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Maggie Sr
Mr. Death:
He'd be better off doing something on the downlow -- find a really vain celebrity and become his go-to guy for things like that. You think Bob couldn't come up with a magic wrinkle cream?
Harry could be filthy rich if he didn't have so many scruples about how he uses his magic.
Kindler:
That's not even particularly unscrupulous; it's providing a service. He could even flat-out tell them it's a magic potion. Of course, now it's redundant, because he has a sack of diamonds, but the dude could've made enough money to hire a personal army before he was thirty. Honestly, I would've figured out how to monetize Bob's knowledge the minute I got him.
...Maybe there's a good reason magic isn't real.
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: groinkick on February 26, 2018, 06:58:37 PM ---I'd say it's dancing around the mind magic laws... Also since the one guy could see He Who Walks Before's mark on Harry there is the possibility they can actually communicate with Outsiders, violating another law.
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Interesting point. The Seventh Law is the most tricky to deal with of them all, it's the one that can get you killed for reading the wrong book. OTOH, I doubt that actually happens very often, for various reasons.
I don't think the Sight seeing Outsider taint would count as a violation, though. That would potentially put the whole Council in violation of its own law at any given moment. But the ability to see the taint might be a channel that opens the possibility of a violation, so I could see that as one reason the Council would want to shut down production.
Besides the fact that the stuff can easily drive weak-willed people nuts, as well.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: LordDresden2 on February 27, 2018, 09:58:41 PM ---Interesting point. The Seventh Law is the most tricky to deal with of them all, it's the one that can get you killed for reading the wrong book. OTOH, I doubt that actually happens very often, for various reasons.
I don't think the Sight seeing Outsider taint would count as a violation, though. That would potentially put the whole Council in violation of its own law at any given moment. But the ability to see the taint might be a channel that opens the possibility of a violation, so I could see that as one reason the Council would want to shut down production.
Besides the fact that the stuff can easily drive weak-willed people nuts, as well.
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Agreed, it grants the Sight, which is not in itself against the Laws, though it does give them the glimpse of the supernatural world they'd need to start walking those dark paths on their own, but there's nothing pushing them toward it vs the Light at that point (all other factors being equal).
--- Quote from: Kindler on February 27, 2018, 07:56:02 PM ---That's not even particularly unscrupulous; it's providing a service. He could even flat-out tell them it's a magic potion. Of course, now it's redundant, because he has a sack of diamonds, but the dude could've made enough money to hire a personal army before he was thirty. Honestly, I would've figured out how to monetize Bob's knowledge the minute I got him.
...Maybe there's a good reason magic isn't real.
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Keep in mind that he gets a ton of crap for just advertising in the Yellow Pages. If he started selling actual Magic (as opposed to selling services that could technically be done without it, allowing for plausible deniability) there would be a slew of Interersts out there who might take offence and "Ask" him to stop; the Council would be in Line, but maybe not in front. Anyone with an interest in keeping magic secret is going to object to marketing actual magic items/potions. They wouldnt blink if you used it to, say, win the Lottery or game the stock market, but spreading around actual Proof of magic (in the form of a magical product others could independently test) is a whole other Danger.
Rasins:
--- Quote from: Quantus on February 27, 2018, 03:01:14 PM ---For the first Day. Then he'd have the FDA and CDC breaking down his door :P
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Naw .... He could (probably) just give them the list of fairly innocuous ingredients. Heck, even give them an actual sample. Let them analyze it. They'd say it has no reason for working, but as long as it does work, people will still buy it.
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