<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=21037.msg830561#msg830561">Quote from: Jefepato on 24-09-2008, 09:01:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Gate tax's a silver," one of them told him bluntly.  "Plus half a gold fer every weapon."  He nodded meaningfully at the elf's dagger.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Giving the guard a haughty look, Ildefonse drew himself up to his full height.<br/><br/>"First," he intoned in a bored voice, "it's a tool, not a weapon.  As stipulated in Royal Code volume 3 section 56 subsection three paragraph e, spellcaster implements are tools and not subject to taxation as weapons.  Therefore a spellcaster, which I am, is not liable for the weapon tax."<br/><br/>He raised a hand and extended a long, skinny index finger at the sky.<br/><br/>"Point two, all gate fees and tolls are subject to challenge and inspection, so I would need to see the parchment work on the normal gate fee plus the weapons charge if I were liable for them, which I'm not."<br/><br/>A second finger joined the first.  Then a third, and the young mage's hand moves...as he casts Charm Person on one guard.<br/><br/>"Point three, I've already paid.  Don't you remember?  We talked about this the other day."