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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7447084" data-attributes="member: 5142">I know this is a necro thread, but... In some ways, Eberron is more advanced than 20th century society, and in other ways, it is more regressed because of the disproportionate nature of magic on the progression of their cultures. Gunpowder-based artillery has not been invented because there has been no need for inventing handguns with the ubiquity of wide-magic. Artillery and guns exist in Khorvaire in the form of wands of magic missile and fireball. It is also possible that they have been invented but are regarded as less efficient and redundant in comparison with wide-magic abilities. IMO as an Eberron-enthusiast, guns are a big no no for the setting's particular wide-magic aesthetic. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111027163251/http://bossythecow.com/hdwt/2010/09/eberron-gunpowder-and-item-rarity/" target="_blank">Not according to the setting creator Keith Baker. </a> He explicitly did not want guns in the setting. Not yet. That's the thing with the Dragonmarked Houses, they are constantly pushing the setting forward with their innovations for the sake of a socio-economic advantage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 7447084, member: 5142"] I know this is a necro thread, but... In some ways, Eberron is more advanced than 20th century society, and in other ways, it is more regressed because of the disproportionate nature of magic on the progression of their cultures. Gunpowder-based artillery has not been invented because there has been no need for inventing handguns with the ubiquity of wide-magic. Artillery and guns exist in Khorvaire in the form of wands of magic missile and fireball. It is also possible that they have been invented but are regarded as less efficient and redundant in comparison with wide-magic abilities. IMO as an Eberron-enthusiast, guns are a big no no for the setting's particular wide-magic aesthetic. [URL="https://web.archive.org/web/20111027163251/http://bossythecow.com/hdwt/2010/09/eberron-gunpowder-and-item-rarity/"]Not according to the setting creator Keith Baker. [/URL] He explicitly did not want guns in the setting. Not yet. That's the thing with the Dragonmarked Houses, they are constantly pushing the setting forward with their innovations for the sake of a socio-economic advantage. [/QUOTE]

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