simplicity. If these rules are needed, they'll add complexity to the game again.

Why is it so important for there to be rules on non-magical technology in a fantasy setting?

Not necessarily. Laser Llama has the Marksman as a subclass of the Fighter. And if they were placed in a setting where firearms and gunpowder exist, they would be proficient in them. Nor do we have the Full Body prosthetic tech from the Ghost In the Shell anime.

I am the oldest in my role-playing group. The youngest two are in their upper 20's.

A contemporary fantasy setting would probably just need to tweak the skills to include modern day uses of them. Maybe even add some skills. For instance, Level Up has an Engineering skill when dealing with mechanical devices and the math behind them.

B&B= Boardrooms and Barghests. ;)

A Shadowrun-like setting that was more magical and less cyberpunk and had some of the 5.5e species (plus their geographical variants) co-existing with humanity. I would like to play as a contemporary Dragonborn. ;) I am bit torn here because I like the idea of magic always being a part of the...

Same here. It doesn't take EN Publishing very long to fulfill a Backer's order once the crowdfunding is over with. And that's probably because they don't really go into making stretch goals like some other crowdfunding projects do. They give their backers what they want to see or have in their...

At least in the Forgotten Realms thanks to what happened during the Second Sundering. Now there is just the Dragonborn Diaspora.

My twin brother and I were expected to be born in October. We decided that we could not wait another month. 😛

Aren't there McDonalds in Tokyo by now? ;)

I know. It's like herding cats. Once something catches a cat's attention, it's hard to keep them going in the direction you want them to go. 😛

True. However, there aren't that many Urban Fantasy stories that don't involve an alternate take of our world.

That would require finding a port key and a walk-in wardrobe closet.

Urban Fantasy comes in two flavors- teen and adult. Percy Jackson would probably count as Teen UF whereas the Dresden Files would count as Adult UF.

I have never been to Tokyo either, but it contains things we're still familiar with. And if there is something I don't know about it, I can look it up somewhere to gain some familiarity of it.

You being a citizen of London for the last 25 years means that you are a lot more familiar with that city than those of us have been there for only a short while. Imagine reading an Urban Fantasy that takes place in London and mentions all of the things that you are familiar with and then...