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Quantus:
--- Quote from: Rasins on July 13, 2017, 04:28:14 PM ---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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I meant that in the sense of magic within the Mortal World and between Humans. For example, I assume Las Vegas will have magically clued in Caseno owners (like non-baron Marcone) since the town is going to be a magnet for new low-level practitioners that think they have a magical trick that will get them quick cash; and that will be a constantly evolving thing.
Put another way, I imagine that Monoc has competitors and not all of them are secretly run by gods or monsters.
Rasins:
--- Quote from: Quantus on July 13, 2017, 05:57:52 PM ---I meant that in the sense of magic within the Mortal World and between Humans. For example, I assume Las Vegas will have magically clued in Caseno owners (like non-baron Marcone) since the town is going to be a magnet for new low-level practitioners that think they have a magical trick that will get them quick cash; and that will be a constantly evolving thing.
Put another way, I imagine that Monoc has competitors and not all of them are secretly run by gods or monsters.
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Ah, that makes sense. For that matter, maybe the Librarians?
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: wyltok on July 12, 2017, 01:37:42 PM ---In White Night, Dresden does say that the reason the wards around his house are stronger is because he makes Molly reinforce them. We know she also works on potions quite a bit, and that she was in charge of making tracking spells for him to use in a story or 2. But yeah, overall, magic doesn't pay, but there's not a lot of gruntwork involved in it.
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Magic apparently pays very well for some Wizards. Harry comments to Molly that some Wizards use their abilities to make themselves rich. Harry could use his powers to make a lot more money than we've seen him do, if he was less concerned about non-monetary factors than he is.
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: Quantus on July 12, 2017, 08:25:05 PM ---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.
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That's because Mort didn't believe in what he was doing, and that short-circuited his own powers. Harry is the exception in how little profit he makes.
--- Quote ---Most Wizards make money by living long enough to become an Old Money Family all by themselves.
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That only works if you have money to put into the process to start the ball rolling.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: LordDresden2 on July 14, 2017, 03:47:24 AM ---That's because Mort didn't believe in what he was doing, and that short-circuited his own powers. Harry is the exception in how little profit he makes.
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The amount of profit involved doesnt really make a difference to harry, but Harry had already bargained away any chance of wealth to Lea back when he was a kid, so he never expected more than humble living. Mort was unable to make a real living using his magic Honestly (presumably because people dont go to psychics for honesty), so he had to start faking it to wring more cash which in turn killed his magic.
--- Quote ---That only works if you have money to put into the process to start the ball rolling.
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The expectation is that over a long enough timeline anyone can accumulate the starting capital. Granted Highlander showed that not every immortal will have the self-restraint and foresight to actually do it, but in theory the Wizards Council is going to have more intelligent members than the randomly assigned Quickening.
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