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<blockquote data-quote="Bupp" data-source="post: 8554837" data-attributes="member: 6784990">I feel this should have been a + thread. The OP basically was asking what a world would look like if the implied magical levels of the core books were applied to the whole world. Unfortunately, most of the discussion is about how this would not work, instead of speculating along side the OP.I'm guessing what you are looking for is the same thoughts that would go into a &quot;what will the world look like in 2090?&quot; article. Or looking back to the ones written in 1950 about what the 2000's would look like. Where are my flying cars!?!My own homebrew World of Eska has a good amount of &quot;magi-tech&quot;. One is the addressing food shortage. After a 2,000 year war between the elves, the landscape is mostly a blasted ruin. Large scale agriculture is extremely difficult, instead most towns rely on a &quot;gruel machine&quot;.A gruel machine looks like a large soft serve ice cream machine, and dispenses an unlimited amount of highly nutritious, though completely flavorless, textureless, bland paste. So we've solved hunger. Though no one likes it at all.The gruel machine is powered by a &quot;powerstone&quot;. Powerstones were brought to to Eska by ancient Thran planeswalkers, from Magic's Dominaria. The powerstone provides enough magical energy to provide wireless power to most homes in a small town. Lights, heating/cooling, cooking (if lucky enough to get &quot;real&quot; food), and other minor magical effects. The elven empire has outfitted it's armies, hobgoblin legions, with &quot;shocklances&quot;. Basically a spear that has the effects of shocking grasp. Cantrip level magic items are common place, and often in the hands of common people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bupp, post: 8554837, member: 6784990"] I feel this should have been a + thread. The OP basically was asking what a world would look like if the implied magical levels of the core books were applied to the whole world. Unfortunately, most of the discussion is about how this would not work, instead of speculating along side the OP. I'm guessing what you are looking for is the same thoughts that would go into a "what will the world look like in 2090?" article. Or looking back to the ones written in 1950 about what the 2000's would look like. Where are my flying cars!?! My own homebrew World of Eska has a good amount of "magi-tech". One is the addressing food shortage. After a 2,000 year war between the elves, the landscape is mostly a blasted ruin. Large scale agriculture is extremely difficult, instead most towns rely on a "gruel machine". A gruel machine looks like a large soft serve ice cream machine, and dispenses an unlimited amount of highly nutritious, though completely flavorless, textureless, bland paste. So we've solved hunger. Though no one likes it at all. The gruel machine is powered by a "powerstone". Powerstones were brought to to Eska by ancient Thran planeswalkers, from Magic's Dominaria. The powerstone provides enough magical energy to provide wireless power to most homes in a small town. Lights, heating/cooling, cooking (if lucky enough to get "real" food), and other minor magical effects. The elven empire has outfitted it's armies, hobgoblin legions, with "shocklances". Basically a spear that has the effects of shocking grasp. Cantrip level magic items are common place, and often in the hands of common people. [/QUOTE]

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