I'm bouncing around ideas for 3 cultures. The first is an ancient race that has built everything from their understanding of magic. The second is an ancient race that has mastered technology. Neither race can comprehend or use the other's specialty, however a younger race has emerged that can use both to a limited degree. They'll never be grand wizards or techno geniuses but they can combine the two into forms neither elder race can imagine.
For example the Magi store information on specially grown crystals, and have workers who catalogue the crystals and sing the proper tones to retrieve the info from them. The Techs have intricate clockwork mechanisms that record info on cylinders and play it back. The Twixt modify the cylinder mechanisms to strike crystals and produce the required vibration to record or retrieve info.
I want to combine Magic and Technology, but in a way that's not just "it's an electric car, but it runs on magiK", so any thoughts, or suggestions, or resources to check out is greatly appreciated.
For example the Magi store information on specially grown crystals, and have workers who catalogue the crystals and sing the proper tones to retrieve the info from them. The Techs have intricate clockwork mechanisms that record info on cylinders and play it back. The Twixt modify the cylinder mechanisms to strike crystals and produce the required vibration to record or retrieve info.
I want to combine Magic and Technology, but in a way that's not just "it's an electric car, but it runs on magiK", so any thoughts, or suggestions, or resources to check out is greatly appreciated.