Let's Make Better Rpg Currencies
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.
@Shkshkshk @rpg yea, basic expenditures needs to be in copper.
Shadoversity had a video where he spent 20 minutes saying 'gold is heavy', and shows that hiking with 1000 gold coins isn't really feasible.
I have no idea what medieval things cost, so I decided 1cp = £1, and assumed items cost what you might see on Etsy (which I also have no idea about, I have done no research).
@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.
Ah mate please don't bring #hastags in the middle of sentences to this platform, please.
Dude they are posting from Mastodon
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
I find it funny that you are only taking issue with it here, in the comments, not with the original post