One of the least plausible aspects of fantasy as a genre is that sorcerers NEVER seem to get bogged down in creating a new spell then spend the next three or four months muttering "I hate this, it's rubbish" under their breath.
@cstross I always thought it was geography and biome layout, and fantasy creature evolution... but this is an angle I haven't explored. 🤔
@milquetoast Also never trust a currency system that uses base 10 or base 100, with fixed integer exchange ratios between different metal coinages, all gold pieces are of equal value (regardless of seigneorage, adulteration, clipping, etc), and there's no deflation if it's a precious metal currency (unless someone is looting entire empires next door), and so on …