Hello Althanasians!

[Philomel]

I think tinderboxes are a general accepted taken. Anything that you can create with your mind I think is okay. Guns are up to the levels of revolvers more or less, the traditional old ones that pirates have. Airships are usually described as being like zepplins. It depends who you talk to probably about technology. Recently there have been threads with content about genetic experimenting - e.g. making people stronger with serums and so on. If you add magic to the mix then you can make more things. The main thing I do is consider what the cultures have already, and why they might make things when they have magic etc.

Oh and steam trains are a thing. Between the cities.

[Flamebird]

Oh and steam trains are a thing. Between the cities.

[strike]Theeeeeeeeeeeeey're two! They're four! They're six! They're eight! Shunting trucks and hauling freight! Red and gree-[/strike]okay, trying to help answer Yvonne's questions:

Maybe looking at technology from the RL industrial revolution can help? I never thought of "average life" technology in Alerar before, but I can easily imagine that early telephones, electricity, or at least typewriters are a thing. How about bicycles? Since "steampunk" and steam "energy" is basically a form of hydroelectricity, saying that electricity has been invented isn't that far fetched. I'd say that looking at the lore, maybe only wealthy folk and criminals could afford such technology? Then again, even slaves in Alerar can get an education, so...

In terms of alchemy, serums, etc., Alerar's alchemy is strongly scientific, so using magic in it is usually unlikely. However, the good old Alchemist's Guild may have more shifty workers (and if not the Alchemist's Guild, the dreaded "Fourth" Guild...) Finding a way to combine real world science with magic could prove sweet!

Then again, I could be wrong on all of this. But this is my two cents. xD