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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ciaran00" data-source="post: 1247625" data-attributes="member: 12493">A few things I can think of:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Assassinations (bards are assassins on Dark Sun)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Catering to the rich and their rich habits (which may slightly be on the illegal side)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Information, information, information</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Smuggling goods into the city (wizardly magic is illegal in Dark Sun city-states, food and water are normally expensive)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mediating between politically-significant parties (since the democratic process is largely alien to the world, carrying messages between stubborn elements like the royal palace, the elemental temples, and the Order can only really be executed by those out for a profit-- without as MUCH of a concern for their lives).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Working for other groups (doing dirty work)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Currency exchange (charging money for doing weird exchanges or barters)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Selling exotic, but legal, items (like gate keys, for example)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Selling services (getting clients in touch with sages or experts that they may want for a certain task)</li> </ul>need more?EDIT: Some more exotic, maybe-Dark-Sun-specific purposes<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Extorting/getting money from the families of slaves for illegally freeing/smuggling them out.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Getting a hold of slaves of special types for patrons who're willing to pay the dough for something weird/illegal.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Various transactions with city templars (speeding up/slowing down executions, lubricating arrests, politically hurting other templars and other inter-templar interests)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rigging arena games as well as collecting on bets that are not accepted/avoided by official channels</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Giving visiting wizards a place to stay without being hassled</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Covering up political messes by elements like the royal palace (the collapse of a mine leaves five survivors to talk about its details, or a templar was sent out to the cliffs to be executed but survived his fall-- beyond the scope of an execution, per se because these elements could be killed or payed off or whatever... actions below the dignity of said political party), or seeking out components that someone like a defiler dragon may have no time for.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spreading mis-information</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">And last but not least, propagating a multi-city-state network of guilds, a.k.a. expanding the conspiracy.</li> </ul>I didn't cover the mafia-type activity... serving as protection for certain noble houses, or extorting money from merchants for a weak promise of no vandalisation... because I'm sure it's been done above.EDIT #2: left out illegal or legal gambling: dire wolf duels, card games, you name it.ciaran</blockquote>

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