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<blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 1714390" data-attributes="member: 571"><p>Found out I was wrong about the prices in <em>Gary Gygax's Living Fantasy</em>. Turns out the conversion is one copper piece equals one (Lejendary Adventures) dollar. However, Gary did put in a few prices down into the cents range. As in 25¢ a person for a toll bridge. Unfortunately, D&D® doesn't have anything 'smaller' than a copper piece. So I came up with this suggestion:</p><p></p><p>Platinum: 10 Gold</p><p>Gold: 10 Silver</p><p>Silver: 10 Copper</p><p>Copper: 10 Bronze</p><p>Bronze: 10 Brass</p><p>Brass: 1/10th Bronze</p><p></p><p>Or in LA prices:</p><p></p><p>Platinum: 1,000 dollars</p><p>Gold: 100 dollars</p><p>Silver: 10 dollars</p><p>Copper: 1 dollar</p><p>Bronze: 10¢</p><p>Brass: 1¢</p><p></p><p>Or you could try this variant I got from the <em>Mythus</em> RPG:</p><p></p><p><strong>Metal and Value</strong></p><p></p><p>Orichalcum (Fantasy): 3,0000</p><p>Platinum: 1,500</p><p>Gold: 1,000</p><p>Orichalcum (Historical): 500</p><p>Adamantine: 200</p><p>Electrum: 200</p><p>Silver: 25</p><p>Copper: 5</p><p>Bronze: 1</p><p>Nickel: 0.5</p><p>Brass: 0.25</p><p>Zinc: 0.1</p><p>Tin: 0.05</p><p>Iron: 0.01</p><p></p><p>With this scheme the Gold Piece is replaced by a bronze coin. Dubbed (by Col. Pladoh) the Basic Unit Coin (BUC). (Yes, Gary is an incorrigable punster. Please refrain from incorriging.) So when you tell your players they find 3,000 in gold what they find are 3 gold coins. It also makes copper worth collecting.</p><p></p><p>The figures shown are the coin values in BUCs. So it takes two Nickels to equal one BUC.</p><p></p><p>For a quick conversion from standard D&D coinage:</p><p></p><p>Platinum Piece = 1 Gold</p><p>Gold Piece = 4 Silver</p><p>Silver Piece = 2 Copper</p><p>Copper Piece = 1 Bronze</p><p></p><p>and adding in my unofficial coins:</p><p></p><p>1 Bronze Piece = 1 Zinc</p><p>1 Brass Piece = 1 Iron</p><p></p><p>BTW, the Copper coin in this variant is also known as the QUID (Quantifying Unit Identifying Denomination. Told you Gary was incorrigable.) You could have locations using QUIDs instead of BUCs just to keep your players on their toes.</p><p></p><p>Note: I included a second entry for Oricalchum because it does exist in real life. Oricalchum as a fantasy metal comes from Theosophy, and is about as reliable as any other fact on subjects Atlantean, Lemurian, or occultic written down by Madame Blavatsky. Real world oricalchum is an alloy of gold and copper. I figured a value half that of gold in BUCs was about right.</p><p></p><p>In <em>Mythus</em> the coins weigh in at one ounce each. If you'd rather use the D&D coin weight go right ahead. Though doing so does make the coins worth much more than their real world metal value. Especially copper.</p><p></p><p>Have fun with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mythusmage, post: 1714390, member: 571"] Found out I was wrong about the prices in [i]Gary Gygax's Living Fantasy[/i]. Turns out the conversion is one copper piece equals one (Lejendary Adventures) dollar. However, Gary did put in a few prices down into the cents range. As in 25¢ a person for a toll bridge. Unfortunately, D&D® doesn't have anything 'smaller' than a copper piece. So I came up with this suggestion: Platinum: 10 Gold Gold: 10 Silver Silver: 10 Copper Copper: 10 Bronze Bronze: 10 Brass Brass: 1/10th Bronze Or in LA prices: Platinum: 1,000 dollars Gold: 100 dollars Silver: 10 dollars Copper: 1 dollar Bronze: 10¢ Brass: 1¢ Or you could try this variant I got from the [i]Mythus[/i] RPG: [b]Metal and Value[/b] Orichalcum (Fantasy): 3,0000 Platinum: 1,500 Gold: 1,000 Orichalcum (Historical): 500 Adamantine: 200 Electrum: 200 Silver: 25 Copper: 5 Bronze: 1 Nickel: 0.5 Brass: 0.25 Zinc: 0.1 Tin: 0.05 Iron: 0.01 With this scheme the Gold Piece is replaced by a bronze coin. Dubbed (by Col. Pladoh) the Basic Unit Coin (BUC). (Yes, Gary is an incorrigable punster. Please refrain from incorriging.) So when you tell your players they find 3,000 in gold what they find are 3 gold coins. It also makes copper worth collecting. The figures shown are the coin values in BUCs. So it takes two Nickels to equal one BUC. For a quick conversion from standard D&D coinage: Platinum Piece = 1 Gold Gold Piece = 4 Silver Silver Piece = 2 Copper Copper Piece = 1 Bronze and adding in my unofficial coins: 1 Bronze Piece = 1 Zinc 1 Brass Piece = 1 Iron BTW, the Copper coin in this variant is also known as the QUID (Quantifying Unit Identifying Denomination. Told you Gary was incorrigable.) You could have locations using QUIDs instead of BUCs just to keep your players on their toes. Note: I included a second entry for Oricalchum because it does exist in real life. Oricalchum as a fantasy metal comes from Theosophy, and is about as reliable as any other fact on subjects Atlantean, Lemurian, or occultic written down by Madame Blavatsky. Real world oricalchum is an alloy of gold and copper. I figured a value half that of gold in BUCs was about right. In [i]Mythus[/i] the coins weigh in at one ounce each. If you'd rather use the D&D coin weight go right ahead. Though doing so does make the coins worth much more than their real world metal value. Especially copper. Have fun with it. [/QUOTE]
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