If you were a shopkeeper; which shop would you own?

[ekolis]

The magic shop - where else can you browse powerful tomes of sorcery, play with magic wands that create fireballs, and in general toy with powers not meant for mankind?

[Anne]

They can cure ailments, be thrown with lethality (aim for the enemy's mouth!), or just be eaten for sustenance. Let's hear it for mushrooms.

Not to mention they taste great on pizza, too. Oh wait... I think I just confused gaming with real life. They said it would happen eventually...

[pav]

Hmm, can we get a pizza joint in Angband? That would rock

[ekolis]

There should be a Mushroom of Super Size which makes you twice as big and doubles your hitpoints, and also increases your tunneling so you can break through bricks with your bare hands...

(Heck, why not a Flower of Fire Balls? Or a Star of Invulnerability, if you still haven't gotten the joke? )

Actually, Unangband does have a Mushroom of Restore Strength and Size, which is sort of like that :P

And there was even a Tales of the Mushroom Kingdom ToME module ages ago...

[Big Al]

When I was young, I always wanted to be a blacksmith. Not much market for it in the real world though. If I lived in a world of magic though, it'd definitely be in a mage shop

[pav]

I think a blacksmith can make a good living in the real world, too. Certainly at least I do carry on me an item purchased at blacksmith's IRL.

And there's always demand for banisters, gates and stuff like that. Or even horseshoes, if you're lucky.

[Anne]

There are blacksmiths here who make horseshoes for the equestrians in the area. Aside from that, I only see them at folk fairs, and they tell me that for them, it only works as a hobby rather than a way to make a living. Very cool hobby, though.

[Whelk]

Maybe you could get into the movie prop niche.

[Bandobras]

Plastics are a bit troublesome to forge...

[Whelk]

There are plenty movie props that aren't plastic.

[Pete Mack]

There are blacksmiths who do it for a living, but they mostly make home furnishings and decorations. I got my sister a forged iron lamp for a wedding gift, and my parents had a forged handle (lever, not a knob) for their front door at one point.

There are also professional knife (and sword) smiths, but they are almost all in Japan. (See recent NYT article.)

[Rizwan]

Black market .Anything is available ... for more than three times the price

[CunningGabe]

I voted library - bookshelves certainly dominate my furniture at this point. Mmm, books.