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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Ranting" data-source="post: 3203172" data-attributes="member: 28906">Steamtech in my settingI voted that I made my own setting which features it &quot;strongly&quot;, but the truth probably falls somewhere between that and the &quot;occassional curiosity&quot; option.&nbsp; My setting's level of tech varies widely depending on the country, as each race has a different attitude about it and what it can or should be used for.&nbsp; ...I'd go into it, but there's too many political, social, and historical issues that effect the selective proliferation and stagnation of different technologies.The Highlights:Basically, flintlocks, trains, canned goods, cotton-gins, etc. exist, but the means of production are controlled by a select elite in a couple countries, who usually do not have the best interests of society in mind.&nbsp;&nbsp; Clockworks and steam-boiler driven automatons or vehicles can exist, but are the playthings of mad inventors and their noble patrons.&nbsp; While a party of adventurers might stumble across the occassional&nbsp; Gyrocopter or Clockwork Badger, the average citizen would be astounded that such things could be built.&nbsp; Also, magic and technology do not play well together.&nbsp; Attempts to combine the two generally have disasterous results (Natural 1 = Explosion, most likely), so you won't find many +1 flintlock pistols laying about (in fact, as of the current time, there are 2, both in possession of a 15th level Human Unfettered PC).Robert &quot;'As It Should Have Been, Not As It Was'&quot; Ranting</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Robert Ranting, post: 3203172, member: 28906"] [b]Steamtech in my setting[/b] I voted that I made my own setting which features it "strongly", but the truth probably falls somewhere between that and the "occassional curiosity" option. My setting's level of tech varies widely depending on the country, as each race has a different attitude about it and what it can or should be used for. ...I'd go into it, but there's too many political, social, and historical issues that effect the selective proliferation and stagnation of different technologies. The Highlights: Basically, flintlocks, trains, canned goods, cotton-gins, etc. exist, but the means of production are controlled by a select elite in a couple countries, who usually do not have the best interests of society in mind. Clockworks and steam-boiler driven automatons or vehicles can exist, but are the playthings of mad inventors and their noble patrons. While a party of adventurers might stumble across the occassional Gyrocopter or Clockwork Badger, the average citizen would be astounded that such things could be built. Also, magic and technology do not play well together. Attempts to combine the two generally have disasterous results (Natural 1 = Explosion, most likely), so you won't find many +1 flintlock pistols laying about (in fact, as of the current time, there are 2, both in possession of a 15th level Human Unfettered PC). Robert "'As It Should Have Been, Not As It Was'" Ranting [/QUOTE]

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