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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deadguy" data-source="post: 71780" data-attributes="member: 2480">Wow!!That's all I can say, SHARK, you've clearly really thought about this! In fact there's so much that I am atill digesting it. I know we've had other discussions on this board and its predecessor about the effects of magic on warand on the economy, but I don't think anyone has put together quite so much stuff in one place.One small thing I would like to add is that the widespread presence of magic would allow for far more exotic construction than is typically possible with mediaeval era construction techniques. Not that they weren't impressive in themselves (visit any large mediaeval cathedral like Ely or York Minster to get some idea of what could really be done). But if you've got elementals and walls of stone and the like (let's not forget there's every possibility of specialist construction spells being developed if there's a market), then you can create buildings that defy normal techniques. I try and picture what can be done with pre-stressed concrete, so that slener, sweeping structures are possible. If magic can further reinforce these then they can become truly bizarre. Imagine <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">towers that reach nundreds of feet into the sky</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">single span bridges crossing mile-wide rivers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">gardens built atop great pyramids</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">aqueducts of transparent stone carrying rivers above the tops of cities</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">bastions of irreducible stone able to reflect spells back at their casters</li> </ul>As an example, consider the D&D movie. For all its many faults, it did quite a good job of showing a place built with the aid of magical construction. I still keep in y minds eye the sweeping columns of Antius City, and the giant mage towers of the capital. Silly, some people will say! And it won't fit all campaigns, but it is worth trying to include at least some structures that are fantastical. Unless you're doing a 'realistic' mediaeval game. then there ought to be some footprint of the supernatural powers available.</blockquote>

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