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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greatwyrm" data-source="post: 1383872" data-attributes="member: 479">I guess it depends on how fast you wave your hand.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />   I think the main point where I disagree with you is the premise that a certain level of cultural or technological advancement demands certain concepts or inventions be present.Again looking at our own world, there are a number of inventions that appeared in one place and not another.  How long did the Chinese have gunpowder before they turned it into a weapon?  Did anyone else develop gunpowder independently in the mean time?  How did Gutenburg invent the moveable type printing press and no one else did?  How did the Native American tribes in the Great Plains rely so heavily on horses, but never develop the stirrup?Given a few examples like this, I think it's entirely plausible that gunpowder hasn't been discovered on Eberron.  It really could be as simple as nobody trying to do it, even though a need may exist.  Seriously, if you were in a magic friendly world and needed an efficient way to blow people up, would you:a)  play in the dirt and hope to discover some mixture of elements that will do itb)  take the Fireball spell you already have and modify itI'd wager if you'd never heard of gunpowder, option B would be faster, cheaper, and ultimately more effective.</blockquote>

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