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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9658125" data-attributes="member: 6906155"><p>Features that clearly (pseudo) date Eberron:</p><p></p><p><strong>Newspapers</strong></p><p>Whist early proto-newspapers first appear towards the end of the 16th century, the kind of mass produced moveable type newspaper that is shown throughout Eberron Rising From the Last War don't appear until the 19th century, as they require industrial technology. Whist you might evasion thousands of imps with very neat handwriting producing Eberron's newspapers, its slightly less Discworld to suppose they are produced on mechanical printing presses that use a magical power source.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sharn skyscrapers</strong></p><p>Sharn is clearly inspired by early 20th century New York, along with Flash Gordon comics and movie serials of the 1930s.</p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50238899816_e84c1c6db8_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="859x1024" style="width: 277px" /><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9a/3a/bc/9a3abccc4f0467939951eadccea0ec1b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="400x318" style="" /></p><p></p><p>The Chrysler Building (New York) was completed in 1930, using steel frame technology first employed in the construction of the Liver Building (Liverpool) completed 1911. The buildings in Sharn are held up by magic rather than steal frames in a direct example of magic subsisting for technology, leading to a similar outcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 9658125, member: 6906155"] Features that clearly (pseudo) date Eberron: [B]Newspapers[/B] Whist early proto-newspapers first appear towards the end of the 16th century, the kind of mass produced moveable type newspaper that is shown throughout Eberron Rising From the Last War don't appear until the 19th century, as they require industrial technology. Whist you might evasion thousands of imps with very neat handwriting producing Eberron's newspapers, its slightly less Discworld to suppose they are produced on mechanical printing presses that use a magical power source. [B]Sharn skyscrapers[/B] Sharn is clearly inspired by early 20th century New York, along with Flash Gordon comics and movie serials of the 1930s. [IMG width="277px" size="859x1024"]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50238899816_e84c1c6db8_b.jpg[/IMG][IMG size="400x318"]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9a/3a/bc/9a3abccc4f0467939951eadccea0ec1b.jpg[/IMG] The Chrysler Building (New York) was completed in 1930, using steel frame technology first employed in the construction of the Liver Building (Liverpool) completed 1911. The buildings in Sharn are held up by magic rather than steal frames in a direct example of magic subsisting for technology, leading to a similar outcome. [/QUOTE]
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