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* [[Lost Technology]]: Much of society was wiped out during The Holocaust Wars, which means that ancient artifacts are frequently found by adventurers. However, the trope is notably subverted in that magic theory has advanced significantly over time. So while the artifacts may be valuable for their historical significance, their effects tend to be crude and trivial by modern standards. The sourcebook mentions a famous enchanted weapon that would be considered a homework assignment for second year students at most academies. Holocaust War artifacts may be especially potent because nobody would dare make such destructive things anymore, but probably not because they're beyond the reach of modern enchanters to make. On the other hand, the gods ''did'' get more personally involved in the old days; god-touched artifacts are ''much'' less common now (and were never exactly plentiful).

* [[Made of Iron]]: Justified, since there's plentiful healing magic, and survival is more dependent on the ability of a creature's spirit to hold on to its body (see the example on [[Hit Points]]) than the survival of any specific part of the body; even if there's an arrow through your heart, if the spirit clings well enough, it can keep beating.

* Magitech: Magic ''is'' the technology. Why use expensive glass to make a crude tool that imitates an off-the-shelf microscopic-vision spell?

** Though there are some reasons to use such things, especially where information-gathering is concerned - information-spells are inherently unreliable. Sometimes you'll know they went wrong. Others, you won't - and that's when they're most likely to be ''horribly'' wrong.