Money in the Shard Scape

[TLDunn213]

Let's start out in the wilderness where you have roaming bands of Barbarians and maybe a small village now and then.

Out here it's mostly a bartar system and the closest thing to money is wampam beads. One Bead is equal to a Copper pice in terms of buying power.

A String of 10 Beads; A Silver 

And a Bundle of 10 Strings; A Gold

You won't find anything for sale at more than 5 Bundles . Or at least not very often. People out here want things they can use. 

An odd qwerk of this is that you might be able to trade a couple of well polished Copper pieces for a String while not being able to get more than a Bead or two for a tarnished Silver piece. And on the flip side of this you might be able to sell a single Bead for a couple of Gold. To the right Collector. Such trades are rare and typically not repeatable, but well worth keeping in mind if you get the chance.

 

In Towns on the edge of the Wilds you can usually find someone who will be able to swap Coins for Beads and back again at the Bead for Copper rate. For a small service fee of course.

Another place where you are likely to encounter off beat Money is in the Goblin Quarter of Cities that are large trading hubs. Here you might encounter Iron Bits, Iron pieces (8 Bits to the Piece ) Ceramic pieces, Guild Marks, etc. Pieces and Marks are usually about the same value as a Copper pice.

If you venture into these places keep your Silver close and don't let anyone even think you have Gold unless you are so obviously powerful that no one would dare mess with you. 

In Civilized places the Money goes like this:

10 Copper pieces to the Silver 

10 Silver to the Gold 

10 Gold to the Electrum 

10 Electrum to the Platinum 

10 Platinum to the Krystal 

(Yes the 1K piece being 1000 Gold is totally on purpose.)

So basically standard D&D/Fantasy world Money with the Krystal pice being the notable addition.

Krystal pieces are made from Gem jell mixed with diamond dust a catalyst and a bit of magic to trigger the reaction. 

 

Edited June 7 by TLDunn213