Nothing screws up a balanced economy based on a carefully manicured and ecologically pure common resource like 20th level Heroes.
Dragons and the Free Rider Problem
The village stood around and shouted at one another. They assumed one peasant class was going to pay for the other peasant classes, or the rich would pay for everyone. And thus, no one paid for anything.
Dungeon Hazards and Wage Differentials
Murder Hobos are natural risk assessment machines. They will risk their current gains in equipment, XP, and cash if they believe the wage offered to complete the Quest by the Quest Giver matches the right amount of risk/grossness/weirdness they must assume.
Murder Hobos and Empire
Nothing lasts forever unless it exists in a hermetically sealed box. But the Elves are smart and they stack the deck. These particular Elves (good and shining all) built their Empire like so.
Murder Hobos and the Economics of Piracy
Piracy is simply another form of market speculation, albeit an extremely violent one. When making the choice to raid a ship, or even become pirates at all, the would-be pirates make a conscious risk-reward calculation.
Greetings Murder Hobos From Sunny Purotu!
His Highness Baston Kale, the Lord, King, Conqueror and Tehei of Purotu, a small, unknown, far-off country on the Frontier. Ruggedly handsome, lover of audacious medals, and sporting amazing sideburns, Baston Kale’s legend preceded him.
The Druid, the Murder Hobos, and the Coffee Bean
These weren’t any normal berries. They were magic berries! Later, he gave the leftovers to the Druids. They popped the berries in hot water and made a drink. Coffee was born.
Inside the Deep Elf Marketing Department
“The Grell have a rich background. They float. They suck brains right through eye sockets. I designed them so they not only kill, but write philosophy.”
Sunlight & Stairs
“My tribe’s Goddess is a Goddess of building. She has shown me the way and the way is up. We have plenty of room for us all to live together in harmony! We will build our city up the canyon walls!”
The Box
“You can raid any dungeon. You can massacre any people. You can steal anything. But you keep what you put in that box and I get the overflow.”
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