I don't mind things not being real, but I do mind inconsistency being sprung up. Sounds just from the way you're saying stuff that your players are trying to wheedle things out of you for advantages.I'm coming at it more of damaging the genre by being lazy or using it as an excuse for not doing research. I think we're coming at it from different angles. However if I found 100 ounces of silver the value of said silver only drops to about 98.7%. If this is a closed system that means that now gold would only be worth about 90.9% of its original value. If I find a deposit of 100 ounces of gold. Lets say a settlement has 8000 ounces of silver and 1000 ounces of gold. Silver is a more abundant metal than gold in about an 8:1 ratio from what I can find. This relative stability does apply to a gold economy as well as silver but silver makes more sense for a few reasons. Thats not to say what you can purchase with x amount of silver won't change but this is less a change in value of the coin as a whole and more the good or service you are purchasing. An ounce of silver is always worth an ounce of silver however regardless of what monarch may be featured on it. ![]() ![]() In the real world most currency anymore is a fiat currency which basically just means the value is derived from the faith people have in whoever mints it. I am not an economist either but one of the advantages of using precious metals directly as currency is that you can't just print more it has to be physically pulled from the ground. If the party thief pockets a few diamonds, they are of muddy quality and don't cause excess wealth disparity A diamond mine has been infested by hobgoblins, and the characters are tasked with clearing it out.She needs lots of diamonds to test on, promising a share of the profits if she is successful. A gnome believes she's discovered a way to purify diamonds, moving them from muddy to clear quality.However, rumors of the diamond-hearted beast would surely draw the greed of certain adventurers. A boss monster could have diamonds as their eyes, claws, or heart without breaking the game by giving the characters excess gold.However, their requests are noticed in the markets and merchants suspect they are competitors, sending thugs to "assess" the characters' intentions. Characters could be charged with collecting diamonds for a noble's Raise Dead spell, needing to hit a certain amount within 10 days.Other quests that could result from this system include: You could set up a quest for diamond merchants to protect shipments and get paid in diamonds. For instance, Shiny and Flawless diamonds might only be sold in a distant part of the world, or be subject to dwarven tax laws. This setup also allows you to place certain limits on in-game play that can curb those pesky resurrection spells. However, smaller diamonds of higher quality would also work." Since the "cost" of the diamonds is removed from your description, you can even set the diamonds at different prices and allow the players to haggle without fear of breaking the spell requirements. The diamond merchant has a few specimen that would qualify, the cheapest being a fist-sized diamond that looks fairly opaque. This table provides a way to speak about diamonds in world terms: rather than saying "you need to buy 1000 gp worth of diamonds", you can say "you're looking for a diamond of decent size and some clarity. This chart assumes this is the quality/amount needed for casting the spell, which allows you to make diamonds more or less expensive in the actual market. ![]() So, I threw together a little chart to help them understand how to assess and price their diamonds, for ease of spellcasting. Since diamonds are required for a multitude of spells (from the 1st-level Chromatic Orb all the way to the 25,000 gp True Resurrection), I'm often asked by players about the rarity of diamonds and how to determine their gp cost. The DM Help Network /r/BehindTheTables /r/DMToolkit /r/DndMaps /r/DndAdventureWriter /r/DndRealms /r/DndMonsters /r/DndIdeas Or use the Multireddit Wait to post again until your most recent submission is out of the top-10.ĮXPLORE THE WIKI ARCHIVES Message the Moderators To ask questions please join our Discord, or use our weekly megathreadĨ. You must include the full text in the body of your postĦ. Post free (or PWYW), ready-to-use, playtested DM resources that YOU createdģ. We are a library of resources and we're here to help!Ģ.
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