oldest trick in the book
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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.
A lot of people didn’t get your reference it seems.
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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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STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM
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just have an enchanted fitting booth, sealed floor to ceiling and the door leaves no gap.
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There should be a visible magnetic tag floating in the air.
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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
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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The actual comic, with actual credit instead of whatever mangled malarkey the OP is
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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.
I know some jewellers in my neighbourhood can:
- Shut the metal, anti-theft blinds in front of the door and windows
- 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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> Shopkeeper presses the big red button under the counter
> Ring explodes
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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.
“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.
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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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.
Yeah. Me.
Also, how big are the shops in your world? AMF @ the front door and yet ample room leftover for trial runs, etc.? What is this, a Star Trek economy?
