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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 8341229" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p>100% agreed. It was always <strong>beyond stupid.</strong> It was just a slap-dash rule put in place so that characters could be transferred from an existing Greyhawk or other campaign and their gold pieces could be hand-waived with a grin as not being worth anything on Krynn. That's it. That's literally the only reason it was a rule for the setting in Dec of 1984 /Jan of 1985.</p><p></p><p>There was no attempt to really work out how BAD an idea that iron as a store of value was and how plainly DUMB an idea that was. Even among DragonLance fans, the idea of steel pieces is admitted to be a dumb temporary rule that got out of hand. Some regard it as nevertheless something that is "inherent" to the Krynn setting - mainly because it was mentioned in a few of the novels and so it got treated as "canon". The few mentions of old "worthless golds treasuries" that appeared in the early modules were removed completely in the 3.5 versions of those modules, too.</p><p></p><p>Ignore the unreasonably nostalgic. Consign steel pieces to the <strong>dustbin of history.</strong> A concern that was a temporary one aimed at gamers in January of 1985 - and the role that g.p. played in 1st Ed Exp Points system should have no hold on us now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 8341229, member: 20741"] 100% agreed. It was always [B]beyond stupid.[/B] It was just a slap-dash rule put in place so that characters could be transferred from an existing Greyhawk or other campaign and their gold pieces could be hand-waived with a grin as not being worth anything on Krynn. That's it. That's literally the only reason it was a rule for the setting in Dec of 1984 /Jan of 1985. There was no attempt to really work out how BAD an idea that iron as a store of value was and how plainly DUMB an idea that was. Even among DragonLance fans, the idea of steel pieces is admitted to be a dumb temporary rule that got out of hand. Some regard it as nevertheless something that is "inherent" to the Krynn setting - mainly because it was mentioned in a few of the novels and so it got treated as "canon". The few mentions of old "worthless golds treasuries" that appeared in the early modules were removed completely in the 3.5 versions of those modules, too. Ignore the unreasonably nostalgic. Consign steel pieces to the [B]dustbin of history.[/B] A concern that was a temporary one aimed at gamers in January of 1985 - and the role that g.p. played in 1st Ed Exp Points system should have no hold on us now. [/QUOTE]
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