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<blockquote data-quote="Guilt Puppy" data-source="post: 1608150" data-attributes="member: 6521">(D'oh! Looks like I made an error -- the offer was meant to be 2000 gp, a scale being 50gp, or 5pp... When proof-reading my original post, it read &quot;two stacks of 25 gold&quot;, which was mathematically correct, but I saw it and said &quot;wait! I already said he was playing with stacks of platinum!&quot; and made the correction, without thinking for a moment that it might impact the value of the offer by a factor of ten <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Considering that none of the math in the replies matches up with either the correct or erroneous meaning of &quot;40 scales&quot; -- it was meant to be confusing IC, but hopefully clear OOC, although I think it failed in the latter respect -- you probably don't need to edit any posts. But I sure do!) Gilter grins, moving his chips around to make things a bit clearer -- stacking platinum five at a time, until he has 8 stacks of 25 each -- 200 platinum, or 2000 gold.&quot;That's the offer,&quot; he says. &quot;Are you clear on its worth? I'd hate to see you feel cheated -- I can't imagine that was an easy lot to come across.&quot;Seeing that you're unlikely to dispute any offer, he turns and points to the counter up front.&quot;They can bond this for you, or even just supply a coin pouch to carry it in, if need be...&quot; He turns, and nods toward the gnome at the other end of the table. &quot;Although Ghant might have one he won't be needing tonight, if you ask nicely.&quot;He grins, satisfied. Ghant fumes, grumbles, then gets up to call down a drink from the bar.(Spot/Listen checks for those downstairs.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guilt Puppy, post: 1608150, member: 6521"] [i](D'oh! Looks like I made an error -- the offer was meant to be 2000 gp, a scale being 50gp, or 5pp... When proof-reading my original post, it read "two stacks of 25 gold", which was mathematically correct, but I saw it and said "wait! I already said he was playing with stacks of platinum!" and made the correction, without thinking for a moment that it might impact the value of the offer by a factor of ten :) Considering that none of the math in the replies matches up with either the correct or erroneous meaning of "40 scales" -- it was meant to be confusing IC, but hopefully clear OOC, although I think it failed in the latter respect -- you probably don't need to edit any posts. But I sure do!)[/i] Gilter grins, moving his chips around to make things a bit clearer -- stacking platinum five at a time, until he has 8 stacks of 25 each -- 200 platinum, or 2000 gold. "That's the offer," he says. "Are you clear on its worth? I'd hate to see you feel cheated -- I can't imagine that was an easy lot to come across." Seeing that you're unlikely to dispute any offer, he turns and points to the counter up front. "They can bond this for you, or even just supply a coin pouch to carry it in, if need be..." He turns, and nods toward the gnome at the other end of the table. "Although Ghant might have one he won't be needing tonight, if you ask nicely." He grins, satisfied. Ghant fumes, grumbles, then gets up to call down a drink from the bar. [i](Spot/Listen checks for those downstairs.)[/i] [/QUOTE]

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