Let’s Make Better Rpg Currencies

@rpg

https://youtu.be/VADntQSNMB4?si=VUw999G0yZ0x52IW

I’m curious what currency systems my fellow #ttrpg GMs have dreamt up when #worldbuilding.

It’s always annoyed me how #dnd’s gp/sp/cp currency resembles the USD system so much in the way it is used, despite the fact that IRL a single gold coin would be worth more than my car. Does #WotC think my backpack is worth $8k? That makes no sense to me.

  • Xilabar the Dice Goblin@dice.campOP
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    2 hours ago

    @malin @rpg

    I mean, usually my #dnd players strongly dislike tracking encumbrance, so the coins might as well be weightless.

    Something I think people tend to forget about is the practice of “free lunch”. Sit yourself down at the bar, order a drink, and you get access to a whole lunch menu as long as you keep drinking. It particularly makes sense if a pint of beer &/or a single lunch actually costs slightly less than a cp, so two beers would cover the cost.

        • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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          1 hour ago

          Yeah, I know. I recognise the @'s at the beginning of the message. Please don’t bring middle-of-the-sentence-hashtags to it. It makes the text less legible, for the sake of better SEO on… Mastodon