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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7445707" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p>Hello there! My name is Mr. WetBlanket! I'll be your destroyer of fun tonight! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Curious...has your DM though to the ramifications of 'letting' you do this? Have YOU thought of the ramifications?</p><p></p><p>Opening your own tavern...go for it! Sounds like fun. Hell, it's pretty standard fare for PC's of your level; I can't count the number of "Inns/Taverns" that my players PC's have opened over the decades of play.</p><p></p><p>But... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Spellcasting "for a small fee"? Lets examine this a bit. </p><p></p><p><strong>Move Earth to prepare fields</strong> </p><p> "Sorry, Bill, I don't need your labourers. Oh, Fred? Yeah, don't need your oxen...or the tiller. This guy does it all in one day for a fraction of the price!"</p><p></p><p><strong>(with Unseen Servants to seed them and start the watering).</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>"Oh, and while I have you here, Bill, you can cancel the order for the labourers for seeding and watering as well. Sorry"</p><p></p><p><strong>Permanent Major Images cast in your home to provide classy embellishments (or just some inspirational imagery for the bedroom). </strong></p><p>"Hey, Gaston? About that whole 'water nymph' statue I wanted? Uh, yeah...sorry. I'm gonna have to cancel and ask for my money back on that. Found someone to do it exactly as I need, almost instantaneously using an illusion. While I'm here, can you let Frieda, Susan, Bellamon and Hank I don't need those tapistries, stained glass, or portraits either? I'll pick up my coin later. Terribly sorry!"</p><p></p><p><strong>Need a new bridge, stable or statue? 10 minute fabrication while you wait.</strong></p><p>"Ok, ok, ok....settle down everyone! I know this town meeting is a bit sudden, and none of you are happy about it, but the truth is that we just don't need any carpenters, blacksmiths, coopers, stonemasons, engineers, cooks, farmers, ostlers, water bearers, general labourers, or artists. This gnome guy can do it in 10 minutes with magic. It's simply a matter of cost. You know...budget and all that".</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>So, if I was DM...your gnome enchanter would have a very short lived "business", or at the very least the character would be public enemy number one as far as all the out of work citizens are concerned. E.g., "Oh, geeze, sorry there Mr. Gnome Enchanter. Turns out all the ostlers and labourers sent to pick up your order last week all came down with a case of the sniffles and couldn't do it. Maybe you can use your 'magic' to just 'magic' all your food and ale?" ... "What's that? Why did the price of chickens just increase to 10gp each? Well, hard times and all that...seems a couple farmers in these parts fell on rough times after not being able to rent their equipment or get jobs sowing seeds and whatnot. Rough times...rough times. You understand, being a business owner n' such".</p><p></p><p>In short...magic is very useful. But the vast majority of people in a 'standard' D&D world do not know how to use it. Need to build a road? You hire labourers, stonemasons, cooks, engineers, etc. You don't just "cast a spell or two and POOF!...a fully cobbled road appears". And anyone who was capable of doing such a thing would NOT be a very popular guy to the "working class folk" (re: just about everyone).</p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming (aka, "Killer Wetblanket DM")</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 7445707, member: 45197"] Hiya! Hello there! My name is Mr. WetBlanket! I'll be your destroyer of fun tonight! ;) Curious...has your DM though to the ramifications of 'letting' you do this? Have YOU thought of the ramifications? Opening your own tavern...go for it! Sounds like fun. Hell, it's pretty standard fare for PC's of your level; I can't count the number of "Inns/Taverns" that my players PC's have opened over the decades of play. But... ;) Spellcasting "for a small fee"? Lets examine this a bit. [B]Move Earth to prepare fields[/B] "Sorry, Bill, I don't need your labourers. Oh, Fred? Yeah, don't need your oxen...or the tiller. This guy does it all in one day for a fraction of the price!" [B](with Unseen Servants to seed them and start the watering). [/B] "Oh, and while I have you here, Bill, you can cancel the order for the labourers for seeding and watering as well. Sorry" [B]Permanent Major Images cast in your home to provide classy embellishments (or just some inspirational imagery for the bedroom). [/B] "Hey, Gaston? About that whole 'water nymph' statue I wanted? Uh, yeah...sorry. I'm gonna have to cancel and ask for my money back on that. Found someone to do it exactly as I need, almost instantaneously using an illusion. While I'm here, can you let Frieda, Susan, Bellamon and Hank I don't need those tapistries, stained glass, or portraits either? I'll pick up my coin later. Terribly sorry!" [B]Need a new bridge, stable or statue? 10 minute fabrication while you wait.[/B] "Ok, ok, ok....settle down everyone! I know this town meeting is a bit sudden, and none of you are happy about it, but the truth is that we just don't need any carpenters, blacksmiths, coopers, stonemasons, engineers, cooks, farmers, ostlers, water bearers, general labourers, or artists. This gnome guy can do it in 10 minutes with magic. It's simply a matter of cost. You know...budget and all that". ;) So, if I was DM...your gnome enchanter would have a very short lived "business", or at the very least the character would be public enemy number one as far as all the out of work citizens are concerned. E.g., "Oh, geeze, sorry there Mr. Gnome Enchanter. Turns out all the ostlers and labourers sent to pick up your order last week all came down with a case of the sniffles and couldn't do it. Maybe you can use your 'magic' to just 'magic' all your food and ale?" ... "What's that? Why did the price of chickens just increase to 10gp each? Well, hard times and all that...seems a couple farmers in these parts fell on rough times after not being able to rent their equipment or get jobs sowing seeds and whatnot. Rough times...rough times. You understand, being a business owner n' such". In short...magic is very useful. But the vast majority of people in a 'standard' D&D world do not know how to use it. Need to build a road? You hire labourers, stonemasons, cooks, engineers, etc. You don't just "cast a spell or two and POOF!...a fully cobbled road appears". And anyone who was capable of doing such a thing would NOT be a very popular guy to the "working class folk" (re: just about everyone). ^_^ Paul L. Ming (aka, "Killer Wetblanket DM") [/QUOTE]
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