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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AnonymousOne" data-source="post: 3429390" data-attributes="member: 50316">Forgive me, but as Economics and Commerce is my field of study I feel compelled to post.There isn't any reason to think that the gov't or military would want to clamp down on magical item production and here's my logic:The government can afford to buy the best spelltossers in the area, You attach a character lvl 30 Wizard to an infantry division and suddenly it's fighting superiority skyrockets.  SO to say that they "fear" the use of magic by anyone not under their control is understandable, but at the same time a scroll of fireball level 5 ain't exactly a suitcase nuke.  Second, Given the ... wide array of magical items, we can only conclude that many people have made this a fairly common and productive field of study.  Hence what we should see is a level of increased efficiency and hence an increase in the production function for Magic goods.  Given this level of production it's not without reason to think that any government just says "to hell with it" because there are simply too many items being sold/traded/produced to keep track of.  Granted these items will be for the more wealthy, but historically what items haven't been upon early introduction into the market?  Hell the first automobiles made buying your own coach and horses cheap.  But keep in mind that there are alot of governments, adventurers, scoundrels, and nobles out there to support this market. Just my .02</blockquote>

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