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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7848519" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p>I like the idea of the materials science being magical, rather than them magically ignoring physics. They aren't a big lizard that weighs 20 tons and yet flies with winds that would barely work on a pterosaur, because they actually only weigh about as much as that pterosaur. </p><p>I'd still make the wings bigger, on most dragons, though. </p><p>And bring back wingless most eastern styled dragons. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes! You basically just described my writing/world building style in any fantasy work, whether game or story. </p><p></p><p>Especially my RL+Magic world, where I've split the game into 3 main Eras, each with it's own balance of fantasy and science. In the Future, there are warp rings that open wormholes between two known points, and warp drives on scout ships that allow effectively faster than light (but technically not) travel for exploratory ships, and the basis of the tech is real world theories of how warp tech might work, with magic solving the energy issues. As well, magical materials science allows solar panels that run at 90+% efficiency, nearly indefinite power storage, etc, leading to a post-power scarcity civilization. </p><p></p><p>But there is still pure magic, and things that don't need magic tend not to use it, because magic almost always requires the application of conscious will to operate. </p><p></p><p>Truly magical creatures tend to not be entirely physical in nature, like unicorns, demons, angels, sprites, and the True Dragons, which are among the oldest gods known as the First Gods, born from the first expressions of Will upon the newly forming universe. </p><p></p><p>But lesser dragons are long bodies, big winged, lighter than they look, and have feathered crests and 4 limbs like a pterosaur.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 7848519, member: 6704184"] I like the idea of the materials science being magical, rather than them magically ignoring physics. They aren't a big lizard that weighs 20 tons and yet flies with winds that would barely work on a pterosaur, because they actually only weigh about as much as that pterosaur. I'd still make the wings bigger, on most dragons, though. And bring back wingless most eastern styled dragons. Yes! You basically just described my writing/world building style in any fantasy work, whether game or story. Especially my RL+Magic world, where I've split the game into 3 main Eras, each with it's own balance of fantasy and science. In the Future, there are warp rings that open wormholes between two known points, and warp drives on scout ships that allow effectively faster than light (but technically not) travel for exploratory ships, and the basis of the tech is real world theories of how warp tech might work, with magic solving the energy issues. As well, magical materials science allows solar panels that run at 90+% efficiency, nearly indefinite power storage, etc, leading to a post-power scarcity civilization. But there is still pure magic, and things that don't need magic tend not to use it, because magic almost always requires the application of conscious will to operate. Truly magical creatures tend to not be entirely physical in nature, like unicorns, demons, angels, sprites, and the True Dragons, which are among the oldest gods known as the First Gods, born from the first expressions of Will upon the newly forming universe. But lesser dragons are long bodies, big winged, lighter than they look, and have feathered crests and 4 limbs like a pterosaur. [/QUOTE]
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