Concept: the secret boss of a video game is the merchant you’ve traded with this whole time, and their combat capabilities are based entirely on what you sold them.
For example, did you sell them Necromancy skill books? Well shit they can summon a skeleton army.
Yeah I’m really scared of the guy with 30 rusty iron swords and 200 fruit cakes
You should be, Tetnis shots didn’t exist and fruit cakes sitting out as long as an entire adventure are basically bricks and may be weaponized as such.
i… I sell everything…oh dear god.