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<blockquote data-quote="Vocenoctum" data-source="post: 3442294" data-attributes="member: 2477">For myself, it starts with timeline. Reality didn't exist in the medieval period for thousands of years, but it seems like the settings in D&amp;D do. The only way for justifying it is that such advancements in technology were not as needed in D&amp;D simply due to magic, but then you have to wonder why magic hasn't shaped society as much as it shaped the landscape.I personally figure that any small village will be different with even a first level cleric than it is without that cleric, but GH &amp; FR (IMO) only deal with the consequences of giant effects. Sure the Invoked Devestation and Rain of Colorless Fire are magical, but there's not much addressing the simple low-power items.Eberron goes the opposite way somewhat. The large scale effects are less common but more mysterious and world altering, but low level items are more integral to the setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vocenoctum, post: 3442294, member: 2477"] For myself, it starts with timeline. Reality didn't exist in the medieval period for thousands of years, but it seems like the settings in D&D do. The only way for justifying it is that such advancements in technology were not as needed in D&D simply due to magic, but then you have to wonder why magic hasn't shaped society as much as it shaped the landscape. I personally figure that any small village will be different with even a first level cleric than it is without that cleric, but GH & FR (IMO) only deal with the consequences of giant effects. Sure the Invoked Devestation and Rain of Colorless Fire are magical, but there's not much addressing the simple low-power items. Eberron goes the opposite way somewhat. The large scale effects are less common but more mysterious and world altering, but low level items are more integral to the setting. [/QUOTE]

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