Mechanics

		Mechanics
Automata	Clockwork	Firearms	Magitech	Vehicles

Introduction

Innovation and technological advancement are integral to both Apocrypha's history, and its modern cultures.
Beginning with simple vehicles such as sleds and canoes, mortals slowly progressed forwards - like clockwork.
Magic has become interwoven with many technologies, such as automatons, and the aptly named magitech.
Black-powder creations such have firearms emerged in recent centuries, threatening the long-lasting peace.
It is on this stage that sentient constructs have arrived, blurring the lines between mortals and their creations.

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Various Artificers, Automata, and Mechitech users.

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Glossary

• Automata: Constructs resembling living creatures, which possess a degree of autonomy.
  
• Black Powder: An volatile and explosive material, ignited using flint in various firearms.
  
• Clockwork: Spring or weight-driven turning gears, used to automate repeating processes.
  
• Conduit: A term referring to the Spellcaster required to activate and control Magitech.
  
• Construct: Any animated item, object, or being - regardless of control or independance.
  
• Enchantment: The process of drawing on the weave to imbue an item with magical properties.
  
• Firearms: Black-powder weaponry, propelling iron ammunition along a barrel when ignited.
  
• Machine: A gear or piston driven device; typically non-magical, even if powered magically.
  
• Magitech: Advanced technology, powered by draining a spellcaster's magical abilities.
  
• Vehicles: Machines used for transportation, driven by various mundane and magical means.