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Unsolved Mystery Book11 Shaggy snacks
Ananda:
--- Quote from: Kindler on December 12, 2017, 06:28:09 PM ---Bank robbing would be a piece of cake. Put everyone in the bank to sleep from outside, hex the cameras, walk in, empty the drawers, walk out. Several thousand dollars for a few minutes of work. Hell, maybe you could even do a portal cut by opening a Way into the Nevernever that bisects the vault door, cutting it open with a rip in space. Rinse and repeat across the country; with access to the Nevernever, you could hit anywhere you wanted with ease.
I know Harry frequently says that a lot of practitioners use their talents to make a lot of money, but I don't know how they do that legitimately outside consulting for people who already know about magic.
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Except, if magic were real, there would be defense mechanisms against it. Unlike the DF universe, people would actually be all over the real magic and it would not be some underground thing. If magic were real in our world, our world would be dramatically different. What a horror show that would be.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on December 12, 2017, 06:17:28 PM ---I would try to figure out a way to make modest money with minimal effort.
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I suspect the biggest temptation to what counts as black magic in the DV for me would be getting my damned upstairs neighbours to quieten down.
wardenferry419:
Been there and done that with the noisy upstairs neighbors. Still have some, but they are down the block, big difference.
Kindler:
--- Quote from: Ananda on December 13, 2017, 12:22:34 AM ---Except, if magic were real, there would be defense mechanisms against it. Unlike the DF universe, people would actually be all over the real magic and it would not be some underground thing. If magic were real in our world, our world would be dramatically different. What a horror show that would be.
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I shifted context without telling anyone, because I occasionally assume that people on a forum can read my mind; in this hypothetical context, I'd have magic, but the people would be like those in the Dresden Files universe: blissfully (and willfully) uninformed.
I'm also pretty sure that the White Council wouldn't really care if I was robbing banks so long as I didn't break any of the laws or violate anyone's territory.
wardenferry419:
Like the Fae, you would be following the letter of wizard law. Still got to deal with mortal law.
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