Reply To: [unofficial weekender] alternative timelines

[bvandewalker 2091xp 0]

Well, with alternate timelines most people don’t think about the evolution of technology and all the little (or major) details. For example if  D&D style magic was available to both sides of the Greeko Persian war, the  Persian Empire would likely have curbed stomped the Greek cities into submission since the real reason the Persians lost IRL was bad weather wreaking havoc their logistics (teleport, etc. would end that).

As to medieval societies with magic, they would likely go industrial fairly quickly barring “rule” issues with the magic, and honestly the “best guess” depictions I have seen tend to be in Japanese anime and even there it does seem to be limited by the author’s vision (for example I am pretty sure combustion engines or magical steam equivalent would become a common place thing in most settings after awhile).