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* In the ''[[Safehold]]'' series by [[David Weber]], the heroes relentlessly exploit loopholes and creative interpretations of the religious prohibitions concerning technological advances.
** One of the more notable examples of outright abuse comes with explosives and chemistry: the [[God Guise|"archangels"]] who created the rules couldn't explain ''why'' certain things shouldn't be done (since that would expose people to too much knowledge), only saying that mixing chemicals X and Y would result in dangerous, magical retribution. If, however, you ''wanted'' that "magical retribution" to occur in certain controlled conditions, say in a fuse attached to a gunpowder-filled artillery shell...
** Gets even better when one of the people directly responsible for enforcing the restrictions gets brought in on the secret (namely that the religion in question is a [[Path of Inspiration]]) and starts ''helping'' the heroes abuse loopholes.
* In ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', Kiritsugu signs a [[Magically-Binding Contract]] with Lord El-Melloi - El-Melloi will order [[Person of Mass Destruction|Lancer]] to commit suicide and withdraw from the Holy Grail War, and in exchange Kiritsugu cannot harm him or his fiance. As soon as Lancer is dead, Kiritsugu's assistant shoots El-Melloi.
** Kiritsugu again: [[Aint No Rule]] that the Einzbern Master has to be an Einzbern, or that a Master has to be the one who supports his Servant.
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