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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8047446" data-attributes="member: 11760">If it can't be created, it's even more valuable when it's not cast. It's essentially a scroll of &quot;destroy empire,&quot; and thus is worth at least as much as the riches of any one empire.And, as we know from the real world, the deterrence value of having -- or to be believed to have -- such a super-weapon is incredibly potent.&quot;Under no circumstances are you stupid heroes to cross the border and kill the Undying Emperor -- with his last act, he'll unleash the tarrasque on us! Just stay here and try to, you know, contain the trouble he causes without making him mad.&quot;Or, what happens if a spy gets out a message, before they're killed in a truly horrible way, that the Undying Emperor doesn't have the scroll any more? Now the heroes have to quietly confirm that's true -- or see if some third party is trying to trick them into getting the scroll used so that everyone else is safe from the tarrasque themselves?The existence of such a scroll can fuel multiple campaigns.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8047446, member: 11760"] If it can't be created, it's even more valuable when it's not cast. It's essentially a scroll of "destroy empire," and thus is worth at least as much as the riches of any one empire. And, as we know from the real world, the deterrence value of having -- or to be believed to have -- such a super-weapon is incredibly potent. "Under no circumstances are you stupid heroes to cross the border and kill the Undying Emperor -- with his last act, he'll unleash the tarrasque on us! Just stay here and try to, you know, contain the trouble he causes without making him mad." Or, what happens if a spy gets out a message, before they're killed in a truly horrible way, that the Undying Emperor doesn't have the scroll any more? Now the heroes have to quietly confirm that's true -- or see if some third party is trying to trick them into getting the scroll used so that everyone else is safe from the tarrasque themselves? The existence of such a scroll can fuel multiple campaigns. [/QUOTE]

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