Editing The Endless Wilds (section)

==Technology==
Technology is at a level comparable to the late 20th Century, with a mixture of medieval and modern elements. Electrical lights, appliances, and other inventions exist, although they might be hacked together out of wood and stone in places where metal and plastic are hard to come by. Enchanted or otherwise Mana-powered devices are uncommon, and people using them may be regarded with suspicion. Outside the confines of civilization, however, Mana is the only power source available, and many common devices can be found (or modified by a Magineer) that work with raw Mana. Fluctuations in magical energies can make the use of such devices dangerous, as they run the risk of burning out, exploding, or worse. Guns are still at the flintlock/black powder stage, encroaching firing cap technology, although some Manatech weapons can spew thousands of bullets, lightning or billows of fire.

But there has been word of a new advance in Manatech, whispers of something called a '''Datastore'''. It is said that this advance allows the transit of information through the ambient Mana of the world. Think of it as a mobile telephone, but on a grander scale and scope. Intellectuals are already extolling its open nature, both as a means to share information with each other in order to restore order to the world and tame the Wilds, but also to expose and tame the growing corruption and terrible practices within the megacities. Of course, this technology seems to have some time to mature before it can become widely available to the populace. It is, of course, no surprise that some in the higher circles of these societies are denouncing this Datastore as heretical technology which may actually strengthen the Wilds through the wider-spread use of the world’s Mana.