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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 3477517" data-attributes="member: 1125">1. The Chinese invented Gunpowder (and rockets) centuries before it was applied to anything other than entertainment. The Steam Engine was known in ancient Greece and the Parthians had batteries (weak but nonetheless functional)=&gt;So just because a species has the knowledge doesn't mean they will apply it2. Magic is a technology and unlike Earth it is a predictable and (relatively) easily controlled technologyBased on these two factors it might well be that Gunpowder and Engines exist but in DnD the military application of gunpowder is superceded by the ubiquity and utility of the fireball and magic missile (which are better technologies because they never miss or backfire) the combustion engine is not required when you have flying carpets and teleport spells to travell withAlso The 'Crab Apparatus' is the DnD version of a submarine - so there is some technological innovation in DnD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 3477517, member: 1125"] 1. The Chinese invented Gunpowder (and rockets) centuries before it was applied to anything other than entertainment. The Steam Engine was known in ancient Greece and the Parthians had batteries (weak but nonetheless functional) [B]=>[/B]So just because a species has the knowledge doesn't mean they will apply it 2. Magic is a technology and unlike Earth it is a predictable and (relatively) easily controlled technology Based on these two factors it might well be that Gunpowder and Engines exist but in DnD the military application of gunpowder is superceded by the ubiquity and utility of the fireball and magic missile (which are better technologies because they never miss or backfire) the combustion engine is not required when you have flying carpets and teleport spells to travell with Also The 'Crab Apparatus' is the DnD version of a submarine - so there is some technological innovation in DnD [/QUOTE]

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