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Old 07-22-2022, 06:50 PM   #2674
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Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

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Originally Posted by Varyon View Post
From the same site - gold formed from black holes. Meteoric iron, eat your heart out - what incredible enchantments might a spacefaring wizard be able to place upon gold formed by - and subsequently harvested from - a black hole?

HmmmmmMmmmm. An intriguing question. Now magic‘s not my forte' by any means, but your question triggered my creativity circuits.

Gold from a black hole…… What special properties might it have? Hmm hmm.

A black hole is grasping, devouring, consuming and destroying. Now suppose gold taken from one had these properties. Suppose gold taken from a black hole drew in the life of those possessing it. Hmmmm, interesting.

A wizard who hated a king might gather this gold, put bits of it in gold coins and give it to oppressed peasants to give the king's taxmen. As it accumulates in the king's coffers it starts to suck the life out of him more and more. Since it's an innate property of the gold due to its origin it's not 'cursed' so shows no sign of a curse.

Of course a wizard might leave a cache of these laying about for thieves to find and steal.

A beautiful crown could be made of it for those who sought to rule others.
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