71, Mage services.
Posted by Urden on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
How many times has a town healer saved your butt? I've lost count, personally. What's more important (and relevant to this post): How much would you pay for similar services from mage NPC's?
Would you pay 500 copper for a long-lasting invisibility or fly spell? It might seem steep, but in the right situation it could be the tactical advantage that you might need to win the battle!! Better yet, you won't have to go and gather some prep that is buried deep in some jungle at the edge of Thera--it's right there, at the tip of your fingers!
But mystical services need not be so limited. There could be a magical post office in every city (ran and sponsored by the wonderous Guild of Conjuration) where one could pay to have items sent (via the spell sending to anyone. No longer would you have to resort to the clunky note-writing system we currently have. (On a side note, this type of "courier" service could be provided in mundane forms so that magic- haters could make use of them.) Bards would, of course, get discounts. People could also pay for the Post Office to make duplicates of documents for them, for a small fee.
Anyway, the ideas go on and on, as usual. Like, no like?
P.S. Valg, I still don't know what idea(s) were accepted from the last contest. Did you keep it under-wraps on purpose, or did I miss it?
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