I think I'm just going to call it.

I have yet to see a convincing reason for why we shouldn't have this. All I'm getting is "you're just lazy", it would break the lore (despite there being far more ludicrous things already in the game), and it would break crafting, repeated over and over again, and people being patronizing. I'm only getting more and more annoyed, it's clear the forums will have none of this suggestion (can't say I'm surprised), so I don't see a reason for me to continue posting in this thread.

As far as I'm concerned, when lore is used as a reason to deprive players of harmless convenience, lore may have a problem. And I'm not convinced the lore actually forbids merchants being in dungeons, especially with some of the other things going on in this game. It was not uncommon to see merchants even in real life travel to dangerous areas with armed guards in order to make a profit, so I can't buy this lore reason.

When crafting is only viable because it doesn't have to suffer from a COMBAT detriment that COMBAT players have to suffer, crafting may have a problem.

We will never agree apparently, so I will take my leave from this "discussion" and refrain from suggesting anything on these forums in the future.