Just loot all the players that die to your Dungeon. Mucho profits. :D
I think you have to consider the difficulty of transporting things to your dungeon, and making it habitable for them, a part of the gameplay concerns of someone intending to create dungeons.
There aren't magical things involved. You would have to make or find a suitable location, make traps, place guards or beasts, figure out a way to keep the guards/beasts from leaving to search for someplace with more food.
All of this just means when you finally figure it out, it will be all the more impressive in game.
Contracts are the way to get PCs or NPCs to do things for you. If the reward is great enough, someone is likely to take on the risk and effort.
The motivation for creating a dungeon is that you want to hide your money at a safe place. Most of the player events are created, because those players want to achieve something for themselves. I want to make a potion, but I need this flower for it. Therefore, I hire somebody to find this flower. I want to take over my county. Therefore, I hire somebody to assassinate the count. We will create in CoE player events, because we will not be able to do everything. In order to be successful, we need to specialize. We do not need any special motivation.
P.S.: A giant is really not the best idea to protect your dungeon.
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Example: How would I be able to hire NPC’s to carry a 20 foot giant whom I gave a sedative to. Transport it across miles to place it as a final boss in my dungeon? Not to mention the treasure they expect waiting for them in completion of the dungeon?
Costs: - NPC’s or (trustworthy players) - Sedative - Wagon - Treasure - Camping Supplies(Food, tent, travel expenses) - Materials to create a secret pathway - Etc...
All these things cost money. Lots of money. How could someone like me who enjoys doing dungeons and secret lairs for players make a living and keep producing new events?
Perhaps you could find a wealthy patron(s) to support this endeavor for you?
People with money can do a lot of things with it.
And the more they have, the more they can do.
That's how a lot of the great art and architecture, etc. of the Renaissance was funded.
It was a way for the rich of the time to show off just how much richer they really were than their rivals.
And then there were also the Carnegie's and Rockefeller's who were trying to ease their consciences for the horrible things they had done to make their fortunes.
Either way, it might not hurt to try and see if you can get somebody to spend their dime instead of your own.
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