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2014-02-23, 04:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-02-23, 04:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
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2014-02-23, 04:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Most people see a half orc and and think barbarian warrior. Me on the other hand? I think secondary trap handler and magic item tester. Also I'm not allowed to trick the next level one wizard into starting a fist fight with a house cat no matter how annoying he is.
Yes I know it's sarcasm. It's a joke. Pale green is for snarking
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2014-02-23, 05:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
Bestow curse impotency
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2014-02-23, 05:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
Polymorph duration - 1 minute/level. I don't mean to brag, but really... I think the actual race/gender/age of the other party would still be relevant.
Back in 1e AD&D, there were a number of spells/effects that 'Aged' either the caster or the subject. Mostly these were very high-level useful effects (Resurrection, Restoration, Wish etc.), which explained why these effects were incredibly expensive to buy. But one exception - often ignored, I think - was: being subject to a 'Haste' spell would age all the subjects by one year.
When you cast that on a pregnant subject, the results were - dramatic."None of us likes to be hated, none of us likes to be shunned. A natural result of these conditions is, that we consciously or unconsciously pay more attention to tuning our opinions to our neighbor’s pitch and preserving his approval than we do to examining the opinions searchingly and seeing to it that they are right and sound." - Mark Twain
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2014-02-23, 05:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
I'm pretty sure a society open-minded about sex would have created common wondrous item (periapt or amulet) that make the wearer immune to STD and unable to get pregnant or get someone pregnant. And it should not even used only by prostitute or their customer.
And, in actuality, the existence of such means of protection would probably tend to make the society more free-minded about it. The same way that contraception and modern-made condoms help the western society to become more opened IRL.
Given how everyday magic is common in settings like Eberron, that probably exist there. The splatbooks just forget to mention it. Obviously, this would not be available for every commoner, but it should not be so costful. After all, what would be the price of a Bestow Curse + repeated Remove Disease + the Remove Curse for when the prostitute want to have kids compared to such an item.Que tous les anciens dieux et les nouveaux protègent la France.
Resistance Data in MM, Volo's, MToF. -- -- Petrocorus's 3.5 Paladin Builds List. -- -- French vs. EnglishOriginally Posted by King Louis XIII in The Musketeers
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2014-02-23, 05:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
I think anyone rich enough for magic is just going to get a personal Simulacrum (Under 1500 GP for a 1HD human for the components and price of casting).
A cleric 5 madam (as suggested earlier) could be reasonable for a higher end brothel depending on the magic level.
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2014-02-23, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
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2014-02-23, 05:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
One point to keep in mind is that most prostitutes are in the industry because they're desperate for cash. Your typical streetwalker isn't remotely going to be able to afford any of these magic items. High-end escorts might, but that's just going to end up driving an even sharper wedge between the haves and the have-nots.
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2014-02-23, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
One of my players did ask me once if Remove Curse worked for abortions.
I can see some clerics and paladins of certain gods accepting or even approving of prostitutiion under certain circumstances, especially if it's the "I need someone to talk to and make me feel good about my life" sort of customer.
Sacred prostitution was (possibly) a thing, after all. Nice thing about paladins is that they are immune to disease and I would definitely allow them to avoid pregnancy if their patron wanted them to avoid it, and curative magic would be free for all clergy and temple prostitutes.
Sexbotsconstructs would be perfect for all sorts of things. Make them look good, program them in a certain way and use to your heart's content. It's just a really fancy dildo/Dutch wife so no moral problems using it unless you have gods who really worry about masturbation.
Oh, and Evard's private version of the Black Tentacles is highly sought after by everyone, I should thinkLast edited by BWR; 2014-02-23 at 05:23 PM.
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2014-02-23, 05:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
I don't think you're bragging there, Polymorph would be impractical. Alter Self OTOH. That mean that prostitute would need some UMD. Which is not such a problem since Rogue or Bard or (Generic) Expert would be the obvious classes for them.
This thread is kinda funny for me, i was reading the ECS this week, and i was thinking about the concept of a former changeling prostitute turned adventurer as a PC.
When you cast that on a pregnant subject, the results were - dramatic.Que tous les anciens dieux et les nouveaux protègent la France.
Resistance Data in MM, Volo's, MToF. -- -- Petrocorus's 3.5 Paladin Builds List. -- -- French vs. EnglishOriginally Posted by King Louis XIII in The Musketeers
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2014-02-23, 05:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
Most people see a half orc and and think barbarian warrior. Me on the other hand? I think secondary trap handler and magic item tester. Also I'm not allowed to trick the next level one wizard into starting a fist fight with a house cat no matter how annoying he is.
