Rules of the Game, Metric II
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Part 2, and Skip screws up yet again!
Notice how in Part 1, he uses 1 mile = 2.4 km, and in Part 2 he uses 1 mile = 2.1 km. For all that he claims to use 5'=2m out of "convenience", he couldn't just stick with a simple 1 mile = 2km, now could he. Nooo... that would make too much sense, see?
Notice how in Part 1, he uses 1 mile = 2.4 km, and in Part 2 he uses 1 mile = 2.1 km. For all that he claims to use 5'=2m out of "convenience", he couldn't just stick with a simple 1 mile = 2km, now could he. Nooo... that would make too much sense, see?
DarkMaster
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I actually rule that since 1 gp is 1/3 of an ounce and that when the rules were made gold was trading around 300$/ounce 1GP is 100$ US. In a part of my world (A country with a very high economic development) they uses paper money (magically enhanced to prevent counterfeiting and destruction). 1 drar is equivalent to 1 cp. It helped me notice that when deciding the prices they probably used the same metric. Try you will see.jgsugden said:I just can't let a week pass without a thread on the RotG articles.
I'm just curious what he'll do with money next week. Is he just going to change the weight, or is he going to provide an exchange rate for gold pieces into the English Pound.
DarkMaster
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Oviously Magic item cannot be compared I am talking about the normal equipment for examplejgsugden said:
7500$ for a composite long bow. given that this is handcrafted and no mass production is available this price makes a lot of sense. This is quite complicated piece of work same for a great sword 5000$ (Now with all the industrilization you can get one for 400$, and you can't even fight with it because it will break) You also have to count the availability of iron and and other metal and the process required to make steel. make sense.
now a full plate is 150 000$ the price of a small house. Make sense with all the argument above. leather armor is 1000$, compare it with some modern snow suit that can go up to 700$ easily.
Backpack 200$. even today with all the industrialization you can find good quality backpack for that price
Cleric vestment 500$. easy to justify.
one mug of beer at the local tavern 4$
Stay at the inn good 200$
common 50$
poor 20$ (you are probably sleeping with 10 other people or worse with the horse)
1/2 pound of meat 30$ Talk to your grand parent or great grand parent ask them about the price of meat? Maybe in the US it was never an issue but in europe people were eating beef once a week.
Heavy war horse 40000$ (compare it with a Cadillac) Seriously look at the price of horses now (don't forget this one is the top of the food chain, genetically perfect and very well trained).
Warship 2.5 million$ what is the price of a Yath.
Coach cab 3$/mile
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Tarril Wolfeye
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Converting feet and pound is easy.
I just hope he will also talk about such things as gallons, pints, and especially degrees Fahrenheit.
Temperature using the Fahrenheit scale is the only thing I can't convert in my head - most of the times I don't even remember the formula.
I just hope he will also talk about such things as gallons, pints, and especially degrees Fahrenheit.
Temperature using the Fahrenheit scale is the only thing I can't convert in my head - most of the times I don't even remember the formula.
Tarril Wolfeye
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Yes. It's C = (F - 32) x 5/9 and F = C x 9/5 + 32Darklone said:
I even made a list where environmental effects start, but it has a habit of disappearing.
Found it:
Extreme Cold: -20°F ~ -30°C
Severe Cold: 0°F ~ -20°C
Cold: 40°F ~ 5°C
Very Hot: 90°F ~ 30°C
Severe Heat: 110°F ~ 45°C
Extreme Heat: 140°F ~ 60°C
Interestingly enough, extreme cold can be found in the real world (in Siberia), but extreme heat is even hotter than a hot summer in the Sahara.
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