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<blockquote data-quote="GX.Sigma" data-source="post: 6153558" data-attributes="member: 6690511">But that could happen in any situation. It's the same as a fighter buying a sword: the fighter wants the sword, the blacksmith wants the money. The fighter could kill the blacksmith with the sword, but why would he? And why would the blacksmith expect him to? The deal is good for both of them.Also, if a wizard wanted to kill another wizard and steal his spellbook, why not just cast finger of death and take it from the victim's cold dead hands?Actually, it's Spugnoir that brought up the issue. The adventure says Spugnoir just wants to learn more spells. One of my players, a Wizard, wanted the few spells Spugnoir already knew. He offered to trade spellbooks, and Spugnoir (of course) could not refuse. I then wondered why the heck any magic-user would refuse that offer, and this thread has not yet given me a satisfactory answer.It's more like: I have a great recipe for apple pie. My neighbor has a great recipe for lemon meringue. If we email each other the recipes, neither of us lose something, but we both gain something. It's not like there's a bake-off that I'm going to lose now. More pies are good for everyone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GX.Sigma, post: 6153558, member: 6690511"] But that could happen in any situation. It's the same as a fighter buying a sword: the fighter wants the sword, the blacksmith wants the money. The fighter could kill the blacksmith with the sword, but why would he? And why would the blacksmith expect him to? The deal is good for both of them. Also, if a wizard wanted to kill another wizard and steal his spellbook, why not just cast finger of death and take it from the victim's cold dead hands? Actually, it's Spugnoir that brought up the issue. The adventure says Spugnoir just wants to learn more spells. One of my players, a Wizard, wanted the few spells Spugnoir already knew. He offered to trade spellbooks, and Spugnoir (of course) could not refuse. I then wondered why the heck [I]any[/I] magic-user would refuse that offer, and this thread has not yet given me a satisfactory answer. It's more like: I have a great recipe for apple pie. My neighbor has a great recipe for lemon meringue. If we email each other the recipes, neither of us lose something, but we both gain something. It's not like there's a bake-off that I'm going to lose now. More pies are good for everyone. [/QUOTE]

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