Yes I know it's sarcasm. It's a joke. Pale green is for snarking
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2014-02-23, 05:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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No, but the effects of 'Haste' were. And it was an area-effect spell, so whichever way you look at it, both the mother and the fetus would be affected.
It wasn't automatically bad. If you had a competent and alert cleric on hand, the result was a very quick birth. Painful, of course, but then they always are, and the important thing here is 'quick'. To say nothing of skipping the horribly uncomfortable late months of pregnancy."None of us likes to be hated, none of us likes to be shunned. A natural result of these conditions is, that we consciously or unconsciously pay more attention to tuning our opinions to our neighbor’s pitch and preserving his approval than we do to examining the opinions searchingly and seeing to it that they are right and sound." - Mark Twain
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2014-02-23, 05:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
The streetwalker, no. But the brothel's madam, yes. But once again, a custom wondrous item would probably be more cost efficient on the long run.
You mean your player see pregnancy as a magical curse?
I can see some clerics and paladins of certain gods accepting or even approving of prostitutiion under certain circumstances, especially if it's the "I need someone to talk to and make me feel good about my life" sort of customer.
Oh, and Evard's private version of the Black Tentacles is highly sought after by everyone, I should thinkQue tous les anciens dieux et les nouveaux protègent la France.
Resistance Data in MM, Volo's, MToF. -- -- Petrocorus's 3.5 Paladin Builds List. -- -- French vs. EnglishOriginally Posted by King Louis XIII in The Musketeers
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2014-02-23, 05:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
Very true. Thirty minutes of alter self is 90 GP from a wand (60 from a caster). That's... a lot of money for most people. Like 14% of a skilled (but not masterful) worker's yearly income. So unless there are a lot of changeling sex workers there won't be a difference for average prostitutes.
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2014-02-23, 05:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
That doesn't mean you end up with a bigger gap, it changes the way things normally work. Because an individual streetwalker couldn't afford these things, it would mean that prostitutes would operate in groups out of start-up consideration. Thus, a streetwalker system moves to make way for a bordello-based system of prostitution.
Actually, thinking about it, the most likely workers would be low-level wizards paying there way through wizard college. Several of the spells that would be useful for this are self only, so it would be logical for the caster to perform acts directly.Avatar by TinyMushroom.
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2014-02-23, 06:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
Don't use wands, use eternal wands. They're functionally identical for price, but are usable twice a day for forever and as such will eventually pay for themselves. So like any other industry, you need some invesent up front but you'll get it back eventually. Since you're not paying per charge, youcan actually charge less per…client and still pay it of before it wears out (aka never).
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2014-02-23, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-02-23, 06:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-02-23, 06:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Came out of someone presenting contingency as a reason to care about evocation. I countered with craft contingent spell being better in every way and doesn't require taking evocation. They brought up crafting XP. I countered again with my standard ambrosia farming brothels and here we are.
Most people see a half orc and and think barbarian warrior. Me on the other hand? I think secondary trap handler and magic item tester. Also I'm not allowed to trick the next level one wizard into starting a fist fight with a house cat no matter how annoying he is.
Yes I know it's sarcasm. It's a joke. Pale green is for snarking
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2014-02-23, 06:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-02-23, 06:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-02-23, 07:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Effects of Magic on the Prostitution Industry
Most people see a half orc and and think barbarian warrior. Me on the other hand? I think secondary trap handler and magic item tester. Also I'm not allowed to trick the next level one wizard into starting a fist fight with a house cat no matter how annoying he is.
Yes I know it's sarcasm. It's a joke. Pale green is for snarking
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2014-02-23, 07:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Many polymorph effects last longer. Alter Self was one example. PAO can last permanently. Plus, there's Extend, Persistent, etc...
Higher level spell effects are expensive, of course. But if you're rich enough and want it....I mean cripes, in real life rich people buy 90k golden toilets and other crazy wastes of money. It's not that far-fetched.
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2014-02-23, 07:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-02-23, 07:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-02-23, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-02-23, 07:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Que tous les anciens dieux et les nouveaux protègent la France.
Resistance Data in MM, Volo's, MToF. -- -- Petrocorus's 3.5 Paladin Builds List. -- -- French vs. EnglishOriginally Posted by King Louis XIII in The Musketeers
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2014-02-23, 07:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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