Absoultely spot on! I was wrong when I said that two cows were worth a commoner's house.
Any rule that adds abilities together is broken, including the wealth/10 conversion.
>I recommend combining value of loot by augmenting the highest value
>item of loot with the values of the other items. I also suggest using
>the shorthand +1 per full levels of value augmenting house rule
>shortcut to avoid making this into a long die rolling ceremony.
I agree on the shorthand, but I'm not sure about stacking them together.
>Example: your 4 riding horses (5w_at_) are worth about 11w together using
>the quick 1/10 method (or 12w if you want to add the three augmenting
>horse values together to augment with 15w3).
I don't understand. A horse is 5w, /10=2.5, x4 = 10. Not 11w.
How do you calculate your automatic augment shortcut? What does "+1 per full levels of value" mean?
>I don't mind this explanation, but it seems to be justification
>after the fact rather than a reason to do things this way.
But the justification fits the rules, so what's the problem? Surely you should only disregard the rules if they *don't* make sense.
>I think that I will use in-game reasons for the characters to be
>generous. Orlanthi, especially, will want to be generous in order
>to live up to Orlanth's ideals, in order to enhance relationships, etc.
Sure, but if the rules can give a gentle shove in that direction, why not? I just like the fact that in this case, the rules *discourage* munchkin penny-pinching, traditional roleplayer flaws that are usually *encouraged* by the rules in most game systems.
Phil.
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