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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iota" data-source="post: 5667213" data-attributes="member: 6671429">Portals, especially the kind that are mechanically constructed and then empowered by magic (e.g. the one from the Dragonlance: War of the Twins novels), is the kind of kitsch I was talking about: an exciting fantasy idea, but one that's come to be way overused.The other things you mentioned were good ways of thinking of magical items as technology, but they missed what I was shooting for (which just means I didn't explain it well).What I'm looking for is technologies that wouldn't/couldn't develop in mundane settings but make total sense in a magical fantasy world.  What would the Renaissance or Industrial Revolution been like if magic was a reality.Golems are a good example because they are basically robots that instead of relying on complicated motors, sensors, and computerized AI they use magic for mobility, awareness, and decision-making.Firearms are typically just crossbows with more damage potential, but if we consider how they might have developed in a magical world...we might end up with something more like Potion-Launchers or bullets you could guide with your thoughts. (Priests firing Cure Serious Wounds pellets into the front lines of a battle from long range just makes me chuckle.)</blockquote>