I'm reassessing some of the worldbuilding I'd thought I finished a while ago, and I keep asking myself if I'm going far enough in terms of the technological capabilities of the society.
What sort of technology do we see in fantasy that stand out as "cool" and appropriate, even though it would strictly be anachronistic?
I'm not asking about steampunk technology, which stands on its own, and I'm not asking about guns, which were discussed heavily in another thread. I'm asking what kind of realistic technology - like greenhouses and hot air balloons - you've seen or used in a typical medieval, swords-and-sorcery-type story, and what did you think of it?
What sort of technology do we see in fantasy that stand out as "cool" and appropriate, even though it would strictly be anachronistic?
I'm not asking about steampunk technology, which stands on its own, and I'm not asking about guns, which were discussed heavily in another thread. I'm asking what kind of realistic technology - like greenhouses and hot air balloons - you've seen or used in a typical medieval, swords-and-sorcery-type story, and what did you think of it?