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Title: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: Tapewolf on March 29, 2021, 04:44:19 AM
Drugs to the rescue, I guess...

It's a good job scrying doesn't seem to be able to scry thoughts because Lost Lake wouldn't have stood a chance.
Title: Re: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: Nightmask on March 29, 2021, 09:36:11 AM
While Jyrras tends to over-think things (okay it's like his super-power) he does have good reason to regarding this point.  He seems to need to come up with shielding against mind-reading that doesn't require someone to work shielding magic on him, it'd also be understandable given his status as he'd have a lot of trade secrets to keep from being stolen by competitors (seriously, given it's a world with scrying and mind-reading magic shielding against both should be like standard for anyone of any particular degree of even modest wealth but especially one of the richest people around, he should have his entire house scrying blocked).
Title: Re: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: 127.0.0.2 on March 29, 2021, 07:57:19 PM
This whole arc was so suspiciously nice, my GoT senses were halfway expecting something horrible to happen at the end. I'm kinda glad we seem have made it through...

Quoteas he'd have a lot of trade secrets to keep from being stolen by competitors

That's a good point. I'm surprised he hasn't come up with some kind of mind-shielding tech himself so far, out of practical matters.

Then again, it could always be that he does have a mind-shield, but he never had the pleasure to be involved with cubi and dragons so far, so it's only working against beings.
Title: Re: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: ProfesseurRenard on March 30, 2021, 02:02:21 AM
Quote from: 127.0.0.2 on March 29, 2021, 07:57:19 PM
Then again, it could always be that he does have a mind-shield, but he never had the pleasure to be involved with cubi and dragons so far, so it's only working against beings.

That is an excellent point, have we ever had a satisfactory explanation about the limits of mind-shielding?
Title: Re: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: Cassi-kun on March 31, 2021, 01:40:12 PM
Jy also led a pretty low-key life, right? Mansion aside, he didn't seem to be much of a celebrity until he was made boty.
Title: Re: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: Nightmask on March 31, 2021, 02:05:26 PM
Quote from: Cassi-kun on March 31, 2021, 01:40:12 PM
Jy also led a pretty low-key life, right? Mansion aside, he didn't seem to be much of a celebrity until he was made boty.

Living a low-key life isn't really relevant if you're a successful businessman especially with valuable trade secrets.  He's still got business competitors and you don't have to be Tony Stark'ing all over the place for them to be trying to steal those secrets.
Title: Re: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: Cassi-kun on March 31, 2021, 03:25:03 PM
Quote from: Nightmask on March 31, 2021, 02:05:26 PM
Quote from: Cassi-kun on March 31, 2021, 01:40:12 PM
Jy also led a pretty low-key life, right? Mansion aside, he didn't seem to be much of a celebrity until he was made boty.

Living a low-key life isn't really relevant if you're a successful businessman especially with valuable trade secrets.  He's still got business competitors and you don't have to be Tony Stark'ing all over the place for them to be trying to steal those secrets.
That's true. I'm just remembering now that Kria stole one of his inventions, too.
Title: Re: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: 127.0.0.2 on March 31, 2021, 03:57:00 PM
QuoteI'm just remembering now that Kria stole one of his inventions, too.

Or maybe he is just too nice...
Title: Re: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: Tapewolf on April 01, 2021, 04:07:09 AM
Quote from: Nightmask on March 31, 2021, 02:05:26 PM
Living a low-key life isn't really relevant if you're a successful businessman especially with valuable trade secrets.  He's still got business competitors and you don't have to be Tony Stark'ing all over the place for them to be trying to steal those secrets.

It's worth keeping in mind that his mother is an extremely notorious lawyer.  Stealing secrets is one thing, but actually using them is likely to lead to the infringers being crushed in court.
Title: Re: 2021-3-29 [DMFA #2035] - Ducking the awkward question
Post by: InhumanInterest on April 08, 2021, 07:17:00 PM
Especially if he's taken any advice to keep proper research and manufacturing logs that could prove he'd created the idea in advance well enough to convince the law to authorize investigation into potential magical espionage.

We do know he considered it a while ago back in the earlier convo with Abel where the potential for Dan to pick something up off of him was mentioned. Really seems like there should be the possibility of some kind of magical Faraday cage that could be worn as a form of headgear to protect against that.