Gold or Silver standard?

Ancientgamer1970 · December 28, 2011, 03:14:46 PM

Quote from: Pseudoephedrine;498002Don't mind the suppurating mole's anus leaking horse semen over this thread. It's a solid set of work.

ha ha internet muscles at its best...

Always say it online but BUT never in person.

Typical socially inept gamer...LOL

Rincewind1 · December 28, 2011, 03:26:50 PM

In my recent campaign of Warhammer, I use gems a lot - since they are easy to transport, and in every bigger city you will find a jeweller, they make perfect substitute for gold pieces. And they make up for some merry bargaining later.

Pseudoephedrine · December 28, 2011, 03:33:45 PM

Quote from: Ancientgamer1970;498045ha ha internet muscles at its best...

Always say it online but BUT never in person.

Typical socially inept gamer...LOL

I think you're confusing your monitor with a mirror.

Rincewind1 · December 28, 2011, 03:35:55 PM

Quote from: Pseudoephedrine;498056I think you're confusing your monitor with a mirror.

Leave him be. He's like this small guy who's always drunk and tries to get into every fight in a bar.

Justin Alexander · December 28, 2011, 04:11:12 PM

Quote from: Doom;497988I'm on Earth, myself...I don't know if you're simply ranting out of pure confusion, or if you're wanting some documentation for some of the "reality" concepts above.

It helps to remember that while the rest of us are on Earth, that still means that none of us are living in the same world as Ancientgamer1970.

Quote from: Silverlion;497992I tend to use a silver standard. But as others have said for D&D? With Admantium and Mithral, and such? Yeah gold works.

This, for me, is a major point: In D&D, there's a lot more precious metal laying around than in the historical middle ages. That happens when you've got dwarves and wizards and the gods know what else hauling the stuff out of the ground.

Historically, gold was rare. In D&D, on the other hand, gold is as common as silver in the real world (and silver even more common than that). And this tends to track fairly well when you start looking at the other stuff lying around D&D treasure hordes and towns. There's a lot more wealth in a typical D&D setting than there was in medieval Europe.

Serious Paul · December 28, 2011, 04:58:24 PM

We're not much for house keeping when it comes to number crunching, so we just use gold.

Werekoala · December 28, 2011, 05:17:51 PM

One thing I just thought of - how do the random coin treasure tables in the various editions of D&D compare? Has there been an "inflation" in the amount of coins of all types from edition to edition? I ask because it seems to me that magic items have become more varied, and more expensive, over the years, but we never seem to have trouble buying them. Maybe it's just because I remember my early days when 100s would be a huge find (at least at lower levels).

Ram · December 28, 2011, 05:27:46 PM

I'm playing in a D&D game now with a GM that focuses on the silver standard. I just wait for somebody to tell me how many of a particular type of coin to fork over.

B.T. · December 28, 2011, 06:16:21 PM

I prefer the "feel" of silver to gold. Gold evokes a higher fantasy setting than what I like to play.

crkrueger · December 28, 2011, 06:28:53 PM

Quote from: two_fishes;497942Silver was, historically, much more common. If that sort of thing matters in your game, then replace pp with gp, and gp with sp, and sp with a smaller sp, or get rid of them together. Also ditch the decimal increments and replace them with imperial-measurement style values of a dozen, a score, a gross, or 40. Also, it's pretty unrealistic to have a single, standardized currency. Mix in currencies from at least a few nations and or emperors, at variable levels of reliable purity. Don't forget that some coins will be clipped, and less likely to be accepted at full value, if at all. And, realistically, there should be a widespread system of credit, usually involving fairly complex interest calculations.

Or just go to one of the many sites that have already done this (without the interest calculations, but that was just trolling anyway) and boom, instant Old-Europe flavored money system.

Or you could have a pool of "Resources", and when "Consequence" from a "Failed Conflict" causes "Fallout", you could choose to reduce your "Resources" rather then have to narrate a "Complication" involving a "Relationship" of the Director's choice. You know...real roleplaying.

Rincewind1 · December 28, 2011, 06:36:18 PM

Quote from: CRKrueger;498175Or just go to one of the many sites that have already done this (without the interest calculations, but that was just trolling anyway) and boom, instant Old-Europe flavored money system.

Or you could have a pool of "Resources", and when "Consequence" from a "Failed Conflict" causes "Fallout", you could choose to reduce your "Resources" rather then have to narrate a "Complication" involving a "Relationship" of the Director's choice. You know...real roleplaying.

While I know you are joking - using a statistic to represent Wealth isn't a bad idea. Though probably only really noteworthy if the players are playing more high - end characters.

two_fishes · December 28, 2011, 06:36:46 PM

Quote from: CRKrueger;498175Or just go to one of the many sites that have already done this (without the interest calculations, but that was just trolling anyway) and boom, instant Old-Europe flavored money system.

Or you could have a pool of "Resources", and when "Consequence" from a "Failed Conflict" causes "Fallout", you could choose to reduce your "Resources" rather then have to narrate a "Complication" involving a "Relationship" of the Director's choice. You know...real roleplaying.

Keep on fighting that war.

crkrueger · December 28, 2011, 06:39:22 PM

Quote from: two_fishes;498180Keep on fighting that war.

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crkrueger · December 28, 2011, 06:47:41 PM

Quote from: Rincewind1;498179While I know you are joking - using a statistic to represent Wealth isn't a bad idea. Though probably only really noteworthy if the players are playing more high - end characters.

Wealth as a stat like in Burning Wheel or abstracted expenditures like lifestyle levels in Shadowrun are a decent way to handle money. You're right, I was just laughing at twofishes. God forbid someone wanted to do something other then the D&D standard of having people buy a round of beers with a handful of gold.

Rincewind1 · December 28, 2011, 06:53:50 PM

Quote from: CRKrueger;498186Wealth as a stat like in Burning Wheel or abstracted expenditures like lifestyle levels in Shadowrun are a decent way to handle money. You're right, I was just laughing at twofishes. God forbid someone wanted to do something other then the D&D standard of having people buy a round of beers with a handful of gold.

I know, but in my current WFRP campaign I have a bunch of mid - power npcs - the guys who have a lot of resources, but not that much to pull anything. I wondered how to handle that to keep the sandbox "realistic" - and of course, I forgot that I can just stat their resources.