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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Loonook" data-source="post: 4568823" data-attributes="member: 1861">I'm not the one breaking the rules of a spell to create an effect which could easily be made by anyone who can cast dimension door and understand a coordinate system.  Also, what is to prevent these said-same mages from having, I don't know, a keyed teleportation circle (costs 4500 XP and a good amount of money, but hey these guys are apparently taking in hundreds of thousands of gold in assets and liquidating them in less than a day) to a location within a giant self-storage unit run by some corrupt mage who installs the system and enacts a hefty fee?  Hell, a Robe of the Mountebank would allow anyone with the coordinates to access the location.I'm the one saying that the concept of a heavily-guarded magic shop is ridiculous because, well, it is.  Buildings can be disintegrated, cracked open, and otherwise manipulated... but you're unwilling to accept that.  I supply basic rules-as-written (so as to keep within somewhat of a framework on this) and you then come at me with DM fiat.  If fiat controls your whole game then be my guest... every barmaid has the ability to be a Hundred-Handed One's meat-puppet.  However, don't go around claiming that something is feasible as a business model if it is going to cost an exorbitant amount, require breaking the rules in the DM's favor, and consistently make a couple dozen shopkeeps in various areas autolevel so the PCs won't take their stuff... well, it doesn't seem too prudent.  Slainte,-Loonook.EDIT: Apologies... TWO robes of the Mountebank, one on the inside of the vault, then one kept on the outside.  Imperfect solution, but not rulebreaking.</blockquote>

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