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<blockquote data-quote="FrozenNorth" data-source="post: 9326026" data-attributes="member: 7020832">So explain how modern countries purchasing large quantities of weapons is in any way similar to the average fantasy adventure campaign.&nbsp; The comparison doesn’t make sense.If you have noble houses, each house has a house guard that it is required to equip.&nbsp; No single house (or feudal baron) is likely to have enough money to purchase all magical weapons and items with a military application.&nbsp; And if they try, the creator is going to jack their prices higher.&nbsp; And use the profits to create more magical weapons.As for selling to both sides, of course they will.&nbsp; It happens now, it happened then, because it’s human nature.The point stands.&nbsp; You are looking for reasons why it wouldn’t work, when there are just as many why it would.No it doesn’t.&nbsp; A high level mage (or even several high level mages) having access to it doesn’t mean society as a whole has access to it.&nbsp; Again, you are making a bunch of ungrounded assumptions for why it doesn’t work.A high level mage able to do this would definitely be powerful, but you are wrong that they would be the most powerful faction in the world.&nbsp; For one thing, other high level mages exist.&nbsp; So do clever mundanes with a large number of resources.Counterpoint.&nbsp; Bane, Asmodeus, Gorum (in Pathfinder), Tempus, Gruumsh.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrozenNorth, post: 9326026, member: 7020832"] So explain how modern countries purchasing large quantities of weapons is in any way similar to the average fantasy adventure campaign. The comparison doesn’t make sense. If you have noble houses, each house has a house guard that it is required to equip. No single house (or feudal baron) is likely to have enough money to purchase all magical weapons and items with a military application. And if they try, the creator is going to jack their prices higher. And use the profits to create more magical weapons. As for selling to both sides, of course they will. It happens now, it happened then, because it’s human nature. The point stands. You are looking for reasons why it wouldn’t work, when there are just as many why it would. No it doesn’t. A high level mage (or even several high level mages) having access to it doesn’t mean society as a whole has access to it. Again, you are making a bunch of ungrounded assumptions for why it doesn’t work. A high level mage able to do this would definitely be powerful, but you are wrong that they would be the most powerful faction in the world. For one thing, other high level mages exist. So do clever mundanes with a large number of resources. Counterpoint. Bane, Asmodeus, Gorum (in Pathfinder), Tempus, Gruumsh. [/QUOTE]

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