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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9767324" data-attributes="member: 6906980">You only highlighted the fabricate spell unless I missed it.  If a single spell throws the entire economic system into turmoil (I don't think it does for the reasons I explained), then change the spell.  But yes, I do think it's pretty much impossible to really know how the economy would work because it's going to vary widely based on innumerable other world building ideas.  One of those ideas is how magic is going to impact the larger world.  If humans can understand the basics of magic, if gods can bless certain people with extraordinary powers, why can't people that are not wizards or clerics use magic in other ways?  A skilled craftsman couldn't cast a cantrip if their life depended on it but through centuries of trial and error people have learned to manipulate magical energies to create higher quality steel or weave fine materials more quickly.  Iron is not steel.  Unlike what you may see on film, you don't create a sword by pouring molten liquid into a cast and then sharpening. Without understanding the molecular structure of how the iron bonds with carbon (along with other trace minerals) and the details of how the molecules are organized you can't make high quality steel.  If you are making a sword, a high quality one will be a combination of soft metal that can absorb impact and hard but brittle steel that can maintain an edge.  For armor you need to understand exactly how thick the armor needs to be at certain points to provide protection while making the armor as light as possible, how to curve the armor to deflect blows as much as possible.Making good weapons and armor is an art.  It's not just slapping together some plates of iron.  Every step along the forging process was done not because people understood what they were doing to manipulate the metal, they did it because centuries of trial and error taught them that it worked.  Truly understanding how it all works requires a level of technology and understanding that a wizard simply isn't going to have.</blockquote>

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