Which in my mind, doesn’t make much sense. If mundane tech evolves, the infusion of magic into said tech should evolve at the same rate. IMO, Artificer should not be its own class, it should be what a Wizard becomes in an industrial age. So then, other magic classes would similarly get their own industrial flavor in such an age of artifice.
That would be super cool to build out actually, I’ll add it to my list. 😅
Depends on your setting and how magic works, I suppose. You can sidestep that by putting limitations on magic: innate ability, skill, limitations on power, etc. Or experimenting with magic is dangerous/difficult, and culturally mages jealously guard their hard won discoveries – whereas mundane tech encourages collaboration and is easy to reverse engineer.
I like magic settings that deal with non-magic technology becoming a threat to magic.
Which in my mind, doesn’t make much sense. If mundane tech evolves, the infusion of magic into said tech should evolve at the same rate. IMO, Artificer should not be its own class, it should be what a Wizard becomes in an industrial age. So then, other magic classes would similarly get their own industrial flavor in such an age of artifice.
That would be super cool to build out actually, I’ll add it to my list. 😅
Depends on your setting and how magic works, I suppose. You can sidestep that by putting limitations on magic: innate ability, skill, limitations on power, etc. Or experimenting with magic is dangerous/difficult, and culturally mages jealously guard their hard won discoveries – whereas mundane tech encourages collaboration and is easy to reverse engineer.