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Old 09-23-2019, 07:12 AM   #19
naloth
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Default Re: A World of Supers [Powers/Supers]

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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl View Post
So, what type of changes would you think that you would see in a world of supers starting in 1000 AD? Do you think that the nobility would marry supers in order to make the aristocracy truly superior to the peasantry or do you think they would have been replaced by supers? Do you think technology would have continued to advance or the civilization have been stuck at TL3 or TL4? Which societies would have embraced and prospered with supers and which societies would have not?
All of those questions depend on how powerful supers are, what powers are common, and which people manifest powers.

In the beginning aristocracy would certainly try control supers either by title, marriage, or some other means. That might work if powers are genetic and the percentage of supers is low enough. If powers manifest spontaneously (or enough so) or there a high percentage of powered people, then "might makes right" systems will see a lot of turnover.

If super genius powers are common, intuitive leaps could progress technology very rapidly. If powered people are available to do something we normally do with tools (mass transit, communication, heavy lifting), then the need for a technological solution may never be needed.
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