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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexander123" data-source="post: 5389033" data-attributes="member: 98794">A few things, first, I am generally opposed to having gods and angels in my game, (although I am not opposed to demons and devils.) because good always seems to have an edge over evil in D&D (compare solar to balor.) and because gods and angels do tend to become oppressive. If gods and angels existed they would most likely forbid technology for the same reason that God forbid Adam and Eve from eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge and life. (at least according to the serpent, that being that God feared that man would become a god himself.) As far as technology is concerned, I don't allow guns although explosive powder does exist in my games. I don't allow it for the reason that after about 300 years of scientific reasearch, the whole D&D setting would have to be re-written to exclude things that existed in the past. (like adventuring parties, and most martial classes would be replaced.) It loses the whole mythological story-telling aspect similar to greek mythology and the Illiad and the Odyssey. In fact, I treat the whole issue in the same way that greek mythology treats it. I simply remove them from the game. I think someone was saying that if you allow even the smallest bit of technology and you have allowed laser pistols. (although I am find with many things which we would consider technology I just don't allow this to get to the point where in 200 years men would be flying airplanes, helicopters etc.)  I am in fact, okay with including technology but then you would have to take it all the way and that includes getting a book on the history of scientific discoveries and inventions and slowly transforming the world into a futuristic fantasy setting. Explanations like guns are inefficient to use lead nowhere, for the simple reason that all technology began as inefficient and then gradually it was made efficient. And I don't have any higher power in my game. (demons and devils are considered a race living on another plane. No particular dominance over man.) Although I have seen movies where magic and technology are mixed, so it certainly is not impossible the only question is whether the mixing is done well or not. Now that I think of it, I would be interested in knowing what a race of beings like demons and devils would do with technology.</blockquote>

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