>>90677592It's not just the name, it's the idea that they do nothing except adventure. OP asked why people would adventure when they could just whore themselves out instead, and my point is that nobody would ever only adventure. Realistically, adventuring, like any sort of exploring or treasure hunting, would be VERY sporadic and thus could not be someone's only job. Even if they made a lot of gold, they wouldn't know when the next adventure comes so they'd have to have some other way to make money until then.
The people IRL who only work a few months of the year still have some reliability in their work, "adventurers" wouldn't. Even if an adventurer was short sighted enough to just drink 24/7 outside of adventuring, they'd at some point in their career likely be forced to do some other work when their cash dries up.
