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--- Quote from: phi1601 on July 12, 2017, 08:19:28 PM ---Since when does wizarding not pay?
Harry makes money finding people, lost items, consulting for CPD, and being a warden.
He could open up a potion shop. Levitation, escape, love, weightloss, pick-me-up, stealth we know he can make. Add in some super strength, speed, mental acuity, you get the idea.
If he had lower ethics he could have been the security consultant for Marcone. Lara would probably pay quite a bit to have him on her payroll as well.
Mort seems to be doing fine as a spiritual whatever he is.
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Devil's Advocate here, but Harry is the vast exception, and in doing so openly has earned himself enemies (or at least general antagonism) on the council. And Mort nearly starved his Magic to DEATH trying to wrangle cash out of it.
Most Wizards make money by living long enough to become an Old Money Family all by themselves.
wyltok:
A while ago, there used to be a topic in this forum about ways to make money through magic. I wonder what happened to it?
We know the Council also has moneymancers (so called by Jim) who keep their finances going. But I don't think most wizards make a living through magic directly. I find that extremely unlikely that most people in the Council use their magic for financial gain, yet Eb would refuse to teach Dresden during his apprentice days.
Zaphodess:
Other supernatural customers have lots of money too. Just sayin'
You don't have to tell your patients that you are using magic to heal them, if you are a healer.
Harry needn't advertise that he's a wizard. He could gain a reputation as a PI for "special" cases just fine without telling his clients what exactly he's doing to achieve it. He might even make a lot more money that way.
You could run a security firm with a mix of wizards, minor talents and pure mortals (clued-ins).
An enchanter might make very expensive toys for rich Venatori and the like.
Don't forget the criminal applications of magic. Robbing a bank is not against the Laws of Magic. ;)
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--- Quote from: wyltok on July 12, 2017, 10:09:33 PM ---A while ago, there used to be a topic in this forum about ways to make money through magic. I wonder what happened to it?
We know the Council also has moneymancers (so called by Jim) who keep their finances going. But I don't think most wizards make a living through magic directly. I find that extremely unlikely that most people in the Council use their magic for financial gain, yet Eb would refuse to teach Dresden during his apprentice days.
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While the council as an Organization has "Moneymancers" to keep the lights on, the often repeated standard for individual members is to simply live Long enough to accumulate investment interest. Eb owns a Farm, which for him could easily have been made to produced something (at least in Peacetime) with and without magic. I could see Harry's lessons going one of two ways: either Eb would avoid Magical chores to keep Harry from learning to rely on Magic for petty things, or else he'd teach him that earth-moving spell by having him plow a field or pull a stump with it.
As far as the rest of the magical community, the Council doesnt get involved short of the Laws, they even let Binder roam free on the technicalities. I have to assume there is a long-standing magical arms race (another thread has me comparing it to Cyber security, which I think fits), you have your White Hats and Black Hats, but all are just constantly trying got find ways around the oppositions tricks. I guarantee you there are Magical Defenses and Contractors and and Heists aplenty in Vegas.
Rasins:
Why would there be an Magical Arms Race? Are the different people's magic different from one another? An example being that only Mortals can summon outsiders.
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