A powerful summoner should have no issue binding enough mimics to make up for each brick, stone and interior detail of a castle, only needing to conjure some slimes for mortar and elementals for lighting, heat, AC (air and ice for summer, air and fire for winter) plus enough water elementals to have running plumbing. Just a matter of time and focus
Just a bit heavy on the initiative tracking, but the castle would probably not need any extra guards
I really enjoy citizen Kane for the same reason I really enjoy reading classic literature or seeing old art. It sparks joy to see art and try to imagine the environment it was produced. Noone reads War of the Worlds, The Time Machine or anything by Jules Verne or Asimov and expects a The Expanse or similar modern scifi
If they camharge lower fees they would be getting allegations of pricing out any competition and get a lot of bad will. It's a lose lose situation with the solution you are proposing
I'd gladly pay 80 bucks for games, Ive paid way more than that in 40K, Warmahordes and Advanced Squad Leader.
If digital games would give me the same kind of "ownership", like full access to the code and free reign to modify the rules sets as well as spreading those changes to friends and strangers I wouldn't hesitate to spend similar amounts. However digital games, even physical on disks, has too many limitations as riders for that price to be motivated
I am always terrified of meeting moose while hiking, especially with calves. I didn't know they specced into the terror tree against humans but it does explain it!
Why leave Pi to mathematicians rather than democratically-ish elected leaders? Pi is far to important to be left outside of democracys sphere of influence
A powerful summoner should have no issue binding enough mimics to make up for each brick, stone and interior detail of a castle, only needing to conjure some slimes for mortar and elementals for lighting, heat, AC (air and ice for summer, air and fire for winter) plus enough water elementals to have running plumbing. Just a matter of time and focus
Just a bit heavy on the initiative tracking, but the castle would probably not need any extra guards