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I feel like the setting police are secretly lurking in the background of all games, waiting for someone to break the rules...

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JK

I'm with the setting police on this one. You don't go from zero to internal combustion engine in one generation. I don't care if your Int score is 20 - nobody's THAT smart.

Anonymous

The closest I allow the fancy players go is Steampunk-ish things, powered balloons, excessively large steam engines to cross the world, stuff like that.

laurelshelleyreuss

I will always argue that for a fantasy setting that includes magic, a lot of technology becomes obsolete. Teleportation is a thing that exists!

Nick

Meanwhile, in Gnomeregan...

Randall Norman Pick

Even if you have gas lamps, what does that mean for stealth checks? Well lit active night lifes could throw off the entire urban fantasy ecosystem.

Michael Zemancik

Any sufficiently quantified magic is indistinguishable from technology.

laurelshelleyreuss

True, but magical solutions do tend to be a bit more... weird. At least within our party! Our magic duck based economy is going to change the world, I tell you!