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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 389294" data-attributes="member: 1003">Actually, the Baker owed a dozen loaves to his Lord (a regular 12, just like anyone else). However, the Tax Collector always under-reported what he collected and sold/ kept the difference for himself. That's why a Baker's Dozen is 13; the extra loaf pays for the graft.----------------------------------------------------------------As  for you folks who day "Well, we've never done it that way before." I say "Bah hum-bug!" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Just 'cause no one's ever done it is not a reason to not do it! ----------------------------------------------------------------Hand of Evil - Yes, the Wizard's Guild would be a good choice for tax enforcement. I imagine that Wizards, being above average Intelligence by nature, would see the benefits of collective action. The Wizard's Guild would be also more equiped to handle tax evaders. Thanee - Yes, that's another perfectly acceptable way of handling it. I tend to think "Modern, Western" thoughts, and think of the Govt. as using contractors and having full-time employees who get paid less for comfy positions. But of course, that's not how a lot of these more informal governments worked of course. Celebrim - Yes, every kingdom would of course be different. I wonder, would Halrua (or pick your favorite Magocracy) have the lowest rate of taxes for Wizards, or the highest? Crothian - Yes, you would need an infrastructure of Wizards, that's  exactly what I am proposing. Besides, the Government doesn't collect taxes in a way that's convenient for you, it collected them in the way most convenient for them. I think that if you had a national spellpool, this would be the most convenient way to collect them.-------------------------------------------------------------------One thing Tome & Blood didn't go into was over what distance the spellpool was available for payment and casting. Since it didn't say, I think "Same plane of existence" would be fair. That negates most of the "Well, I was out of the Country" arguments, although of course you could always claim you'd stepped out of the Universe <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I think the following Kingdoms in Forgotten Realms might have something like this.WaterdeepSilverymoonThayHalruaEvermeetCormyr (for the War Wizards, if nothing else)maybe CalimshanSilvanesti (from Dragonlance)And, I would like to add, I think this is a lot more tame than the darn Mythal of Myth Drannor, or the stuff the Netherese were up to.Irda Ranger</blockquote>

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