The Dwarfs in Snow White are poor because they are producers, not merchants. As well, the more they produce, the less value the gods they produce have. There's probably a merchant in the town who has a backroom filled to bursting with gems, but pretends they are very rare to inflate the price...
OK, I think i figured it out: 15,348,960 feet from San Francisco to New York, an old school italianate row house is about 15 ft wide (see photo), that's 1,000,000 houses!
Of course, what do you put on the other side of the street?
This is great news, specifically for arguments with my Mom! She still thinks her advanced math skills are too masculine and that those skills are what creates marital strife with my father...
it would be pretty easy to add! something like: wizards of the coast / lands / tapping / not really, but... / of course anyone can learn! / blue spells mostly / no
This is exactly why Pay-For-Service Government is a terrible, terrible idea. Sure, it lowers taxes by having citizens pay only for those services they think they'll need, but then we're left with these bizarre situations where dedicated people are required to stand by idly. What would happen if we had Pay-For-Service Police, or Pay-For-Service Justice?