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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ibram" data-source="post: 2195099" data-attributes="member: 17640">The tech level in my homebrew advances through time, though not at a steady pace.In the first game I ran blackpowder weapons were incredibly rare, so much so that the party never owned one.  In a later game (taking place 100 years) technology had advanced to the point that blackpowder weapons were far more common, counting as exotic weapon and being available for player purchase in many locations.  That game also featured a crude steam engine, and had one of the players become a published author (his book "To Worship an Institution" got him condemed to death by the Church of the Nine).  Cannons were in use, and the players watched regiments training in "the new pike and gun formation".  Kinghtly Orders were losing their power in that campaign, as new armies of professional soldiers began to take the field.  Other advances encluded medical developments such as surgery and sanitation.Games set after that one would feature such things as:the breakup of the old Kightly Orders, some faiding completly others becoming the officer corps for the new armies.civil war in the more advanced nations: between the emerging soldier caste and the old noble houses.increased contact with distant lands: as advances in ship building and navigation lead to longer/safer trade missions.</blockquote>