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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 8553187" data-attributes="member: 6701124">I was trying to avoid doing that.&nbsp; For some of the early part of the timeline in particular, there are places Europe is definitely behind. For a lot of this I was picturing the stereotypical Greyhawk/Faerun that had a few really big cities and the like.&nbsp; If there was even one of those that came up with some technology that was seen as useful, it feels like it would eventually spread around to anyplace it was connected to by (several steps if needed of) trade.It feels like a place doesn't even need to be decentralized not to come up with lots of things -- just to not have a bunch of other places it's a few steps away from trading with.&nbsp; How does Eurasia go if you take out any of&nbsp; India, China, Mesopotamia, the eastern Mediterranean, Arabia, Greece, Rome, western Europe, at the different time points?&nbsp; (Both for the discoveries and developments, but also for the earlier animal/plant domestications that could then be spread).A set up that didn't work like that would have no reason to come up with lots of those things -- but in that case it feels like it wouldn't have come up with lots of the things in the 5e rule book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 8553187, member: 6701124"] I was trying to avoid doing that. For some of the early part of the timeline in particular, there are places Europe is definitely behind. For a lot of this I was picturing the stereotypical Greyhawk/Faerun that had a few really big cities and the like. If there was even one of those that came up with some technology that was seen as useful, it feels like it would eventually spread around to anyplace it was connected to by (several steps if needed of) trade. It feels like a place doesn't even need to be decentralized not to come up with lots of things -- just to not have a bunch of other places it's a few steps away from trading with. How does Eurasia go if you take out any of India, China, Mesopotamia, the eastern Mediterranean, Arabia, Greece, Rome, western Europe, at the different time points? (Both for the discoveries and developments, but also for the earlier animal/plant domestications that could then be spread). A set up that didn't work like that would have no reason to come up with lots of those things -- but in that case it feels like it wouldn't have come up with lots of the things in the 5e rule book. [/QUOTE]

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