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The tech artifacts are still to be found. But it is really downplayed because the modern gamer has a clear dividing line between SF and fantasy. That wasnt so back in the day. But I had to be wary of that.

Here is how much tech stuff is mentioned in the wilderlands: just a little; enough that if you like the idea it tantalizes you and if you dont like the idea it is easily ignored. No stats for blasters. Nothing like that. In the Gaz (aka Player's Guide), a note is dropped briefly in the history section as follows:

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Pre-History

Priests and scholars debate the pre-history of the world endlessly. Most agree that the world was created from chaos and mighty beings, called the Elder Races by some, walked the lands with the gods themselves. Where the Elder Races came from, none know. Tales tell of great wars by a race called the First Men, who rode dragons and fought with the Elder Races. Some sages tell of the First Men conquering the Elder Races. Still others say that both the First Men and the Elder Races were subjected by the mysterious Markrabs.

Whether they were fantastic wizards and elemental beings or travelers from a far off world in ships of strange propulsion, none know. But most sages agree that the Markrabs began what came to be known as the Uttermost War, decimating the dragons, First Men and the Elder Race. Ancient legends tell that the Markrabs built a great fortress in what is now known as the Valley of the Ancients. Still other legends tell of a citadel built by the Elder Race that was abandoned. Some elder sages claim that the City State is built on the ruins of that ancient citadel.

Legends also tell of a great empire, the Empire of Kelnore, which arose and fell in the many ages between the Uttermost War and the subsequent War of the Pious and Philosophers, which ended some 6000 years ago (and was mistaken for the Uttermost War by Ralibarn and his fellow scholars).

According to ancient records, the War of the Pious and Philosophers pitted the devout followers of the gods and wielders of magic against the followers of reason and science. The Pious were the clear victors of this lengthy war and as a result the persecution of wielders of magic ended and there was an increase in the number of gods in the Wilderlands. The war resulted in great destruction of temples, spell books and scrolls by the Philosophers as well as much destruction of machines, tools and crafting shops by the Pious. As a result, there is nearly no record of history prior to this war. Some sages claim to have discovered ancient relics of the Philosophers, calling the strange items technology.

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There is very little there. More is hinted at in the Boxed Set. Such as:

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1206 Fane of Miasma (Castle): magical; AL LE; Tech Level: 9; 100 gp limit; Assets 1,400 gp; Population 280 (60 men-at-arms War2s and 10 war-priests Clr2s serve as garrison; the balance of the population are Com1-2 mundane servants, farmers and craftsfolk); isolated (human 92%, dwarves 04%, others 04%). Authority Figure(s): Barathus, male human LE Clr6. Important Characters: Maran, male human LE Clr4 (keeper of the temple, maintains the building and surrounding grounds).

This is an ancient temple to Ugtargnt the Goddess of Disease located in the western foothills of the Majestic Mountains. It is rumored that some of the structures pre-date the Uttermost War. The central nave of the temples contains a sheet of metal with melted edges and a large red cross within a white circle permanently enameled on the metal. The enameling is non-magical and has not faded or chipped for over ten thousand years. It is one of the oldest and holiest artifacts that any temple of Ugtargnt possesses. The temple is widely feared in the region due to the goddess' power over disease.

It is believed that the caverns beneath the Fane were tunneled out long ago by the ancient Philosophers (or perhaps earlier) and that they contain an immense store of advanced knowledge and supplies related to healing. Some of the items found beneath the Fane may include ancient technology. The men-at-arms and war-priests have strange armor made of a light flexible material that is equal to scale mail but weighs only 10 pounds and is treated as light armor. They have a total of 100 such suits, which they wear beneath their robes. They each have 10 small vials with needles that they can inject into themselves that act as either potions of cure disease (2) or cure moderate wounds ( . They will not sell these items under any circumstances.

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You will note the obvious "red cross" reference and some of the tech seems to be similar to kevlar vests and healing serum syringes. That is about all that is ever really suggested (or things of this nature). But nothing that isnt changable, ignorable or expandable.

But that is one entry out of abotu 1000 entries from map 1 alone.

Yes, we left in the crashed anti-grav sled, etc. But again, that is one out of 1000.

Clark