Mildly annoyed., Vexed, even. Options

[FuelDrop]

Looking at technology verses magic, it seems to me that tech is getting the short end of the stick.

I'm not talking about characters, though that is part of it (Magicrun).

I'm talking about the cataclysmic disasters between editions. When you look at them (the crash and crash 2.0, the nanotech disaster, Deus, you get the picture) it always seems to be tech getting shafted by progress while magic struts happily on.

Now I'm not saying magic hasn't had its disasters (The great ghost dance, the universal brotherhood fiasco) but it feels that tech is being vilified while magic and its pets (IEs, Dragons) are disproportionately powerful.

I feel that the defining system in the cyberpunk genre shouldn't be so quick to sideline technology in favor of magic, especially as while magic is returning at a linear rate technology has always advanced exponentially.

Linear mages, Quadratic warriors!