艾伯伦的高魔生活

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艾伯伦的魔法神奇的没有受到“科技”的侵犯，社会形态在科瓦雷及其以外的区域会更简单，虽然艾伯伦与其他的中世纪式奇幻世界有很多相同之处，但是别搞错了，艾伯伦才不是中世纪。
无论是国王还是平民，艾伯伦的人们几乎都是依靠魔法来保护他们的健康和日常生活的(有时甚至没有意识到这点)。尽管如此，艾伯伦并不是一个现代社会，尽管魔法赋予了许多与工业化一样的好处，但它通常以不同的方式来实现。

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Without the inroads of the “technology” of magic that saturates Eberron, the shape of society in Khorvaire and elsewhere would be far simpler. But though Eberron has
much in common with other traditional medieval fantasy worlds, make no mistake—Eberron is not a typical medieval society. Whether king or commoner, the people of Eberron almost universally rely on magic to protect their health and conduct their day-to-day lives (sometimes without even being aware of it). Even so, Eberron is by no means a modern society, and though magic grants many of the same benefi ts as industrialization, it generally does so in very different ways.

POST-MEDIEVAL WORLD
中世纪以后的世界
在许多方面，艾伯伦的伪中世纪文化已经有很多后来的文艺复兴社会中的元素。这一点很重要，因为它强调了一个事实，艾伯伦的优势并非来自大规模的特定工厂生产而是仰赖于更灵活的大范围魔法应用。相对应的，艾伯伦的魔法奇迹仍然是个体实践者、工匠和专家的范围。
当空中列车在萨恩高耸的塔群这种穿梭时，不要忘记这点，每一艘空中客车都是由熟练的设计师、建筑师和施法者所做的个人努力的产物。尽管铁匠们可能会通过咒语来提高他们的工作效率，他们依然一次一件的锻造着物品。尽管飞空艇旅行在远距离运输中快速、安全、并且昂贵，每一艘飞艇都是由吉拉哥的工作室制造的独一无二的产品，这些工作室本身就是聚集具有竞争力的人才的独特之所。
许多城市的街道上都是用不灭明炎照明的，这些魔法由专人释放和维护，这些专门的魔法释放者就如同蜡烛匠一样。没有什么中心能源库，也没有工业时代的一般线路给这些灯柱供能。

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In many ways, Eberron’s pseudo-medieval culture already shares many elements of a later renaissance society. This is an important point, because it underscores the fact that the benefi ts granted by the wide-scale manipulation of magic are not provided by arcane factories of mass production. Instead, Eberron’s magical wonders remain the purview of individual practitioners, artisans, and expert crafters.
While skycoaches fly among the soaring towers of Sharn, it is important to remember that each skycoach is the product of individual effort by skilled designers, builders,and spellcasters. Though blacksmiths might chant spells to improve they way they work, their individual forges continue to spit out items just one at a time. While airship travel allows fast, safe, and expensive transport across large distances, each airship is a one-of-a-kind product produced by Zilargo workshops that are themselves unique foundries of often-competitive talent. While the streets of many cities are illuminated with everbright lanterns, their magic is individually cast and maintained by ranks of professional spell chandlers. No central reservoir of magical energy powers these and other wonders through some sort of industrial-age magical “grid.”

专业施法者
专业的施法者与冒险施法者不同，他们通过施放法术来获得日常生活的报酬。没有了魔法和其他技能的日常维护，艾伯伦看起来会是另一个样子。
虽然龙纹专家几乎保证了专业的施法者在经济上的可行性，科瓦雷的贸易和工业都由龙纹家族维持，没有龙纹的施法者仍然可以通过为不同的公会工作来谋生(尽管在这些企业中，龙纹家族通常有控制权利的决定性的利益)。
由于专业的施法者们，科瓦雷的大多数人的生活水平高于他们通常能达到的标准。 大多数人都有充足的现金以进行短途空中交通，而所有公民都可以从沿科瓦雷大城市主要街道设置的不灭明炎灯中受益。 当然，只有富人和上进的人才能负担得起的服务也存在。

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PROFESSIONAL SPELLCASTERS
Professional spellcasters differ from adventuring spellcasters in that they earn a daily living by casting spells for payment. Without the daily spell maintenance of magewrights and others, Eberron would seem a very different place.
While the possession of dragonmarks nearly guarantees a professional spellcaster economic viability in one of the houses that dominate the trade and industry of Khorvaire,unmarked spellcasters can still earn a living by working for various guilds (though dragonmarked houses often have controlling interests in these enterprises).
Because of professional spellcasters, most people in Khorvaire enjoy a standard of living above that which they could otherwise normally attain. Most people have cash
enough to purchase transport on a short-range skycoach,and all citizens benefit from the ever bright lanterns set along the major thoroughfares of large Khorvarien cities. Of course,services for which only the wealthy and motivated can afford to pay also exist.

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