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*Some of the lesser precursor technology can be produced by powerful mages with fabrication labs, but not on a massive scale. Some of the Thracian levels of technology can be produced in larger quantities, but still nothing like a modern factory output. | *Some of the lesser precursor technology can be produced by powerful mages with fabrication labs, but not on a massive scale. Some of the Thracian levels of technology can be produced in larger quantities, but still nothing like a modern factory output. | ||
*Wireless communication exists, but is not available to the common person. | *Wireless communication exists, but is not available to the common person. | ||
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== Teleportation and Propulsion == | == Teleportation and Propulsion == | ||
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*The ancient Lizardman civilization built weird crystalline technology that was psionically activated. It typically is powered by the psychic energy of the user(s.) These items usually range from the size of a football (Lizardman claws didn't make tiny things like iPods suitable) to the size of a building (A crystalline spire core running up through one of their ziggurats was a common feature.) | *The ancient Lizardman civilization built weird crystalline technology that was psionically activated. It typically is powered by the psychic energy of the user(s.) These items usually range from the size of a football (Lizardman claws didn't make tiny things like iPods suitable) to the size of a building (A crystalline spire core running up through one of their ziggurats was a common feature.) | ||
**Reported uses include telepathic communication, recording of historical events, weather manipulation, generation of force fields, healing, and others. | **Reported uses include telepathic communication, recording of historical events, weather manipulation, generation of force fields, healing, and others. | ||
− | **The modern race of lizardmen have much less psychic potential than their ancestors for reasons which are not well-understood. As such, they are usually not more able to use their technology than humans are. That is, they're really bad at it and normally can't make it work. Sometimes they do preserve and treasure those artifacts, though, out of a sense of dull and inchoate | + | **The modern race of lizardmen have much less psychic potential than their ancestors for reasons which are not well-understood. As such, they are usually not more able to use their technology than humans are. That is, they're really bad at it and normally can't make it work. Sometimes they do preserve and treasure those artifacts, though, out of a sense of dull and inchoate reference. |
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== Products of Amaranthan Sorcery == | == Products of Amaranthan Sorcery == | ||
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Examples, for contrast: | Examples, for contrast: | ||
*If the Precursors built a sword, it would be like Apple built a lightsaber. If the Lizardmen built a sword, it would be a heavy-bladed crystalline cleaver that the user could swing as though it weighed five pounds, but hit as though it weighed a hundred pounds. If the Thracians built a sword, it would be an ornate basket-hilted cutlass, include glowing jewels, and a selector switch allowing it to electrify or freeze things. If the Amaranthans built a sword, it would be Stormbringer. | *If the Precursors built a sword, it would be like Apple built a lightsaber. If the Lizardmen built a sword, it would be a heavy-bladed crystalline cleaver that the user could swing as though it weighed five pounds, but hit as though it weighed a hundred pounds. If the Thracians built a sword, it would be an ornate basket-hilted cutlass, include glowing jewels, and a selector switch allowing it to electrify or freeze things. If the Amaranthans built a sword, it would be Stormbringer. | ||
− | *If the Precursors built a personal vehicle, it would be a hoverboard, or a flying saucer with a startlingly simple control scheme. The Lizardmen never seemed to have much interest in travel. If the Thracians built a vehicle, it might be a flying galleon or a monowheel vehicle (see what the protagonist rides in the recent Lorax film. Make it fancier-looking.) If the Amaranthans built a vehicle, it would be a Nightmare bound into | + | *If the Precursors built a personal vehicle, it would be a hoverboard, or a flying saucer with a startlingly simple control scheme. The Lizardmen never seemed to have much interest in travel. If the Thracians built a vehicle, it might be a flying galleon or a monowheel vehicle (see what the protagonist rides in the recent Lorax film. Make it fancier-looking.) If the Amaranthans built a vehicle, it would be a Nightmare bound into an ornate silver ring, so that it appeared and obeyed the commands of the user when they snapped their fingers. |
*If the Precursors built an information system, it would be a Turing Complete AI with a soothing voice, contained in a pleasingly rounded cube one foot on a side. It would project interactive holograms without any visible means of emission. The Lizardmen would create a crystalline throne that allowed you to dream the memories of those who had sat in it before you. The Amaranthans would bind the souls of dozens of Savant-slaves into an iron-bound tome. Their thoughts would appear across the pages when questioned. The Thracians would build a clunking, roughly sapient robot or golem. | *If the Precursors built an information system, it would be a Turing Complete AI with a soothing voice, contained in a pleasingly rounded cube one foot on a side. It would project interactive holograms without any visible means of emission. The Lizardmen would create a crystalline throne that allowed you to dream the memories of those who had sat in it before you. The Amaranthans would bind the souls of dozens of Savant-slaves into an iron-bound tome. Their thoughts would appear across the pages when questioned. The Thracians would build a clunking, roughly sapient robot or golem. | ||
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== What Can Be Made Now == | == What Can Be Made Now == |