Here's my suggestion on how to handle technology:
There are several stages of tech level, let's say that they are the same as the ones in GURPS: TL0 – Stone Age (Prehistory and
later). Counting; oral tradition.
TL1 – Bronze Age (3500 B.C.+).
Arithmetic; writing.
TL2 – Iron Age (1200 B.C.+).
Geometry; scrolls.
TL3 – Medieval (600 A.D.+).
Algebra; books.
TL4 – Age of Sail (1450+).
Calculus; movable type.
TL5 – Industrial Revolution (1730+).
Mechanical calculators; telegraph.
TL6 – Mechanized Age (1880+).
Electrical calculators; telephone and radio.
TL7 – Nuclear Age (1940+).
Mainframe computers; television.
TL8 – Digital Age (1980+).
Personal computers; global networks.
TL9 – Microtech Age (2025+?).
Artificial intelligence; real-time virtuality.
TL10 – Robotic Age (2070+?).
Nanotechnology or other advances start to blur distinctions between technologies . . .
TL11 – Age of Exotic Matter.
TL12 – Whatever the GM likes!
When the game starts the players decide on a tech level that all civilizations will start on, in our case it looks like TL1. Upon each advance in age all civilizations increase their TL by 2. Players can also pay 15 points to advance a civilizations tech level whenever they want.
Having a higher tech level than another civilization gives a bonus equal to the difference between the tech levels to you.
Eg. Civ A is TL5 and Civ B is TL3. Civ A attacks one of Civ B's cities, they both roll and Civ A adds two to his roll because of the TL bonus.
Also, Anti, to destroy something entirely you have to pay the points cost equal to making it.
9 + 4 = 13
I spend 4 points creating a subrace of the dragon folk.
And the followers of Omegastick that fled into the wilderness separated from the rest of the survivors, they formed their own civilization and were transformed into new creatures, ready to face the trials ahead.The Wyrmlings are smaller than the dragon folk of Oremeth, but instead they are much more mentally advanced. What they lack in size is made up for in brains, being brilliant mathematicians and architects. They are about 5'8" on average and and typically have a long, flowing mane down their neck, although some have been known to shave this off.
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