One of players is roleplaying a cleric who follows a mercantile/trade deity. What are some interesting quests or hooks I could use in this?
>>54665462
Being present as an impartial witness for trade agreements while secretly being courted to favor one side of the agreements over the other
Player gets wind of a good becoming scarce and knows he can make a killing if the group can find some.
Player recieves a calling to invest in a small business and drive a competitor out of business.
Player knows that the frontier needs supplies and that the players should journey out into the wilds and,brave the dangers to bring it to them.
>>54665462
What's the specifics of the trade diety?
>>54665462
A local Baron is making retarded trade demands and is stifling the local economy while thinking he's actually helping. Your God sends you there to educate the stupid fuck and get things back on track.
God gives him a holy mission: To break windows to stimulate the economy.
>>54665462
If he's good? Settling trade disputes, helping to stabilize trade between cities, bringing prosperity into a neighborhood or town that has been destitute for a long time, etc.
Evil?
Libertarianism.
>>54665462
A furry-like race is captured and corner a pet monopoly and expand multinational sales. A youthful priest dreams the god wants the brainsmashed furbies freed. The other priests think he's nuts,and profit from a retirement business for furbies. The order can't stop the rumours, but the priest knows the cave furbies are stolen from and trepanned in, also parts of the dream. The 'prophet' is in a meditation cell. The adventure is two part-breaking into his order for a word with the prophet (or bribing a food serving monk) where monks and order-
Paladin Initiates oppose the young heretic even being seen. Part two is a cavern delve past the hunter gang into the fury gang and the trepanning Alchemist and brainwashin Enchanter that profit this trade. The exposed true story will find the prophet made high mumu and the trade ended. Also...furbies are self concerned but sentient.
>>54665462
His holy order, like so many other holy orders, subscribes to a philosophy of balance - whereas others revere the balance of the cosmos, or of light and dark in the world, THIS holy order believes in the equilibrium of the economy, that all may prosper and thrive thereunder, amen.
But hark! There are those who would exploit and harm the sacred covenant of mutually-beneficial exchange!
>>54669190
>Rogue alchemists have unlocked the secret of transmuting lead into gold - unchecked, their hubris and greed will destabilise the Sacred Economy!
>The Order demands this heresy be summarily exterminated
>>54669209
>The Bank of the Holy Reserve has been raided! In a violent and well-coordinated attack, a team of audacious, skillful thieves have made-off with a catastrophic quantity of federal wealth... and if word of this were to reach the public, the panic alone would destabilise the Sacred Economy!
>Are you a bad-enough dude to hunt down the culprits and reclaim the gold WITH INTEREST?