Fantasy Science
Turiel is a fantasy based world with technology reaching between the 1400s to the mid 1500s. This means that while technology like the Printing Press is possible it is not wide spread enough to be considered normal and medicine has already taken leaps and bounds though it is by no means even close to modern levels to allow things like safe surgery. A quirk of fantasy though does exist in that some technology is pushed back due to the existence of magic and others are pushed forward. The best example is the Red Orc Pride and Joy The Square Rigged Caravel sailing ship which in the real world was invented in the late 15th century and puts them ahead of most other countries and races in terms of Seafaring technology. This also means that things like black power weapons and more recently advancements in medicine have taken a back seat to magic. The return of magic has stopped most of the study into medicine and not many people would agree to the need for Black Powder when you can throw bolts of fire with a year or so's practice. Magic has actually destabilized technological advancement to a fairly high degree to the point that clean burning oil such as whale oil(yes people do that in Turiel. Its a thing that happened in real life too.) to the use of any kind of surgery has almost been abolished since you can accomplish better and safer results with Light spells(mostly in major cities) and healing magic. On the other hand some pieces of technology have been given quite a lot of attention to assist in the return of magic or were given a kingdoms financing because of it. The biggest one is the Printing press which while very newly designed out of the Temere Trade Union and not spread around too much yet has already caused the price of books to drop. Many temples have already put in many requests for these rare items. Others such as Telescopes, modern compasses, and other such items have made sea trade and overland travel much easier. And Trigger use Crossbows are much more common now. Technology and YouFrom an out of character point of view science in Turiel only advances steadily in fields where magic doesn't make better easier results. But the people of Turiel also understand certain things in what we call science very differently than we do today. Below are a few examples with more to come.
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