Making Tech available in Blackmoor stores?

[Rafael]

Just to make it clear, the laser sword would cost 5000 GP or something like that. Even if it was on the Equipment list, its not like I would give it away. OTOH, I do think the Equipment list, along with the selection of race/class are powerful ways of communicating to a player what sort of a setting they are dealing with.

We agree completely. Obviously, the dose is the key here. For me, personally, it's mostly that I am not really attached to the SP genre, and thus don't really draw on it when I am creating my games. Just doesn't enter my mind. That said, yeah, I emphasize about the setting adaptations. I usually also try to get as deep into a setting as possible, when I create my stories. This is what drew me to Ravenloft in the day - you have a lot of GM-exclusive lore that really defines the basics of your campaign completely anew, every time you start a game.

I agree with this. I used to feel differently about it to be honest, especially since I think the Iron Kingdoms is an awesome setting. On the other hand Blackmoor was never that sort of science fantasy. Blackmoor's tech were strange artifacts recovered from crashed space ships. I'd be interested in seeing what the setting would look like after multiple expeditions to the Valley of the Ancients would look like though. Letting the mages experiment on the tech. Maybe try to make repairs and modifications of their own.

FWIW, I'll run a few DragonMech one-shots this spring. The first time I venture into territory that people regard as similar to BM, since the start of the LFC, actually. I am pretty excited to see how it will feel to me...