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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 6311411" data-attributes="member: 15800">IIRC, in Brust's Dragaera combat magic is so effective that counter magic is vital, with the net effect that most actual fighting is done by guys with swords until they eliminate the enemy counter mages, at which point the battle ends.Speaking of useful species, in Eberron the nation of Droaam is largely populated by monstrous races. Many of these species are carnivorous, and this has limited their ability to sustain large communities. The Daughters of Sora Kell arrived with a seemingly endless supply of meat for their loyal followers. The secret? Troll sausage. My theory is that troll meat is typically poisonous... Otherwise everyone would be eating it... And the Daughters have a secret blend of herbs and spices that make it (vaguely) edible. But if a troll can grow a leg back... Why not eat the leg?It's been a long time, but I know I explored the idea of high magic investigation and law enforcement in Crime and Punishment (Atlas Games). One thing that sticks in my mind are high security prisons. In an arcane society polymorph would allow you to keep prisoners in more manageable forms... A menagerie of hardened criminal mice. If you don't care if the prisoners are conscious you could petrify them. In a high divine society, you could burn prisoners; keep the ashes and resurrect them when their term is up.</blockquote>