Centuries ago there was a time when magic was rare. The land was ruled by "non-mages" who used swords as their weapons. Technology was a mighty weapon, there were contraptions made to knock down walls and others that could hurl rocks hundreds of feet in the air to crush a castle's wall. Magic was even more powerful. Why damage the castle when you could just blow up the own thing? Easy, just use the right spell. A noble king, a conqueror of all the land, asked his two advisers if magic or technology should rule in his land. One believed in science, in technology, and the other in magic. Both argued their ideal was best until they finally decided to fight to the death to discover the stronger ideal. In a big battle the two advisers fought, knight against mage. By the end of the day the knight was slain, his sword forgotten, stabbed into the ground as a crude grave.
Centuries passed and magic, not coal or electricity, created a new kind of technology. Everything ran on magic, from horseless carriages to glass instruments that created light. The time has passed mostly peacefully thanks to magic. However, the un-gifted have been creating trouble. They are the lesser ones who cannot wield magic. They believe in technology, the same crude machinery that lost them the first war. Should the need come that mages must stop them down again, so be it.
Hi, this is a Steampunk Fantasy RP. This means that most inventions need magic to work. They have no gears. Mages have created many things with magic so don't assume the Mages are stuck in the middle ages. They can power "light glasses" (light-bulbs), "Carriages" (horse drawn carriages that use magic instead of horses), "lifters" (elevators that a mage pulls the floor of it upward) and much more. However, I've given the Mages some limitations, they do not use gunpowder or guns as they see it lesser to their magic. They do not use coal or steam-powered things, they literally use magic for everything. However, magic is more of an everyday thing and not a magnificent art. That means the most magic most people can do is activate their "technology" and cast small spells. Mage soldiers wield "charge-staffs" (metals rods that have an activation button that will shoot some kind of attack spell). The High Mages, however, wield magic is a raw form. They are the ones you'd expect hurling around tornadoes.
Rules
1. My say is final, listen to me.
2. Listen to my CO-guy too.
3. No Gmodding
4. Ask me if you have questions about what tech you can use for each side
5. No flaming
6. Have fun
7. Whatever I think of later
8. You do not need to use only humans. I'm allowing elves, dwarves, lesser-aasimars, half-elves, half-dragons etc. However, I will not allow an army of 100% full blood dragons.
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Keep in mind that this is 1874. Populations were not that large back then. And I'll only allow tech that existed in that time.