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<blockquote data-quote="Theory of Games" data-source="post: 9650170" data-attributes="member: 7042201"><p>Then you promptly set up a Magic store <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" data-smilie="18"data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /> </p><p></p><p>Magic stores make zero sense: </p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Magic is the most powerful resource in the fantasy world, so why wouldn't the richest people just buy all of it up?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Why wouldn't governments shut down the stores and take the items since they pose a threat to their power?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Why wouldn't (my favorite) Thieves Guilds rob Magic stores blind?</li> </ol><p>I remember a few years ago a GM was telling me about his setting's magic store and I proceeded to tell him how my thief would rob the place and use the items to pull off the greatest string of heists ever <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😎" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" title="Smiling face with sunglasses :sunglasses:" data-shortname=":sunglasses:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /> How would the store be defended? By magic? Governments (and thieves) can use magic too.</p><p></p><p>Imagine if someone opened up a store selling military-grade weapons to the general public. Or, let's say the store was secret. How long do you think it would take for a government to find out about the place and shut it down? Not long at all because that store is a serious public threat and law-enforcement has nothing better to do.</p><p></p><p>Or, if I'm a professional criminal, why wouldn't I knock the place over and use the arsenal to rob the Federal Reserve? Makes perfect sense. I mean, even the military gets robbed occasionally:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/humvee-army-theft-california.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>So yeah, magic stores? </p><p></p><p><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/1WHAlOdc9ZNUZq85JI/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952m6yx9emio9mgqkywe85snv2gl5lqapniabxvkv2l&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="480x400" style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Theory of Games, post: 9650170, member: 7042201"] Then you promptly set up a Magic store :ROFLMAO: Magic stores make zero sense: [LIST=1] [*]Magic is the most powerful resource in the fantasy world, so why wouldn't the richest people just buy all of it up? [*]Why wouldn't governments shut down the stores and take the items since they pose a threat to their power? [*]Why wouldn't (my favorite) Thieves Guilds rob Magic stores blind? [/LIST] I remember a few years ago a GM was telling me about his setting's magic store and I proceeded to tell him how my thief would rob the place and use the items to pull off the greatest string of heists ever 😎 How would the store be defended? By magic? Governments (and thieves) can use magic too. Imagine if someone opened up a store selling military-grade weapons to the general public. Or, let's say the store was secret. How long do you think it would take for a government to find out about the place and shut it down? Not long at all because that store is a serious public threat and law-enforcement has nothing better to do. Or, if I'm a professional criminal, why wouldn't I knock the place over and use the arsenal to rob the Federal Reserve? Makes perfect sense. I mean, even the military gets robbed occasionally: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/humvee-army-theft-california.html[/URL] So yeah, magic stores? [IMG size="480x400"]https://media0.giphy.com/media/1WHAlOdc9ZNUZq85JI/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952m6yx9emio9mgqkywe85snv2gl5lqapniabxvkv2l&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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