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Dobby and the OpSec Oopsies (i.redd.it)

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If ya want a real mindfuck the CRPG Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscurum also has a well thought out tech system. Though the broad points are that magic fucks with the nature of reality for example casting a fireball may reduce friction by 5 percent, technology is closer to anti magic and anchors reality down meaning it becomes really hard to do magic. Also don't mix the two someone in lore tried to put a fire enchantment on a flintlock rifle and took out a city block.

[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's silly. Any sufficiently analysed magic is indistinguishable from technology.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

That's kinda an element of Arcanum magic is a science and technology in Arcanum is in many ways a form of magic. They are simply two different sciences that are largely mutually exclusive, also it's part of a larger meta commentary of progress vs traditions as well as a critique on capitalism. Also it was made by alumni from Interplay most of whom worked on the original Fallout, gotta love Troika games they only ever made three but Arcanum, The Temple of Elemental Evil, and Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines are damned good ones.