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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 9508090" data-attributes="member: 23">I am amused how the idea of &quot;D&amp;D is not an economic simulator!&quot; is going around (I agree with this idea btw)... and at the same time some are asking fundamental economic questions, perhaps even without realizing it!What your asking about essentially is, &quot;what is money&quot;.&nbsp; &quot;50g is 50g is 50g&quot; that is an essential aspect of money - it's fungible.&nbsp; What [USER=93670]@tetrasodium[/USER] is pointing out is that ruby dust should have similar properties - 50 gp of dust from seller A is more or less the same as 50 gp of dust from seller B.&nbsp; Gem dust could be a form of currency.&nbsp;&nbsp; At the very least, a major category of buyers of ruby dust (spellcasters!) are not that picky about their dust.(I'm going to skip what else would need to happen for it to be a currency in your game because I don't want this to be a lecture ha, but I can elaborate if you wish)A 50 gp gem can't really be currency, because each gem is unique.&nbsp; It might be worth 50 gp, but it could be completely wrong for your needs (maybe it's the wrong color?)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 9508090, member: 23"] I am amused how the idea of "D&D is not an economic simulator!" is going around (I agree with this idea btw)... and at the same time some are asking [I]fundamental[/I] economic questions, perhaps even without realizing it! What your asking about essentially is, "what is money". "50g is 50g is 50g" that is an essential aspect of money - it's fungible. What [USER=93670]@tetrasodium[/USER] is pointing out is that ruby dust should have similar properties - 50 gp of dust from seller A is more or less the same as 50 gp of dust from seller B. Gem dust [I]could[/I] be a form of currency. At the very least, a major category of buyers of ruby dust (spellcasters!) are not that picky about their dust. (I'm going to skip what else would need to happen for it to [I]be[/I] a currency in your game because I don't want this to be a lecture ha, but I can elaborate if you wish) A 50 gp gem can't really be currency, because each gem is unique. It might be worth 50 gp, but it could be completely wrong for your needs (maybe it's the wrong color?) [/QUOTE]

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