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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sixchan" data-source="post: 577275" data-attributes="member: 9189">Re: Magic and MonstersEver see that Honda advert where they talk about the word 'OK'?  Earth's OK, why go to the moon?  Just because there is no need doesn't mean it doesn't happen.  Granted, it happens MUCH slower, but it'll still happen, IMHO.Because a lot of commoners don't have 11 for intelligence, and so can't cast Magic Missle should there be a war.Again, since most people are 1st level commoners, they can't go around tossing out Magic Missles constantly.  Although I'll concede the point on Medicine.So if magic and monsters are so good at stopping technology, I don't see how Civilization would likely get to the Bronze Age, much less get past it.  Besides, as you said, mages aren't going round passing out Wands, and Clerics aren't moving about dishing out free healing spells (not most of them, anyway).  And not all peasants have the ability to cast light when it gets dark.  And if you're in FR, there are the Clerics of Gond, who already have smokepowder weapons and will get there eventually.  AND, all it really takes is for someone from an advanced world with a knowledge of technology to planeshift into a campaign world and draw up schematics for how electricity works.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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