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How to run a criminal organization in a City with 8th level spells?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hjorimir" data-source="post: 7522452" data-attributes="member: 5745"><p>I'm a mastermind criminal and I know the city has access to all kinds of divination magic. Perrrrfect. Excuse me while I pause to steeple my fingers. Ahhhh...</p><p></p><p>The pitfall of spells like <em>detect thoughts</em> and <em>zone of truth</em> is that the casters of such spells have a proclivity to take the information as <strong>truth</strong>. I will use that to my advantage. </p><p></p><p>I will lie not only to the city officials, but my own minions. They think they work for somebody else (one of my annoying rivals). When they are inevitably caught and interrogated, my master plan(s) will be set into motion. Through these deceptions I will set the city guards upon my rivals (where I have also planted incriminating evidence) in support of these lies.</p><p></p><p>I will become super rich, not through theft (how petty), but through domination of the city market and the ruthless removal of my rivals. I will be a merchant prince and use my growing influence and wealth to bend the city to my will.</p><p></p><p>Also, I will invest in some sending stones so I can have buyer/seller agents around the world checking on prices of imports and exports in "realtime" and take advantage of the ever moving market value of goods.</p><p></p><p>Who really rules the city, the one on the throne or the one with all of the gold?</p><p></p><p>#EvilDMingSince1978</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hjorimir, post: 7522452, member: 5745"] I'm a mastermind criminal and I know the city has access to all kinds of divination magic. Perrrrfect. Excuse me while I pause to steeple my fingers. Ahhhh... The pitfall of spells like [I]detect thoughts[/I] and [I]zone of truth[/I] is that the casters of such spells have a proclivity to take the information as [B]truth[/B]. I will use that to my advantage. I will lie not only to the city officials, but my own minions. They think they work for somebody else (one of my annoying rivals). When they are inevitably caught and interrogated, my master plan(s) will be set into motion. Through these deceptions I will set the city guards upon my rivals (where I have also planted incriminating evidence) in support of these lies. I will become super rich, not through theft (how petty), but through domination of the city market and the ruthless removal of my rivals. I will be a merchant prince and use my growing influence and wealth to bend the city to my will. Also, I will invest in some sending stones so I can have buyer/seller agents around the world checking on prices of imports and exports in "realtime" and take advantage of the ever moving market value of goods. Who really rules the city, the one on the throne or the one with all of the gold? #EvilDMingSince1978 [/QUOTE]
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