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What proportion of the population are adventurers?
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<blockquote data-quote="Immortal Sun" data-source="post: 7611109"><p>I think there's some error in his math considering that a number of things we now call "jobs" are things that were, even IRL, part of the stuff "adventurers" did. I mean, think about locating ancient ruins of lost civilizations. We <em>did that</em> IRL. There were hired mercenaries yes, but there were also anthropologists, botanists, archaeologists, IRL professions that might translate into the "wizard" or "cleric" members of the fantasy party. </p><p></p><p>There's still a fairly sizable market for mercenaries in the modern world, <em>especially</em> outside stable Western nations as well. </p><p></p><p>Consider also the people who went off after the gold rush, or the oil rush, or the land rush. </p><p></p><p>A stable, industrious, modern society with plenty of bread and circuses is probably not a good comparison to a near-feudal society where there was a much lower ability to become educated, a much lower bar for safety, especially if you live in the fringes of a nation and a high chance of death from simple disease and malnutrition. </p><p></p><p>People who go home to the comfort of four walls, indoor plumbing and heating, a nice sofa in front of a TV or a comfy computer chair are not inclined to venture out on their own and risk life and limb to gain great wealth in some dank dungeon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Immortal Sun, post: 7611109"] I think there's some error in his math considering that a number of things we now call "jobs" are things that were, even IRL, part of the stuff "adventurers" did. I mean, think about locating ancient ruins of lost civilizations. We [I]did that[/I] IRL. There were hired mercenaries yes, but there were also anthropologists, botanists, archaeologists, IRL professions that might translate into the "wizard" or "cleric" members of the fantasy party. There's still a fairly sizable market for mercenaries in the modern world, [I]especially[/I] outside stable Western nations as well. Consider also the people who went off after the gold rush, or the oil rush, or the land rush. A stable, industrious, modern society with plenty of bread and circuses is probably not a good comparison to a near-feudal society where there was a much lower ability to become educated, a much lower bar for safety, especially if you live in the fringes of a nation and a high chance of death from simple disease and malnutrition. People who go home to the comfort of four walls, indoor plumbing and heating, a nice sofa in front of a TV or a comfy computer chair are not inclined to venture out on their own and risk life and limb to gain great wealth in some dank dungeon. [/QUOTE]
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