The Eberron setting does a lot for making magic more universal. The setting is a lot more Industrial Age, with magic affecting the everyday manufacture of
items. Magic is such a part of everyday life that the trade guilds are build around its use, war machines are developed with it, and the Great War that ended
three years prior to game setting start ended because of the equivalent of a nuclear weapon accident destroying most of one of the nations involved (and the
fallout destroying the rest of it). Some of the nations in the setting use magic in ways that the other countries disagree with, such as undead armies made of
fallen veterans or sentient constructs called Warforged. There are anti-arcane magic (as opposed to divine magic, the magic of priests) terrorists that plague
several of the nations, as well as a trade guild that specializes in the breeding (and cross-breeding) of magical animals, and several others that employ
magical sentients (i.e., ogres, trolls, etc.) in both combat and noncombat roles.
That and the halflings ride dinosaurs, which is two great tastes that taste great together as far as I'm concerned.![[Image: smile.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/smile.gif)
Ebony the Black Dragon
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"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
items. Magic is such a part of everyday life that the trade guilds are build around its use, war machines are developed with it, and the Great War that ended
three years prior to game setting start ended because of the equivalent of a nuclear weapon accident destroying most of one of the nations involved (and the
fallout destroying the rest of it). Some of the nations in the setting use magic in ways that the other countries disagree with, such as undead armies made of
fallen veterans or sentient constructs called Warforged. There are anti-arcane magic (as opposed to divine magic, the magic of priests) terrorists that plague
several of the nations, as well as a trade guild that specializes in the breeding (and cross-breeding) of magical animals, and several others that employ
magical sentients (i.e., ogres, trolls, etc.) in both combat and noncombat roles.
That and the halflings ride dinosaurs, which is two great tastes that taste great together as far as I'm concerned.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."