Economy [guide]

Official Shops
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Shops offered within a settlement, are ones either deemed necessary by the folk who live there, or have been given funds by the public for their creation & upkeep. The larger a city (and the more donations offered by townsfolk), the more shops are made available!

Depending on where you are in the world, 'main' shops will offer common resources, such as culturally-focused food, clothing, tools, and other items.
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Guidelines:
. have the shops [t]ag added to your threads title
. don't use your [TLS] thread, to buy from the [GS] store!
. you may free-form RP within shopping areas- these RPs won't need shop [t]ags
. shop-keepers usually keep away from back-room dealings and dirty money..
. you may re-use shopping threads
. do Not delete old threads!! add 'old' to the title and it will be archived
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Shopping:
. have your Avatar within the same settlement as the shop you're buying from
. create a thread within the Shop area (ex. Grand Thera's Marketplace)
. post length must meet given requirements- 20 min. = 20 sentences
. include a list of everything you're buying
. send the total coin & your list to the given banker (listed within a shop)
. update your journal, link your shopping and fill your inventory with your goods!

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Shop-keepers:
The ones keeping stock and taking charge of official shops, and are playable NPCs.

When making a thread/post for buying in the Marketplace, you don't need to write about the shopkeeper if you don't want to! A general idea of the mood, the setting and how your Avatar goes about choosing their purchase is more than enough for your post.

If you'd like to include the shop-keepers' in your roleplay, be aware of the shop-keepers' personality, and keep to their realms of reality; A friendly, happily married, monogamous person isn't going to be making slanderous remarks nor serious marriage proposals to your Avatar, any time soon.

You may request a Mod. come in to roleplay a shop-keeper interaction if you want an outside-of-your-own-headspace interaction, though keep in mind that staff are ordinarily Very busy! Be prepared to be patient and wait, it can take upwards of a few, real-world days to get a response.

If anyone's written ideas or interactions are particularly eye-catching or noteworthy, you may see details about the interaction crop up on a shop-keepers profile page... keep your eyes out! (This can be good, or bad...)