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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8779997" data-attributes="member: 6801845">On a side note ... technology was pretty stagnant for thousands of years throughout most of the time humanity has been running around.&nbsp; What level of magi-tech we should have is a separate topic, but I think magic would actually suppress technological advancement in all sorts of ways.&nbsp; Why fiddle around with early applications of gunpowder when even a low level wizard can already exceed the effects with a simple cantrip?&nbsp; Perhaps there is just a limit to how magic can be applied and those rare 20th level wizards have reached it?&nbsp; My own campaign world has a fair amount of low level magic that's not in the books.&nbsp; Nothing radical, certainly not Eberron level.&nbsp; But if you already have a magical mousetrap, why try to build a better mechanical one especially if it would take generations to build one that works better than the magical one?&nbsp; What if that magical mousetrap, as good as it is, really is the pinnacle of success that can be achieved by magic?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8779997, member: 6801845"] On a side note ... technology was pretty stagnant for thousands of years throughout most of the time humanity has been running around. What level of magi-tech we should have is a separate topic, but I think magic would actually suppress technological advancement in all sorts of ways. Why fiddle around with early applications of gunpowder when even a low level wizard can already exceed the effects with a simple cantrip? Perhaps there is just a limit to how magic can be applied and those rare 20th level wizards have reached it? My own campaign world has a fair amount of low level magic that's not in the books. Nothing radical, certainly not Eberron level. But if you already have a magical mousetrap, why try to build a better mechanical one especially if it would take generations to build one that works better than the magical one? What if that magical mousetrap, as good as it is, really is the pinnacle of success that can be achieved by magic? [/QUOTE]

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