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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Afrodyte" data-source="post: 706567" data-attributes="member: 8713">The same is true of Dacconia.  There are mercenaries, thugs, daredevils (emphasis on the devil), grave robbers, looters, murderers, psychotics, and idiots. I use this same idea, but I also add that the Dacconian nobility uses coins only for travel to other cities.  The GP is not so much a minted coin as a measure of weight (equal to 5g).In addition, I changed the look and feel from medieval Europe to late 17th century, early 18th century western Europe.  The look and feel is similar to Rob Roy and The Three Musketeers, but sans firearms and cannons (and those silly wigs).  I can't help it.  I like frock coats.Demi-humans are thought of as subhuman and treated as second-class citizens.  There is only one place where they enjoy equal protection under the law, and that is on the lands of one of my PCs.  The general public only recognizes three demi-humans: elves, dwarves, and goblins.  They all have their own stereotypes and insults to go with them.  The fact that the new earl is half-elven does not sit well with most people.  The House of Lords made him an ambassador so they could keep him out of the country and won't have to deal with him.  After all, elves are tricky, deceptive, and untrustworthy.  Perfect foreign affairs material.</blockquote>