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Message: <blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 3541114" data-attributes="member: 16077">Hmm - considering that, for example, the starting human fighter has scale mail (50 gp), a greatsword (50 gp),  a shortbow (30 gp), a backpack (2 gp), waterskin (1 gp), 1 day's rations (5 sp), a bedroll (1 sp), a sack (1 sp), flint & steel (1 gp), a quiver with 20 arrows (1 gp), and 2d4 gp - the total value is 135.7 + 2d4 gp - average of 139.7 gp.Under a silver standard, this'd be 139.7 shillings. Since it takes 12 pence to make one shilling, this is roughly 1658.4 pence. The Shilling and the Pound are units of account only - not coins. So, in order to buy this stuff, you'd have to have 1658.4 pence - 1658 pence and 1 ha'penny. At 24 grains per penny coin, this is almost 6 pounds avoirdupois worth of coins. Of course, you could also, if the DM allowed it, to use trade bars, but it'd still be 6 pounds-mass worth. Under the gold standard used for 3.x (for PCs), 139.7 gp = roughly 2.8 pounds-mass worth of coins - less than half the weight.So, I really don't see how this will be meaningless - the PCs have to physically carry *more* weight in coinage to buy items. My goal is two-fold. One - make it harder for PCs to utilize black holes of holding to carry off whole thrones, which seems too prevalent right now.  Two - make it more expensive to purchase items by devaluing the actual coinage available, thus limiting access to magic items.</blockquote>