How do you feel about Techno Magic?

[Naruzeldamaster]

Technology + Magic covers a wide range of different levels of technology. Plenty of different styles from steam punk all the way to star wars nonsense.
I've seen various angles of it and all of them are quite fun to tangle with.

 

[ThinkerX]

'Techno-Magic' is a fair description of the 'ancient aliens' abilities in my worlds. They were a naturally psychic race who incorporated that ability into their technology. Later, they terraformed assorted worlds, imported bands of humans, goblins, and others, and then genetically imbued select members of those races with vastly increased PSI ability when their numbers declined. (The ancient aliens are not humanoid.)

The vast majority of present-day 'wizards' are descended from those PSI-enhanced folks.

When it works, the ancient alien tech is on a par with that of Star Trek.

 

[El_d_ray]

To be fair, it's my favourite direction. I love alternative technology development, where humanity or whatever civilization went slightly different rout. It's way more attractive than old "sword and shield" type of fantasy. No reason to cling to sticks when people would build and use science even in world of different physics.

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

To be fair, it's my favourite direction. I love alternative technology development, where humanity or whatever civilization went slightly different rout. It's way more attractive than old "sword and shield" type of fantasy. No reason to cling to sticks when people would build and use science even in world of different physics.

I think my favorite version of it is where it's clearly magic driven (oh you need a hydraulic crystal thingy in the zapadoodle) but like, the logic is sound so your brain just kinda works out how it works. Because while it's absolutely fictional technology (AKA star wars or similar) it's based on the logic of real technology.

Magic technology where it's explained away as 'it's just cool magical tech' kinda annoying tbh, I like it when stuff has a reason to work the way it does. It's some of my favorite parts of lore in fantasy based lore.

 

[pmmg]

Star Wars nonsense? You must be talking about the disney stuff

I think its all good. If the story is there magic and technology mix pretty well. Thank you George Lucas for making that abundantly clear.

Steampunk seems to have captured a lot of interest. Cant go wrong with that.