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[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How was it going? "Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from science (and tech)".

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Which is probably why I have a soft spot both for the "lost technologies" scifi trope, and fantasy universes where magic is studied just like any other science

[–] spikespaz@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago

Arthur C. Clark.

My own: science is the scrutiny of magic.

[–] vala@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Always wanted to add the pitfalls of modern capitalism to my fantasy worlds.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 6 points 6 months ago

Steal lore from Shadowrun, they've already fleshed out the details for you!

[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

This is why I love Dimension20's DnD shows. Capitalism is always the bad guy.

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[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or "if every engineering field was like IT".

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[–] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

And in both real world and that world, you have arch users/wizards

[–] nikaaa@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As a wizard, I agree to this.

Never trust any spell except the most simple and basic ones.

[–] Funkytom467@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

So, you're a warlock without the background story?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

So in this case could a segment fault create a black hole?

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

I like this idea.

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