Post:Earth Sense & 3.0 - 02/13/2012 - 22:43

Re: Earth Sense & 3.0 · on 02/13/2012 10:43 PM CST	1668
>>I wouldn't pretend that Elanthians have neurosurgeons and cellular biologists, but I think their general state of collective knowledge would be considered very advanced for a medieval setting. (Also, the dark ages were not nearly as "dark" as people usually assume.) Coming back to this since I have more time. I used atom after some contemplation. Not only do I consider the term and concept behind it admissable due to its antiquity, it has two qualities I value. 1) I specifically wanted to use the concept of "the smallest conceivable particle of your body," which is what atom meant in the pre-modern era. 2) I want to sneak in physics and engineering terminology into the Warrior Mage conception of the planes when it is convenient. But that doesn't touch the greater issue, of what kind of IC knowledge Elanthians have about the universe. The first, biggest ground rule: Kermoria does not have a medieval society. Maybe the original designers of the game meant to have a medieval fantasy setting, but the divergences were immediate and are ubiquitous. Moon Mages have mastered optics. Warrior Mages understand electrical engineering well enough that Hib has a power grid. Gnomes go totally balls-on-walls steampunk. We have abundant silk production. Oh Christ do we have silk. The best approximation I can come up with is that Kermoria is roughly at the level of the Renaissance, but still with some significant divergences in both direction. -Armifer
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