Secrets of the Dungeon Masters

Rupert · 10-23-2007, 10:20 PM

As I said, there's no reason they can't be TL2+X, just with bronze never replaced by iron. As for the total TL, your suggested income of $200/day (nett) is about the norm for TL9 according to Campaigns (B517), suggesting TL2+7 or TL1+8.

Of course, if they are TL2+7 or so, most of the weapons people dig up won't be swords with +1 puissance and +1 accuracy on them, but little hand wands that spit 2-3d elemental bolts, and the common armour will be cloth enchanted with a level or two of extra DR and a lot of anti-elemental DR (like our modern kevlar is very good vs bullets and cuts, and not so hot vs anything else). Alternatively, heavily enchanted hand crossbows, magazine fed, magically self-reloading, firing magically enhanced bolts might be the norm, with the military using full-sized crossbows of similar type, along with really big explosive fireball staves, & etc.

10-23-2007, 10:20 PM	#20
Rupert Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wellington, NZ	Re: Secrets of the Dungeon Masters As I said, there's no reason they can't be TL2+X, just with bronze never replaced by iron. As for the total TL, your suggested income of $200/day (nett) is about the norm for TL9 according to Campaigns (B517), suggesting TL2+7 or TL1+8. Of course, if they are TL2+7 or so, most of the weapons people dig up won't be swords with +1 puissance and +1 accuracy on them, but little hand wands that spit 2-3d elemental bolts, and the common armour will be cloth enchanted with a level or two of extra DR and a lot of anti-elemental DR (like our modern kevlar is very good vs bullets and cuts, and not so hot vs anything else). Alternatively, heavily enchanted hand crossbows, magazine fed, magically self-reloading, firing magically enhanced bolts might be the norm, with the military using full-sized crossbows of similar type, along with really big explosive fireball staves, & etc. __________________ Rupert Boleyn "A pessimist is an optimist with a sense of history."