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--- Quote from: Tiberius on May 26, 2017, 08:21:08 PM ---Yes, but that creates change, and old-school wizards hate change.
First of all, they couldn't stay in one place for too long, unles it's a secluded place or a multimillion people city because people would start to freak out. Second, getting a new identity is kinda hard, depending on where you live and how much are you willing to break the law. It also requires resources and contacts, mortal contacts.
Too much trouble, imo.
And that got me thinking, what date of birth is on Ebs drivers licence?
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the Paperwork of Identities would likely only have become a significant issue in the last couple decades the bulk of bureaucracy went digital, only in the last few decades, at best. Prior to that it would take nothing to get a piece of paper dropped in the appropriate drawer, at which point Bob is (literally) your Uncle. I have assumed that is one of the common services that the Council provides for members, along with the financial corps and whatnot.
As far as the issue with identity, that isnt really that big of a deal most of the time. Martha Liberty lives with her family and the truth is known. Many professions are handled by correspondence, and have been for hundreds of years, without difficulty (this is historically a primary way women have participated in Science, for example). Even today professionals in many fields might operate under pseudonyms. And that's assuming they decide to do anything directly, rather than the more traditional (for Wizards) idea of having catspaws and proxy's.
Rasins:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on May 27, 2017, 01:55:51 AM ---I think most states require them now, so he'd have to have a valid one with a fake year of birth. Either that, or he uses the Blackstaff to get away with mind wammies every time he gets a ticket.
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You have to be stopped in order to get a ticket. If you drive under the speedlimit and keep your vehicle in good working order, there is no reason to be stopped.
With Eb driving a pre-WWII truck, that's in shining condition, I'd bet that he never gets stopped, just because his Truck is so nice.
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If Listens to Wind can go back to medical school on a regular basis, Im quite sure Eb can get a drivers license. I doubt that is the sort of new-fandangled thing that the average stuff-shirt on the Council has the patience to keep up with, and thus would be a needed service for the Council and their bureaucromancer corps to provide the membership.
Rasins:
Well, Q, maybe.
Universities may or may not require a birth certificate.
ALL states require one for proof of age.
Forging one should not be an issue, and I'm willing to bet that is how they get around the system for now.
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--- Quote from: Rasins on June 01, 2017, 04:31:12 PM ---Well, Q, maybe.
Universities may or may not require a birth certificate.
ALL states require one for proof of age.
Forging one should not be an issue, and I'm willing to bet that is how they get around the system for now.
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I have to believe that an actual medical school would not require proof of identity. Of which said drivers license would be one. Im actually a bit curious which would be easier to fake: a local modern identity or a foreign immigrant under the guise of visiting professor or some such?
But to the broader point of the Council's ability to adapt to modern systems and documentation requirements, Im of two minds. On the one hand we're talking about something that has really only changed with the advent of digital records that they cannot access, so they'd have had centuries (ie the history of bureaucracy itself) to figure out how to slip a line on a page or a page in a drawer to make something "official". But they've kept pace with technology as much as their murphionic issues allow, and the wardens at least use modern police and military tactics (chicken or egg question there, tbh). On the other hand, the average WC member was born in a time when electricity was a novelty, and who have been cosmically barred from learning otherwise first-hand. I guess that's why I dont credit the average member to have the patience or access to learn about modern forgery, but the organization as a whole seems to have the focus, foresight, and resources to make up for it. That being said, I suspect that more and more of it is being handled by proxies, clued in Allies like the Ventatori, hired Lawyers of skill and discretion, Mortal-saavy NN denizens (I hear Mab is a Licensed Lawyer), or even simple bribery.
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