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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5029091" data-attributes="member: 19675">Decades ago, there was a sci-fi novel in which a world existed in which magic appeared to be real.  It was eventually revealed that the seeming violations of the laws of physics were enabled by microscopic machines- essentially nanobots- which responded in certain predictable ways to the will of "mages" etc., that had been created centuries before and forgotten.  Similar plotlines have showed up in Star Trek, the Matrix and other sci-fi shows & stories- sometimes mistaken for magic, sometimes not (like in Forbidden Planet).  All of them are exemplars of Arthur C. Clark's observation that any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic...and as others have pointed out, vice versa.Some form of that might be used to explain various wuxia feats, like the amazing leaps, preturnatural speed and agility, and so forth, all unbeknownst to the people of the world (except maybe some hidden cabal...which could specialize in neutralizing the nanites for short periods of time, gaining the element of surprise...).As for the rest...well, I don't see a real need to alter the world much from reality, except maybe in the sense that its closer to ideal.  Colors are brighter, steel stronger, water clearer- all courtesy of the unsuspeced influence of the nanites.Religion could be some sort of Buddhism/Jedi fusion...with a Sith/Necromonger flipside in opposition.</blockquote>

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