6 points
We love casting spells with the kingdoms money!
A wise king would know the wizard would just make off with the Elixir Vitae as soon as it was discovered.
Meanwhile we have autocrats telling their engineers to design them a computer intelligence that can manage an unstoppable army of swarming killer drones.
6 points
let’s try with a bit more mercury and arsenic this time
20 points
The sunk cost fallacy of wizardry. Come on man, just one more incantation, just one more and you’ll be immortal! It’s always just one more incantation!
3 points
13 points
A smart wizard would just say that they can grant immortality, but it doesn’t last forever so they need to buy a new immortality potion every year.
14 points
