Main difference is that, in fiction, the “imbuing” doesn’t require a billion-dollar fab.
I mean, there are a few intrepid techno-wizards trying to don’t themselves, but it’s a far cry from what Big Magic can manage.
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Bgugi@lemmy.world 6 months agoPlus we can imbue crystals with thought and knowledge by inscribing them with complex runes and commanding them in a special language.
grue@lemmy.world 6 months ago
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Yes, but that bullion dollar industry only grew over time. The first crystals were made in small labs pushing the edge of magic. If you let a magical world develop industrialization long enough, surely they will try to optimize their magic as far as possible as well
Noodle07@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s how you tear down the fabric of space and demons ruins the world though.
looks at climate change
Oh…
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 6 months ago
We used lightning to trick rocks into thinking.