tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post5885259573660603406..comments2024-03-25T19:47:36.154-07:00Comments on Goblin Punch: Undermen, Grues, and Grue-coinsArnold Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-36271131313126026882016-05-29T22:52:15.938-07:002016-05-29T22:52:15.938-07:00Magical ubermoney? 10g = 1 grue-coin, perhaps, al...Magical ubermoney? 10g = 1 grue-coin, perhaps, although if you have a high-wealth game, make them 100g or 1000g. Each one is also a minor magic item (one that vanishes when you look at it) so nothing too cheap.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-82931185705948465902016-05-29T10:10:35.399-07:002016-05-29T10:10:35.399-07:00Typo. I'm assuming not 'just' a single...Typo. I'm assuming not 'just' a single copper.Belac93https://www.blogger.com/profile/08119030522063131796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-77525913100587173022016-05-29T07:42:22.453-07:002016-05-29T07:42:22.453-07:00Due to the rarity of them, how much do you think t...Due to the rarity of them, how much do you think they would be worth? I'm assuming not a single copper. Or would it be more like a good, where you would have to haggle?Belac93https://www.blogger.com/profile/08119030522063131796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-21234795525802458242016-05-28T10:56:14.896-07:002016-05-28T10:56:14.896-07:00Nah, I bet the drow are behind it. Everybody else ...Nah, I bet the drow are behind it. Everybody else is like "Oh, the morlocks have this fiat currency; okay I guess..." and the drow are all, "Oh, wow, look at all those guys getting killed by grues without us even lifting a finger!" 8^DConfanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361443460498670841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-26355649068153847182016-05-28T10:19:16.036-07:002016-05-28T10:19:16.036-07:00Metagaming reason: because it's cool. Plus pl...Metagaming reason: because it's cool. Plus players can maybe use the coins in interesting ways.<br /><br />In game reason: it's currency because it's finite, difficult to fake, and all cultures value it and can get some. Blind races don't value gold, because it's just another metal.<br /><br />And currencies are weird in general. If one culture values something enough, it becomes worth more elsewhere. Like, imagine if Mexico tried passing a law saying that the US dollar was worthless. It wouldn't stick.<br /><br />I imagine that the morlocks were the first group to start valuing grue-coins, so everyone else had to as well.<br /><br />Also, magical reagents for currency is tricky, because they're also a trade good. That's like using wheat or semiconductors as currency.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-31308803396730898872016-05-27T19:49:10.582-07:002016-05-27T19:49:10.582-07:00Some pretty cool ideas! I like this grue variant, ...Some pretty cool ideas! I like this grue variant, and I definitely like how different cultures react to them in different ways.<br /><br />One question, though: *why* do people make grue-coins? It seems like a huge amount of risk and trouble to get some haunted coins that you can't ever look at or handle too much. And yet this, rather than (e.g.) magical reagents is the most common use of grue corpses? Am I missing something obvious? If I were a PC in your game, what is there to make me more interested in grue-coins than, say, actual gold, outside of maybe tricking some goods from someone whom I really don't want to pay, but whom I'm not worried about retaliation from?Confanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361443460498670841noreply@blogger.com