Arcanepunk Fantasy Rpg

Using the Aetherite harvest from the remains of dead dragons, and the knowledge of the arcane arts, the nations managed to create advanced technological wonders. Some of these creations include flying airships, clockwork machineries, factories, firearms, automatons, golems, railways, engines, etc.
Gunpowder exists, but aetheric firearms are more prestigious and prevalent: weapons that use a crystal as ammunition, that shoots condensed elemental charges.

Magic is still prevalent in modern society. It is used for the creation of many industrial objects, less so for personal use. Still, the occasional mage or wizard can be seen from time to time, clinging to the old ways of the arcane.
Minor spells can be put inside factory made artifacts, granting anyone the ability to use magic. Larger, more advanced spells, however, are impossible for a machine to replicate.
This misuse of magic has caused most magical users to detest the industrial age.

The old nobility still exists, but wealth now comes from industry.
Major social classes
Aether Barons: industrial magnates.
Guild Artificers: highly trained engineer-mages.
Steamworkers: factory laborers exposed to dangerous aether fumes.
Free Captains: airship merchants and smugglers.
Rural Folk: still living in largely medieval conditions.

A human industrial empire of smoke, iron, and expansion. It controls most aetherite mines and fields vast steam-powered armies. Capital: Alexandria, a city of bridges, factories, old castles and towering chimneys.
Although it is a human empire, it is the one with the most diversity among the three main nations, leading to a large population.

Elven city-states that merge magic with living technology. Their “engines” are grown rather than built. They resent industrial exploitation of aetherite, which they consider the remains of sacred dragons.
Capital: Sekred, a city that merged the ancient forest, with the industrial age, carefully keeping an equilibrium between both.
The citizens of The Sylvan Dominion values their connection to nature, yet till try to integrate modern technology to their lifes, while maintaining a delicate balance between their old traditions, and the unstoppable cog of progress.

Dwarven mountain republics connected by colossal subterranean rail networks. Masters of metallurgy and pressure engineering, they sell weapons to all sides while guarding ancient underground secrets.
Capital: Holdenmire, a city carved on the inside of the largest mountain in the region.
The nation is welcoming to anyone willing to leave their body and soul in the forge or in the mines, valuing strength and knowledge immensely. Bold, brash and straightforward citizens are the ones you'll find here.

Although any race is capable of doing any job, most have proven to be more capable than others at certain tasks.
Orcs: Some orcs advanced to become renowned machinists and common troops. However, some still cling to their old, barbaric ways of pillaging and tribalism.
Goblins: some goblins have evolved fo be brilliant but reckless inventors. However, their more savage brethren still inhabit the outsides of cities and the slums of it.
Elfs: Masters of living biotech and resonance magic. There is a divide among them, some still clinging to their nature loving ways, while others decide to accept the nature of progress.
Dwarfs: Industrial engineers controlling rail and forge networks. The ones who enjoy the industrial work the most, given their natural affinity towards heavy duty work and metallurgy.
Other races still exist, such as kobolds, imps, trolls, harpies, beast folk, etc.

Apart from the three main nations, there are other interesting locations to explore.
The Hole: a giant crater, left after the first major industrial catastrophe.
The Verdant Canopy: colossal enchanted forests threaded with living bridges.
The Ironspine Mountains: dwarven rail fortresses and deep mines.
The Glass Desert: fused sands from the ancient dragon war; lightning storms power strange, unknown machines.
The Shattered North: floating islands held afloat by unstable aether fields.
The Abyssal Deeps: underground seas where forgotten pre-Sundering civilizations remain.

Work is always needed in the nations. If someone doesn't have a stable job, they can go and get one at the worker's guild. Every town and city has one, where one can take errands and one time jobs, such as mercenary work, delivering goods, working at shops, etc.

Each nation utilizes gold, silver and copper coins as currency. Copper is used to buy food and services. Silver to buy objects such as swords and furniture. Gold coins are used to buy lands, houses, etc. Each coin has more worth than the last.

Centuries ago, dragons died in a cataclysm called the Sundering. Their bones and blood crystallized into a glowing mineral known as aetherite. When heated, refined, or exposed to magic, aetherite releases immense energy. It powers engines, airships, automatons, and magical devices.
The world has entered an era similar to an industrial revolution, but its technology is inseparable from magic.

Smaller nations, such as orc mercenary republics, halfling trade ports, goblin inventor enclaves, and dragon-worshipping nomads sit uneasily between these powers.