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<blockquote data-quote="Hatchling Dragon" data-source="post: 118319" data-attributes="member: 580"><p><strong>A couple more ideas</strong></p><p></p><p>Grimling guards. I'm sure there are some that could be trusted enough to do guard duty, and being <em>Invisible</em> won't help a bit.</p><p></p><p>Daily Castings of various <strong>Extended</strong> protective magics would keep the costs down, and help explain how some magic 'shops' keep thier financial heads above water. If the owner's high enough level to be 'cranking out' items then I'm pretty sure he'd be able to manage some protective magic of his own. When you don't have to 'fill yer head' with death-dealing magics that leaves a number of slots open for counter-thievery magics.</p><p></p><p><strong>Divination</strong>, I think of this as the magical equivilent of survelience cameras in stores today. Just because you weren't caught in the act doesn't meant you won' be caught eventually. If there's a witness to the crime then a <em>Detect Thoughts</em> would let the 'detective' mage-type zero-in on the suspect. And if you can afford the types of counter-magics (spells or devices) that can stop this sort of thing from happening, chances are you're high enough level that you wouldn't really <em>need</em> to be stealing.</p><p></p><p>Hatchling Dragon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hatchling Dragon, post: 118319, member: 580"] [b]A couple more ideas[/b] Grimling guards. I'm sure there are some that could be trusted enough to do guard duty, and being [i]Invisible[/i] won't help a bit. Daily Castings of various [b]Extended[/b] protective magics would keep the costs down, and help explain how some magic 'shops' keep thier financial heads above water. If the owner's high enough level to be 'cranking out' items then I'm pretty sure he'd be able to manage some protective magic of his own. When you don't have to 'fill yer head' with death-dealing magics that leaves a number of slots open for counter-thievery magics. [b]Divination[/b], I think of this as the magical equivilent of survelience cameras in stores today. Just because you weren't caught in the act doesn't meant you won' be caught eventually. If there's a witness to the crime then a [i]Detect Thoughts[/i] would let the 'detective' mage-type zero-in on the suspect. And if you can afford the types of counter-magics (spells or devices) that can stop this sort of thing from happening, chances are you're high enough level that you wouldn't really [i]need[/i] to be stealing. Hatchling Dragon [/QUOTE]
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