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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 1422185" data-attributes="member: 8243">I do understand that there are a number of perfectly valid ways of explaining a world in which magic is not applied beyond adventuring and warfare, and has had little impact on the lives of most people. Whether or not it would be applied is a perfectly valid question. However, the question in this thread is based on the hypothisis that magic has been and continues to be applied in all areas of endevour.There is also no assumption that it would be any more a utopian society than or current one, or any other.Perhaps restating the question could help. Suppose the above city was fairly autonomous (as opposed to being part of larger state), and your character its ruler. What would you do to take advantage of those resourses.Some thoughts from this end.Agriculture - feeding yourself is one of the most basic needs of a society. The more efficient a society is in generating what it needs, the more people the society can devote to other activities. The Plant domain offers Plant Growth (3rd/150gp); the Earth domain offers Soften Earth and Stone (2nd/30gp) and Stone Shape (3rd/150gp) and Wall of Stone (5th/450gp); and the Air Domain offers Control Weather (7th/910gp). The prices are market ones based on the minimum caster level required.  Druids have access to most of these spells and more. Negotiating the establishment a church or Circle in return for its support and protection of the city's argricultural section would one consideration. The spells are quite pricy as such, but that assumes a fairly mercenary approach to the use of them on the part of the organisation. Security, status, political power, land could all be offered in some combination to get a more favourable price structure. Assuming it made sence economically. Of course, having a church offers other benefits, such as Heal and Cure spells.</blockquote>

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