[Mkguild] Fireworks and their alternatives

[Stealth]

On 8/27/08, C. Matthias <jagille3 at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Ok, I would like to mention first that the story in which the guns are
>> mentioned 300 years in the future isn't fully canon. Any story that cont=
ains
>> major issues from a sufficiently far enough time into the future is
>> considered an 'optional' future. It's the future that particular person
>> envisions, but it's not set in stone like the rest of the 'current'
>> archives. Matthias' future =3D/=3D Raven's future =3D/=3D the future som=
eone (I
>> think Stealth) thought of with steam engine technology, etc. So while th=
ere
>> are guns 300 years in Matthias' future, they are not set in stone. I agr=
ee
>> that with no guns there would be no 'gunpowder' per se, but the idea of
>> powder that explodes would certainly exist, especially considering the
>> fondness alchemists have for stuff that goes boom. It's not a very big j=
ump
>> from there to stuff that goes boom in pretty colors.
>>
>>
>> Yep, the steam engine tech was mine, though it was more to do with air
>> ships. Aside from that, I thought Matt's future in LTOY was the official
>> future setting. So I guess any future is only ever intended as a non-can=
on
>> setting? Because that sounds great, I can go nuts with my own vision wit=
hout
>> it affecting anything!
>>
>
> Everything I write for Metamor Keep is leading to the future I envisioned.
>  Other futures are still plausible, but I think that a lot of the elements
> I'm suggesting should be considered canonical.  I imagine in 300 years a
> sort of technology as existed during the late Renaissance would abound.
>  Steampunk style MK would probably ensue after that because of the presen=
ce
> of magic that could be imbued in technology.
>
> Of course, that's cause I like steampunk too. :-)
>
> You'll note though, that in my 1000 CR scenes, I don't actually establish
> that much.  Muskets are still very primitive at that point.  The Hassan l=
ine
> is now the ruling dynasty over a united Midlands.  Cheskych is the captial
> of Vysehrad, a kingdom in the eastern Flatlands.  That's about it
> geopolitically.


It's not the future I envision. I'll consider some elements but if it isn't
canon then I'll pass on that setting.


May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,
>
> Charles Matthias
>
>
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