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<blockquote data-quote="Mr Samedi" data-source="post: 3442951" data-attributes="member: 40353">Except you've completely missed the point. It's not like Eberron uses steam power or&nbsp; progresses like the real world, because the designers sat down and thought &quot;you know, what would happen if instead of sitting in their big ivory towers, wizards would try to make their magic accessible to the public to make money?&quot;Take a look at FR. Gond saying to his worshippers &quot;Here, this is called gunpowder, you can blow stuff up with it&quot;, now that's an anachronism. They just plonk it into the setting with no reason other than &quot;the gods said so&quot;But a bunch of mages sitting around thinking, &quot;You know, these stones when enchanted this way attract each other. This could be really great for transport if we found some way to put them in a line and smack a great big ornate platform, thus making us instant millionaires.&quot; is the sophistication of magic.Why doesn't Eberron have gunpowder? Why would you when a mage can, with a bit of work cook up a spell that's twice as devestating? Why look into steampower whne magic will do?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mr Samedi, post: 3442951, member: 40353"] Except you've completely missed the point. It's not like Eberron uses steam power or progresses like the real world, because the designers sat down and thought "you know, what would happen if instead of sitting in their big ivory towers, wizards would try to make their magic accessible to the public to make money?" Take a look at FR. Gond saying to his worshippers "Here, this is called gunpowder, you can blow stuff up with it", now that's an anachronism. They just plonk it into the setting with no reason other than "the gods said so" But a bunch of mages sitting around thinking, "You know, these stones when enchanted this way attract each other. This could be really great for transport if we found some way to put them in a line and smack a great big ornate platform, thus making us instant millionaires." is the sophistication of magic. Why doesn't Eberron have gunpowder? Why would you when a mage can, with a bit of work cook up a spell that's twice as devestating? Why look into steampower whne magic will do? [/QUOTE]

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