The mage needs to put Adaption, Teleport, the Bag of Holding and a couple other spells into a single easy-to-access object. Like say, a ring. Yeah, blame yourself for making me think of the Green Mage Corps.
Yes, I and others have passed over the negatives. The most obvious would be a war of evolution between wards and scry-and-die techniques. And "Divert Teleport" seems like a reasonable middle-point.
But also the social effects would be incredible, and not just from huge amount of resources diverted to magic. What happens when you invert the entire economy, and instead of paying and taxing peasants for their crops, you make food for them and charge them? What will they do? What about when common Cure Disease items makes sure that most kids survive (Better work on those contraception cantrips and put those in magic items)
Finally, the politics of a 2010 Europe with D&D magic would undoubtedly be far less egalitarian. Feudalism likely wouldn't survive, but there would be a definite divide between "those with magic" and "those who have access to some magic". Enter the classic "Reign of the Wizard Kings scenario.
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Yes, I and others have passed over the negatives. The most obvious would be a war of evolution between wards and scry-and-die techniques. And "Divert Teleport" seems like a reasonable middle-point.
But also the social effects would be incredible, and not just from huge amount of resources diverted to magic. What happens when you invert the entire economy, and instead of paying and taxing peasants for their crops, you make food for them and charge them? What will they do? What about when common Cure Disease items makes sure that most kids survive (Better work on those contraception cantrips and put those in magic items)
Finally, the politics of a 2010 Europe with D&D magic would undoubtedly be far less egalitarian. Feudalism likely wouldn't survive, but there would be a definite divide between "those with magic" and "those who have access to some magic". Enter the classic "Reign of the Wizard Kings scenario.