Just one question. What's your goal with these archetypes?
What's the, well, purpose of creating them?
What's the, well, purpose of creating them?
Note that pre-agriculture society can be pretty sophisticated, as seen with the builders of Göbekli Tepe and the Pacific Northwest Natives.These guys have just invented agriculture.
Hmm.... True.Note that pre-agriculture society can be pretty sophisticated, as seen with the builders of Göbekli Tepe and the Pacific Northwest Natives.
And from my reading, his protagonist is actually magical, high powered at that, so it would be easy to awe and impress the locals into accepting them.So... that would be Neolithic Revolution tech if they just figured out agriculture. You seem to be going for people still in the stone age and haven't figured out metal working yet. Honestly just about anything you could make past this tech level is going to impress them. You show them a mundane weapon or tool made of a strange material they've never seen before like iron or bronze they're going to think you're a wizard or something.
Distill alcohol and show them what looks like to them a water with a biting odor that can be ignited and they'll think it's magic. You could construct stuff like primitive gliding technology with the right materials. Nothing says "I'm a wizard" like the power of flight. Set up a water wheel attached to a magnet so it spins next to some copper wrapped iron and you just invented an electric generator. And speaking of magnets just showing them how to use magnets to make compasses for navigation would seriously be useful and impressive if this setting is one where the planet has a magnetic field.
At the Neolithic level these people might not even have written language. Show them how to put ideas into writing if they don't and introduce record keeping. Show them that objects of differing mass fall at the same rate. Make sure they boil their water. Teach them how to tell time using sundials. With time there are varying types of clocks you could construct to help them keep track of things.
There are so many sorts of scientific things a modern person could know that these people possibly wouldn't. Uplift them and/or impress them enough that they think you're valuable with the knowledge you can provide.
Yup. He's the big kind of mage.And from my reading, his protagonist is actually magical, high powered at that, so it would be easy to awe and impress the locals into accepting them.
He should start with big, fancy, and impressive display of power; then go for the implementation of small details and knowledge.Yup. He's the big kind of mage.
He has mile wide weather manipulation.
Apparently he can basically summon Servants (Type-moon) to do that?I will point out that he probably is going to have to actually teach the populace things unless he wants to be doing everything himself for rest his life. It just seems like the moral and smart thing to do to be better educating people and improving the overall quality of life and tech level for the populace.
I know. That's why I brought in the MC. His powers include summoning otherworldly entities with knowledge on nearly any subject... including metallurgy. Imagine someone got downloaded with wikipedia, and can do 'summon unseen servant'.... only that the servant has supernatural powers to assist them in whatever their task is. Including building forges and refineries.
He mentioned Snake men and Drow, both of which keep Humans as slaves.I'm kind of curious as to what's going to drive conflict in this case as this seems like a lot of power. Are their rival powers in the form of something like gods, mages, monster, demons, or the like that are a serious threat to the main character? Rival Isekais from their world or others?
No, not really. By servants, I mean 'servants from another realm you can bind to yourself'. Think of them as more like strange biological tools to do things. Mostly inspired from Exalted. Like beings that can serve as incubation vats, or that act like construction machinery. Or chemical processing plants.Apparently he can basically summon Servants (Type-moon) to do that?
You can also specialize in manufacturing useful goods like textiles and tools since you'll have enough food to support specialized craftsmen (the city wouldn't have been built if there were no surplus to support the non-agricultural population).So I think I should have my sorcerer build the first city.. and then transform it into a hub for trade. And food. Never forget, delicious food. He's gonna have to introduce the pig, via magical biologicla engineering, and then cook delicious pork.
Yes. Basically, there are just some places that can't be moved. Like smiths, factories, looms, giant kilns.... probably have the city be the core of all infrastructure. Want a stainless steel knife or the best doctors? Go to The City.You can also specialize in manufacturing useful goods like textiles and tools since you'll have enough food to support specialized craftsmen (the city wouldn't have been built if there were no surplus to support the non-agricultural population).
It could take the place of the political and religious center as well, with a neutral meeting place and great temple established in the city.Yes. Basically, there are just some places that can't be moved. Like smiths, factories, looms, giant kilns.... probably have the city be the core of all infrastructure. Want a stainless steel knife or the best doctors? Go to The City.
Which of course has problems. Like a charter of 'you can worship whatever gods you want'.It could take the place of the political and religious center as well, with a neutral meeting place and great temple established in the city.
Or simply saying 'I don't know any gods. But I will let you worship as you wish, as long as you don't hurt anyone'.Horse drawn mobile forges were used by various militaries in both the US and Europe in the 1800s.
I will point out that religion has been repeatedly used as an effective tool of societal control and a lot of leaders throughout history have explicitly realized this. The character realizing this and backing an existing religion or political entity as a method of winning the people's hearts and minds via increasing legitamacy or setting themselves up as a god emperor or something (they are a powerful wizard after all so declaring themselves a god probably wouldn't be unbelievable) would be possible.
But that would still be made in Isekai's city.
The solution is obviously Communism.Which can bring in complications. Everyone hates a centrist. And his own tribesmen will not like him for not explicitly backing them. I mean, you can write about how he tries to create a just, egalitarian society, encompassing a nation, while everyone still works on the tribal level.
Let's start by defining those 3 terms, shall we?But that would still be made in Isekai's city.
The solution is obviously Communism.
But seriously, I wonder how Ancient/Medieval Communism/Socialism would look like.
Define what?Let's start by defining those 3 terms, shall we?
What is communism? What is socialism? And what is 'Ancient'?Define what?