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Originally Posted by starslayer
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Yeah, this. Ancient monsters (and their descendants) may well have amassed treasure in some form, which the hunters can liberate. Capturing and interrogating monsters might lead them to ancient cities or the like. If magic is a thing, there may be certain monster organs that can be used in various rituals that can either make money directly (transmute lead to gold) or indirectly (short-range prescience, for getting rich off various flavors of gambling). There may also be a black market for monster organs (which may also be true if said organs are actually useless, much as exists for bits from endangered species). They probably needed some initial seed money to get started on their monster hunting quest, but that could have easily come from their personal savings or a wealthy benefactor (for whom the endeavor may have been a lucrative investment).