I agree generally with all you both say, but bringing back a large amount of cash wealth to your village would bring reputation, open up prospects, find you long "lost" relatives, "friends", options to lands and certainly in the well "oiled" lunar lands political system some influnance. So I'm assuming here that in cementing the wealth increase the friends saty, you get the lands and the prospects materialise otherwise you've been fleeced, conned and spent unwisely.
Here's the other thing though, in a largely cashless orlanthi society I'm also assuming that 1000L in cash is only worth it's weight in precious metals. Would they actually contain precious metals or are they, much like modern coinage, worthless out of context?
Dave.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KYER, JEFFREY [SMTP:jeff.kyer_at_...]
> Sent: 25 April 2000 15:32
> To: hw-rules_at_egroups.com
> Subject: Re: Post Easter Questions: wealth vs cash
>
>
>
> "Hibbs, Philip" wrote:
> >
> > >Hmmm, so a cow is worth 1000L then (ish)? Seems
> > >to me a cow should be worth less, but how much?
> >
> > That depends on how much you need the cow, how good the cow is, how good
> the
> > harvest was last year, etc.
> >
> > As I understand it, coins in your pocket don't make a wealth rating.
> Wandering
> > adventurers who are not part of a community probably don't have a wealth
> rating
> > at all, just a bunch of valuable posessions. To have a wealth rating,
> you have
> > to have some or all of the following: reputation, prospects, relatives,
> > friends, rights to clan lands, political clout, etc.
> >
>
> Good point, Phillip.
>
> What I do, with my group, is use Resources, rather than Wealth.
>
> It gives a better feel of what they can get from their moderately well
> off lifesytle.
>
> Any coins they have is 'wealth' and can be augmented by drawing on their
> resources or by things they find. Many of the rewards I give out are
> permanent Wealth (resources) such as 'thank you! In payment, please
> have half the sheep that the poacher had. Now that you have stopped his
> depradations, we are much better off.' (add +1 or +2 Resources without
> cementing as end of game reward)
>
> Wealth, as coin, has to be cemented (and turns into Resources at a rate
> of 1/10, rounding up). Of course, this means that the players eagerly
> barter their coinage for things like Cows, Sheep, Chainmail and better
> equipment.... before its all gone. Just like a prospector hitting town,
> the gold's sooon gone and you're looking for more.
>
> Fortunately, Sheep keep you warm at night.
>
> Jeff
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