Re: Money.

["Sean L. McLane" <zodo@laf.cioe.com>]

> From khelek@ns1.cioe.com Mon Jul  6 18:46:04 1998
> Subject: Money.
>
> Howdy folks.  Attached to this, is another word document, it can 
> also be found at the following URL: 
> www.cioe.com/~khelek/newaq.html
>
>
> Its the money stuff i've written up.  take a look, make comments, 
> etc..
>
>
> Wright
>

I just took a look at this write up, and let me start by saying good job!

I just have a few comments to offer. First, the Southam Daughter is referred
to in its description as a 'thumb'. Is this confusion with the Kieron Watch
thumb? Also, the description of the KW thumb doesn't specify the metal it
is made of. I assume by context that it's copper.

Is there any intention to include trade bars?

My final comment, and please don't take this negatively, is that ounce coins
are HEAVY! Adventurers tend to casually toss about bags of 100, 500, or even
1000 coins to pay people... A bag of 1000 1-ounce coins is not something to
be tossed about, since it weighs 62.5 pounds!

I had always been under the assumption, probably because I had been told
by a GM some time ago (don't remember which, but this was one of the old 
guard of GMs, like Dan, Dana Hoggat, and Bob Blake) that a silver piece 
was the size of a dime. If we're going to arbitrarily change it to an ounce,
I would recommend that we start keeping an eye on how much people are 
carrying with them. Those STR 8 mages ain't gonna be lugging around 
thousands of silver pieces.

Sean L. McLane    |     I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed,
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