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Religious institutions and wizard-run magocracies/corporations/dictatorships would likely be the major forms of government.  Xeviat, you make an interesting point about ideology and resources; I can imagine a kind of cold war scenario between wizards and clerics coming into being.

For a look at a more clearly 19th century world with magic check out Iron Kingdoms.

Quote from: LlumYes, I addressed that, if you already out-gun everyone magically, you're set. Why are you using electronics then? Who knows.

The thing is, you only need one magician to ruin your day. One guy who casts the wipe-data spells like 3 times could seriously mess up almost any system.

On a side note, looks like Minor Sphere of Invulnerability can be dispelled by Dispel Magic. Both are third level spells. Makes it a lot less reliable.

Quote from: LlumThe thing is, you only need one magician to ruin your day. One guy who casts the wipe-data spells like 3 times could seriously mess up almost any system.

I don't quite see why this is so much of a problem. Lots of mundane stuff could easily ruin your day. One pyromaniac with a gas canister and a lighter could burn a building. But this is not a major problem because there just plain aren't that many pyromaniacs around, and police tend to track down those who do cause trouble.

Now setting buildings on fire, I'd imagine should be much easier than actually learning lightning magic. So why would there be so many crazy sorcerers with lightning spells going around ruining electronics systems for kicks? And if you end up antagonizing a magic-user who knows lightning spells, you should expect to have your hardware wrecked. Then again, if they know how to create actual lightning (as in about a terawatt of peak power), having your cellphone/PC/whatever wrecked should be the least of your concerns...