That look interesting for a fantasy world.If you think too hard about this, you realize that a 14th level wizard can, with some planning and preparation, function as an elite-level instantaneous travel service (at very little cost to themselves) between cities, a service that would be in high demand, somewhat costly, and would probably make any national scale economy look a lot more like a post-industrial society than we might think looking at sourcebook covers.
Well, that's before we even get into the whole undead-as-labor thing.That look interesting for a fantasy world.
Or labor done by construct, enslaved elemental, hired fey.Well, that's before we even get into the whole undead-as-labor thing.
If you think too hard about this, you realize that a 14th level wizard can, with some planning and preparation, function as an elite-level instantaneous travel service (at very little cost to themselves) between cities, a service that would be in high demand, somewhat costly, and would probably make any national scale economy look a lot more like a post-industrial society than we might think looking at sourcebook covers.
Wrong focus.Or labor done by construct, enslaved elemental, hired fey.
We can imagine a dozen of archmage trying to open a portal beyond outer planes,
or a council of high priest trying to contact an ancient god,
or a group a valorous Knight start a crusade to go kill once for all a Demon Prince,
High level NPC can have silly ideas, get killed and start up some cataclysm that PC will try to resolve!
If constructs can create new constructs, then everyone can have their own labor force.Wrong focus.
If undead or constructs are essentially infinite sources of labor, the living people that manage to be serfs are the lucky ones. Most of them are destitute.