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Has anyone incorporated the Melnibonean Wheel into their campaigns?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tuzenbach" data-source="post: 1545575" data-attributes="member: 16155"><p>Ah! Thanks for all the nice feedback on this!</p><p></p><p></p><p>The way I see it, the Wheels would be used as sort of a barter system. If you want a magical suit of full plate crafted for you, you can get one with a Wheel. Or if you need a castle, 3 or 4 Wheels. IMHO, the reverance attached to them would make exchanging them for "normal" currency not just illegal but immoral, so making "change" with a Wheel would not be possible. They're a "one shot deal". Maybe they're the fee for the assassination of a 30th level character? Irregardless, they're certainly "special".</p><p></p><p>I hadn't known that Melnibonean Lore had been translated into the d20 system. Which company puts out the book?</p><p></p><p>It'd been a while since I read those Elric books and so didn't even know that only one Wheel per Emperor had been crafted. That makes them all the more special. Plus, certain Wheels will have been crafted in just the past century while others will be a millenia-old. Nice stuff. I'd imagine there'd be runes indicating for which Emperor each specific Wheel had been crafted and, thus, a good indicator of the thing's age/relative value. </p><p></p><p>Of course, the whole Melnibonean Mythos would have to be a familiar thing in the given campaign setting for the "feel" of the value to be properly evoked within the minds of the players. Otherwise, it'd just be a large piece of gold.</p><p></p><p>Does the d20 book have any illustrations of the Wheel? Thanks again, everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tuzenbach, post: 1545575, member: 16155"] Ah! Thanks for all the nice feedback on this! The way I see it, the Wheels would be used as sort of a barter system. If you want a magical suit of full plate crafted for you, you can get one with a Wheel. Or if you need a castle, 3 or 4 Wheels. IMHO, the reverance attached to them would make exchanging them for "normal" currency not just illegal but immoral, so making "change" with a Wheel would not be possible. They're a "one shot deal". Maybe they're the fee for the assassination of a 30th level character? Irregardless, they're certainly "special". I hadn't known that Melnibonean Lore had been translated into the d20 system. Which company puts out the book? It'd been a while since I read those Elric books and so didn't even know that only one Wheel per Emperor had been crafted. That makes them all the more special. Plus, certain Wheels will have been crafted in just the past century while others will be a millenia-old. Nice stuff. I'd imagine there'd be runes indicating for which Emperor each specific Wheel had been crafted and, thus, a good indicator of the thing's age/relative value. Of course, the whole Melnibonean Mythos would have to be a familiar thing in the given campaign setting for the "feel" of the value to be properly evoked within the minds of the players. Otherwise, it'd just be a large piece of gold. Does the d20 book have any illustrations of the Wheel? Thanks again, everyone. [/QUOTE]
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