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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8604086" data-attributes="member: 23751">This has been a sticking point with me in past discussions(not with you).  If monsters were so common as that, there would be no trade, or ship travel at all, and most of the civilized races would be dead or on the verge of extinction.  PCs encounter monsters at a much higher rate than the rest of the world does, since the game almost requires monster encounters in order to be fun and because the PCs travel to places where monsters live, like ruins and tombs.  Yes there are dragon turtles, krakens, etc., but they would only very rarely be encountered by ships and trade would continue.  The occasional ship lost to such creatures would be written off like those in the real world occasionally sunk by hurricanes or freak waves.  The rare monster attacking the silk road would cause the loss of a rare caravan, which would be written off the same way.  And perhaps is the reason why your adventuring group is in that area right now.  And yet it exists in these worlds because these monsters are for the most part pretty darned rare. PCs are just bad luck monster magnets.</blockquote>