As an executioner in these lands, I get a priviledge called a "handing". This is a special tax that permits me to releive you of what my hand can hold of what you craft.
Most merchants protested, and didn't want my "impur" hand in their produce. Furthermore, merchants protested that my hands were very big, and wanted to have them checked by a preist.
So I carved myself a wooden "louche" (http://www.civilization.ca/tresors/barbeau/mb0084bf.html) in the form of a hand. Everybody in the kingdom laughed (even the king and his wife) when they saw "the hand", except for the president of the merchants guild.
Teleport at night, you get 50% off the regular price. Furthermore, while foraging the pockets of a noble, I got my hands on some dimentional diamonds.
Those things are lovely to travel. Now the 2nd class change quests don't seem so boring...
Good greif, the transit system in L2 has evolved so much it's unbeleivable. I remember we had to walk 5 miles uphill in snow just to be able to login, so be greatfull you can teleport to all these places.
DON'T use use the direct routes in teleports (that's the E-bay way to travel). You want to look really cool in L2, SOE (X town) right next to the GK.