Quote Originally Posted by Trafalgar View Post
You added the Villain. You added that the Villain is going to kill everyone including the merchant. And you added that the merchant knows all this. I can write 100 stories about a hero who needs a sword without those elements.
I added the... actually here, I'll just quote you.

Quote Originally Posted by Trafalgar View Post
Conversation:
Hero: I need to buy a sword.
Merchant: 100gp please.
Hero: I only have 50gp.
Merchant: Sorry, can't help you.
Hero: But I need it to kill a villain and save everyone's lives.
Merchant: Sorry, 100gp please.
Trafalgar, If you can't even remember your own scenario then discussing it is going to be beyond farcical. Is the Merchant not part of "everyone?" Does explicitly telling him not constitute him knowing?