Let’s Make Better Rpg Currencies

@rpg

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.

  • 𝕸𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔫@dice.camp
    1·
    7 hours ago

    @Shkshkshk @rpg
    Poland calls their coins ‘gold’ and ‘silver’ (though silver are now worthless due to inflation), so the USD doesn’t necessarily have any relation.

    I went with 1gp = 10sp = 1000 cp, so people could carry coinage more easily.

    • Xilabar the Dice Goblin@dice.campOP
      2·
      5 hours ago

      @malin @rpg

      But it’s coins made of solid gold/silver/copper that players find in dungeons, bring back to town, and immediately spend. People bring their irl money intuition to the table when they need to pull prices out of their ass which results in tavern food costing, like, 10 gold coins per plate. Realistically, given the prices of the materials in the specie coins, I think players paying for stuff in gp should be treated like some rich fuck paying for fast food with Benjamins.