tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post8318063268957939951..comments2024-03-14T10:32:29.233-05:00Comments on Blood of Prokopius: Meditating on ElectrumFrDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-45655150431527711512012-09-29T09:48:48.152-05:002012-09-29T09:48:48.152-05:00As you mentioned it, electrum coins were used in a...As you mentioned it, electrum coins were used in ancient world rather than the "standard médieval" world that D&D emulates.<br />After several years not using electrum (I imagined it being a D&D invention, my bad!) I tried to re-intruduce it in my campain as a sort of "lost world" coinage, usually found in millenia old hidden stashes of treasure. The adventurers can find it but cannot use it in every day transactions, the electrum pieces being too old to still be in use. They must first find a changer, and the rate of change varies randomly from 1ep=1sp ("That's just weird silver, guv'nor"!) to 1 ep=5sp.porphyre77https://www.blogger.com/profile/07620350717226228078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-12390717222973558082012-09-28T20:49:51.411-05:002012-09-28T20:49:51.411-05:00It is from the Eighth Ode of the Canon sung on Nov...It is from the Eighth Ode of the Canon sung on November 8 — The Synaxis of the Archangels.FrDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-7066596487814218202012-09-28T20:31:11.575-05:002012-09-28T20:31:11.575-05:00Which liturgical service is that hymn from?
I, to...Which liturgical service is that hymn from?<br /><br />I, too, feel a certain magic about electrum coins, much more so than any other coin. Electrum says to me "Clark Ashton Smith, Jack Vance, and D&D".Geoffrey McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042661843714609025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-58155849079755489852012-09-28T18:56:37.277-05:002012-09-28T18:56:37.277-05:00I am definitely using this in my version of Averoi...I am definitely using this in my version of Averoigne — and I love the fact that this is inspired by <i>heraldry</i>.FrDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-48258507731715443902012-09-28T18:50:08.295-05:002012-09-28T18:50:08.295-05:00Electrum as tithe coin - riffing on the fact that ...Electrum as tithe coin - riffing on the fact that the Papacy was the only medieval arms allowed to abut or (gold) and argent (silver) in heraldry. If you're caught with a stash of electrum, you'd best be going to the cathedral to pay your respects with it ... That would keep it mostly out of players' sight but introduce the occasional social-moral dilemma.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-46660262789156401932012-09-28T17:43:42.630-05:002012-09-28T17:43:42.630-05:00Or you say the coin of the realm is in electrum, a...Or you say the coin of the realm is in electrum, and you have an Electrum Big'un which is a double-weight coin worth 1 GP, and an Electrum Li'l which is a 1/5 weight coin worth 1 SP. 5 Big'uns to the pound (12 in 3E) or 50 Li'ls to the pound (125 in 3E). Since most transactions are in Li'ls, and the only difference is weight, it technically doesn't matter which you have in your pocket. The players can RP laying down a Big'un for a bar tab or a bunch of Li'ls for a bribe, same with the DM RPing treasure hoards. Simply, it's 5 GP to the pound (12/lb in 3E) and you don't have to change the prices in the books. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com