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    godnroc@lemmy.world
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    The ring is also cursed to be unremovable. You either need to get used to stealing every single mundane item from clothes to food every single day or pay the shopkeeper to remove it.

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      Roguelike shopkeepers know this trick - that’s why they always stand in front of the door as soon as you pick something up.

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      brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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      Pawn shops may have locked doors that someone behind the counter has to trigger to open.

      Went to one once (California) and think they said the fire chief had approved the system. Quick search shows perhaps that’s plausible.

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        Anti magic field and guards at the door if he’s not naive.

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        #13

        TBF: You meant True Sight. 🤓

        AMF’d nullify the magic store’s wares and the guards’d be at disad to do shit w/o it on them, anyhow.

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        • G godnroc@lemmy.world

          The ring is also cursed to be unremovable. You either need to get used to stealing every single mundane item from clothes to food every single day or pay the shopkeeper to remove it.

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          morphballganon@mtgzone.com
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          #14

          You can leave money for purchases on the counter, etc

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            TBF: You meant True Sight. 🤓

            AMF’d nullify the magic store’s wares and the guards’d be at disad to do shit w/o it on them, anyhow.

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            teft
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            #15

            Who cares if your wares are temporarily nullified. Some scofflaw is making off with your child’s sword training money. Time to use AMF and beat them with a stick.

            But true sight is better. I totally forgot about it lol.

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              cornshark@lemmy.world
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              Ah so that’s why the nazgul always hunt the ring bearer. They’re store security

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                Huh, I swear I’ve seen a version of this comic where the shopkeeper has been robbed blind in the last panel.

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                poxlox@lemmy.world
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                I definitely saw that version too, i guess it was a fan edit and i only found this lol

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                • PugJesusP PugJesus

                  Roguelike shopkeepers know this trick - that’s why they always stand in front of the door as soon as you pick something up.

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                  Rothe
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                  A lot of people didn’t get your reference it seems.

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                    jinarched@lemmy.ca
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                      macniel
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                      What you do not see or smell is Vizzini, the most serious Sicilian when it comes to death known to man.

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                        hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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                        STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM

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                        • teftT teft

                          Anti magic field and guards at the door if he’s not naive.

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                          swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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                          just have an enchanted fitting booth, sealed floor to ceiling and the door leaves no gap.

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                            explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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                            There should be a visible magnetic tag floating in the air.

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                              redfrank24@lemmy.world
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                              The price of the spell to undo the invisibility has now gone up to 100,000 gold.

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                                You can leave money for purchases on the counter, etc

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                                wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                                That could make for a fun little side plot setup. Whole town is convinced it’s haunted, but it’s just some guy who doesn’t have a good grasp on common stuck in a cursed ring of invisibility.

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                                  Yeah, that sounds about right for what I remember, too.

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                                  kalpol@lemmy.ca
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                                  The actual comic, with actual credit instead of whatever mangled malarkey the OP is

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                                  • B brbposting@sh.itjust.works

                                    Pawn shops may have locked doors that someone behind the counter has to trigger to open.

                                    Went to one once (California) and think they said the fire chief had approved the system. Quick search shows perhaps that’s plausible.

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                                    Fonzie!
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                                    I know some jewellers in my neighbourhood can:

                                    1. Shut the metal, anti-theft blinds in front of the door and windows
                                    2. Notify the police

                                    With a single button or switch under the counter-top.

                                    I could borrow that in a TTRPG set in modern times or some Sci-Fi future. It could work in a medieval setting as a kind of magic trap.

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                                      gutek8134@lemmy.world
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                                      > Shopkeeper presses the big red button under the counter

                                      > Ring explodes

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                                      • teftT teft

                                        Who cares if your wares are temporarily nullified. Some scofflaw is making off with your child’s sword training money. Time to use AMF and beat them with a stick.

                                        But true sight is better. I totally forgot about it lol.

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                                        “Temporarily”? You’re implying that the caster’d drop the effect every time some “interested” buyer rando wanted to try something on, but throw it back up an instant later? That’s some shitty security, to say the least. Better to have a “dressing room” or “firing range” set up to isolate & restrict effects, rather than dousing the whole damn place with a muggled muzzle.

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                                          “Temporarily”? You’re implying that the caster’d drop the effect every time some “interested” buyer rando wanted to try something on, but throw it back up an instant later? That’s some shitty security, to say the least. Better to have a “dressing room” or “firing range” set up to isolate & restrict effects, rather than dousing the whole damn place with a muggled muzzle.

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                                          teft
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                                          The guards would have AMF on themselves at the doors. But as someone else already commented a week ago truesight would be better in this situation.

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