One thing interesting about this is you made sure the magic users got their sleep. Truely d&d-ish :)

They need their 8 hours to get their spells back. ;)

A very nice job injecting a bit of life philosophy into the very D&D setting. Nice little piece.

I’ve been an adventurer since childhood, apparently. I would just go out into the woods and walk in one direction until I found something cool. Rock formations, giant logs, creeks, an inexplicable clearing, an angry farmer’s property line… Cool story. Also, not knowing the D&D world, the sleep for magic trivia is new to me. That means wizards can’t pull shifts for guard duty? No all night cramming for the OWLS?