Rockets might be pretty threatening. Whoosh! And they've been around for at least a thousand years, so they wouldn't be out of place in a medieval world. They'd make a fireball-slinging war mage feel pretty insecure about their job.
Really, any technology that does something that a magic user 'normally' does is going to be dangerous-seeming to at least that particular mage, if only because it takes away their special role in society. Anything from compasses to catapults to heliographs to sails that tack against the wind is potentially going put someone out of business.
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Date: 2009-08-26 04:26 am (UTC)Really, any technology that does something that a magic user 'normally' does is going to be dangerous-seeming to at least that particular mage, if only because it takes away their special role in society. Anything from compasses to catapults to heliographs to sails that tack against the wind is potentially going put someone out of business.