Gold will always be gold

[logan9a]

I am looking for feedback on this.

Needless to say there will be a ripple in the Matrix - so to speak. I need to adjust the prices of gold for clever people (looking at you, Pete) who like to trade in it cross dimensionally. (Note - it won't be worth what it was before - I am looking for a more sane exchange rate. Normally, I don't have to worry about it but due to the actions of a clever person - looking at you again Pete - thinking it would be a good idea to figure it out now rather than later.)

I'm also working on standardizing the years a bit more. Note that I've deleted several of the lesser known 'zones' out. Eventually, I'd like to have so many in the campaign that the players freak out.

To not let people know exactly what stuff is, I've used initials. Please do not reveal what they are on these boards - the people that have been there probably know.

F.A. (weird) 1 (best, most pure)
A.W. (1870) 10
F.W. (1880) 200
B. (1959) x
Village (1965) x
Red Carpet (2020) 100
Crapsack C. (2050?) 100

Discounting F.A., that means if you pick up gold in A.W. and brought it to F.W., it would be worth twenty times what it's value is in A.W.

In Red Carpet (thinking everyone currently playing knows what that is) or Crapsack C. it is only worth ten times - where as gold from F.W. (due to massive impurities - described as 'gold-ish') is actually worth half the value. Gold bought in Red Carpet and sold in Crapsack C. won't make you any money - just convert over.

Thoughts?

[Fantômas]

I was just doing what the protagonist in one of those litRPG novels would do

There goes my plan of gathering enough money to buy out a certain mining magnate in the land of pears for 1 million dollars! (including pinky and raised eyebrow)

So if one was to buy $1500- of gold in red carpet (roughly an ounce) and take it to F.W. and exchange it for money you would get $750-?

[logan9a]

Mar 14, 2018 21:54:06 GMT Fantômas said:

I was just doing what the protagonist in one of those litRPG novels would do

There goes my plan of gathering enough money to buy out a certain mining magnate in the land of pears for 1 million dollars! (including pinky and raised eyebrow)

So if one was to buy $1500- of gold in red carpet (roughly an ounce) and take it to F.W. and exchange it for money you would get $750-?

I think it's a clever thing to do.

Edit: I'm messing it up. OK- the gold price in red carpet is roughly the same as it is here on Earth - roughly $1300. One oz of gold is equivalent to 1 coin from F.A. Hence, $1300 in Red Carpet gets you $200 in F.W.

<<Note - I am flexible on the exchange rates and if someone comes up with an easy way to make all this make sense I am open to suggestions.>>

Though $1300 to $200 does seem fairly reasonable. The buying power of $200 in F.W. is quite high.

[Fantômas]

OK, so assuming 1 coin in FA is FA$20-, 1 ounce of gold will get you in each of the realms of their currency-

$20 F.A. (weird) (best, most pure)
$100 A.W. (1870)
$200 F.W. (1880)
B. (1959) x
Village (1965) x
$1,300 Red Carpet (2020)
$1,300 Crapsack C. (2050?)

Is this what you are thinking?

[logan9a]

It could do - what tweaks would you recommend?