With the spare time and expendable income that so many enjoy during the magitech era, there were sure to be those that would fill the need for entertainment and recreation.

Theatres

One of the most popular forms of entertainment is to go to the theatre, especially if you want to move among the upper class. It is a bit spendy, on the order of 5 gp. for an average show, while the really class acts that tour can charge up to 20 gp per seat. The more impressive shows will incorporate illusion and magical effects of all kinds to create the kind of show that is the subject for weeks at the better social events.

Being "in" being what it is, one can hardly stay in the upper crust socially if one misses too many shows, particularly the class acts. Considering that the average worker makes about 35 gp per month, one can see that keeping up has its price.

Illusion Parks

This could be said to be the roleplaying of JERA. Here you can be anyone, do anything in a world modelled after the stuff of your imagination. The basis of it is that your thoughts are amplified and projected in space. It is a sort of lucid dreaming that is very popular.

A variation on the theme involves one player doing the dreaming and the others playing parts in the dream. Many of those that set themselves up as the social conscience of society have warned that too active an imagination can cause all sorts of mental disorders and hyperactivity. Basically things are not so different from here.

Amusement Parks

If you think the rides of today's carnival are wild, you can only imagine what they could be like if augmented with magic and illusion. There are the good oldies like the ferris wheel, but there are also rides that take you literally "to hell and back." Gateways to other dimensions and times are among the most popular. If you want to see dinosaurs or just see the tropics of the south seas islands, the attractions that let you go to another place or dimension draw the curious. Always the attractions are made safe by glassteel and force fields, but the occasional accident happens often enough to make one just a tad bit nervous.

Water Parks

The creation of archemages that never really grew up, the water parks of the magitech era would make the kid of today green with envy. Some slides travel the entire length of cities, towering above their skylines. Water is supplied by eternal faucets, simply a length of pipe, one end of which extends into the elemental plane of water. The runoff is channeled off to irrigate the parks of the major cities. Each park seeks to outdo past records. Many follow a theme, such as castles, but all are extravagently done and a great source of amusement for kids and a wonderful way to separate kids from their funds for the park owners.

Sports

As important as the theatre is to the upper class, sporting events make up the common man's entertainment. Team sports are popular to be in both to keep one fit and for the social interaction. Watching one's favorite team play is a good outlet in magitech society, as it is for us.

Popular Sports

Sport Description
Fencing The climb to the top among top fencers is one of the most watched competitions throughout Asterland. It draws the crowds and creates the excitement of the more brutal boxing in our world.
Dueling Seen by the more refined as a barbaric display, dueling has become a popular sport. Perhaps it comes from a society that so quickly changed from near barbarism themselves to the politically correct, polite high society of today.
Dome Battle As the name might imply, Dome Battle is a sport that takes place in a dome-shaped arena. The dome is a magical negative gravity zone, where everything in it is under the effects of a levitate spell. Players try to manuver by bouncing off walls and pillars that make up the playfield, trying to throw a round rubber ball through a hole at either end of the playfield. To add challenge, every so often a trumpet sounds, indicating that one has 10 seconds before the anti-gravity effect will turn off for a few seconds. One must hurry to grab onto something before the time is up, or take a nasty fall. The ceiling height at the top of the dome is 50', so a fall can be devastating, even though the floor is heavily padded. Uniforms are padded leather, which helps with lesser falls. There are handholds all over the walls and dome. This sport can get rather bloody as almost anything goes.
Jousting This mostly spectator sport just never goes out of style. It is as if society clings to its past and its medieval ways. It seems that everyone has their favorite knight. Onhand clerics make the sport a little less dangerous than in times past, when such were considered unmanly, but it seems that the competitors seem to live longer and develop more skill than before.
Arena Heros battle creatures that are gated in by wizards. Spectators cheer from behind glassteel windows. Anything goes, including magic use.
Bond and Free This is basically the equivalent to dodge ball, except that the ball used is a heavy leather ball filled with padding around a lead core. Injuries are common, but few are serious. Helmets are suggested, but not required. This is the most common sport among the everyday man. Teams are often set up through your place of work or school. This is an inexpensive sport to play, besides the medical bills.