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#1 zombiegleemax Sep 19, 2003 17:19:51	Using a GURPS Tech Level (TL) document I found online, here is my take on the overall technological level of Ansalon in the years prior to the WOTL. I placed Ansalon at this age in the TL3: Medieval (pre-1450) category. I can post the full GURPS TL if anyone would like to see it. I plan on doings something similar for Ansalon’s Magical Level (ML) when I get a chance. Comments and feedback welcome, George ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Technical Development in Ansalon (346 AC) Biotech: Farming leads to a practical understanding of basic heredity; plants and animals bred for desired traits; microbes exploited to make bread, wine, and cheese; [optical microscopes make cells visible]. Construction: Shelter; monumental architecture; keystone arch; dome. Energy/Power: Fire, slaves; draft animals (horses and mules); water wheels; windmills; water mills; horses with horse-collars; [steam engines]. Food: Hunting, gathering, horticulture; agriculture, herding; two-course field rotation; three-course field rotation. General: Lever, language, writing; mathematics with zero; [gunpowder], [printing]; [steam power]. Materials: Wood, leather, stone; bronze, ceramics; iron, concrete, glass; steel. Medicine: Herbs; supportive treatment; military surgery; bleeding and purging the sick; chemical remedies; amputations and crude prosthetics, extracts; [experiments that killed the patients]. Transportation: Walking; canoes; sledges; the wheel; horseback; horse-drawn carts; sailing rafts and small galleys; riding (horseback with a saddle); ocean-going galleys; stirrups; sailing ships; [fully-rigged ships]; [hot-air balloons]; [Steamships]; [railroads]; [zeppelins]. Tools: Hand tools; machines. Warfare: Fists, stone weapons; shields; metal weapons (metal-tipped spears and arrows; bronze swords), leather armor, chariots; infantry formations, artillery, galley; iron swords; shields; scale armor; armored cavalry; steel weapons; lances, flails, crossbows; plate and chain mail; castles; [Black-powder muskets]; [cannon]; [sailing warships]; [Ironclad warships]; [dynamite]. [ ] = Limited Distribution/Knowledge
#2 baron_the_curse Sep 19, 2003 17:58:01	GURPS Medieval Volume I is a great sourcebook for any D&D campaign if you want to add an extra flare of realism. For right after the War of the Lance your TL seems appropriate. I think by the Age of Mortals the continent of Ansalon should be well into the Renaissance. Then again with the deprivation suffer under the Dragon Overlords that's a tough call.
#3 zombiegleemax Oct 04, 2003 9:16:48	>GURPS Medieval Volume I is a great sourcebook for any D&D >campaign if you want to add an extra flare of realism. For right >after the War of the Lance your TL seems appropriate. I dont have that volume, but I do have Low Tech which is quite useful. Thanks for your feedback. As a note, I printed this list out and gave it to one of my PCs becasue she had the Knowledge (History) skill, is a wizard and scholar, and it just seemed appropiate at the time. George