We have some in our back yard... I could probably take a few pics... On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, > > Boy asm I sorryu that did not come out right here id the file attachment > ..... sorry > > Also if any of you out there have a picture of a willow > tree and could email it directly to me I would forever be in your debt.... > > I'm working on the Dream willow art and am having a hard > time commong up with a picture.. > > > Thanks > > -Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: The Siesto's <mjstudio@...> > To: DragonRaid <dragonraid@...> > Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 10:05 AM > Subject: [DragonRaid] Comments needed for second edtion submissions > > > Hello Good friends of the Dragon Raid List..... > > Over the next couple of weeks I will submitting different ideas that are > being considered for DR2. Your commemts are welcome > and needed.... the submission include a revised weapons skills system.... > An expanded equipment list.... and a realistic money system .... I also > will have an armor system as well that I am still working on .... > > Your comments and thoughts will be extremely helpful and encouraging... > good or bad... so please respond... > > > Monetary System > > Each of the regions of Talania have their own monetary system. They each > consist of various coins consisting of various precious metals. Copper and > silver are the most common coin for the average citizen. When dealing in > large amounts it is standard to use a weight of Gold, Platinum or silver. > These weights (200pw or 1lb.) Are referred to as Trade bars. Trade Bars and > their values are as follows; > > Silver Trade Bar (Sb) 2000P, Gold Trade Bar (Gb) 50,000P, and the Platinum > Trade Bar (Pb) 100,000P. > > A note about starting Money: I understand the idea that God provides it > all... but there is nothing like teaching money management and decision > making.... Have the Academy provide a basic kit... 3 weapons a standard pack > and leather armor... and a set amount of coin. Also each player recieves a > random bonus of coins based on his/her former profession..... this would be > easy to implement... just an extra column on the former professions chart. > > > > > > The Liberated Land > > > Base Unit of Coin: Penny > > Base metal values are as follows but can fluctuate as the AM deems > appropriate. The weight of each coin is measured in a penny weight. There > are approximately 240 pennies to a pound. For game purposes we will make it > an even 200 pennies per pound as the pennies of Talania are a bit heavier. > Silver is worth approximately 10 times the value of copper and Gold is > valued at 25 times the value of silver ( historically gold was valued at any > where from 10-50 times that of silver), and platinum being the most precious > of all metals is valued at 50 times that of silver. With these guidelines in > mind it becomes very easy to calculate the value of any coin based upon it�s > content and weight. > > > Coin > Equivalent > Metal > Penny Weight > Shape > Abbreviation > > Half Star > .25 > Copper > .25 > Simple Star > Hs > > Star > .50 > Copper > .50 > Simple Star > St > > Penny > 1.00 > Copper > 1 > Round > P > > Tal > 10.00 > Silver > 1 > Round > T > > Maren > 50.00 > Silver > 5 > Oval > M > > Half Crown > 1250.00 > Gold > 5 > Round > Hc > > Crown > 2500.00 > Gold > 10 > Round > Cr > > Royal Crest > 5000.00 > Platinum > 10 > Round > Rc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dragon Slave Currency > > Is the low-cast currency of the common man beyond the Liberated Lands. It�s > names were taken from the social and economic order of their government. > Over time the words shortened and evolved into the following: Lowest in the > social class was the serf and slave therefore the lowest of the coin was > named for them. Boor (means ill-mannered person) was named for the common > man. Mercant was for the Merchant class of citizen and The noble for it�s > royalty. The Drake and the Dragon were named at the top out of fear, the > rulers of the day feared reprisal should proper obeisance not be shown. > > > > > Coin > Equivalent > Metal > Penny Weight > Shape > Abbreviation > > Bit > .20 > Brass > 2 > Rectangle > Bt > > Half Boor > .5 > Brass-copper > 1 > Round > HCo > > Boor > 1.00 > Bras-copper > 2 > Round > Co > > Mercant * > 15.00 > Copper-silver > 3 > Oval > Mc > > Noble > 50.00 > Sliver-copper > 10 > Round > Gr > > Drake > 1,000.00 > Gold-silver > 10 > Round > Dk > > Dragon > 3,000.00 > Gold-silver > 15 > Triangle > Dg > > > > * Joe this could instead be Artiser (from the word Artisan or Craftsman) > > Dragon Currency > > > > Coin > Equivalent > Metal > Penny Weight > Shape > Abbreviation > > Scale > 1.00 > Copper-brass > 2 > Oval > Sc > > Claw > 25.00 > Silver-brass > 4 > Round > Cw > > Shadow > 50.00 > Sliver-copper > 7 > Round > Sh > > Serpent > 200.00 > Silver-Gold > 10 > Oval > Sp > > Half-Wyrm > 2,500.00 > Gold-silver > 15 > Round > Hw > > Wyrm > 5,000.00 > Gold-platinum > 20 > Round > W > > Great Wrym > 10,000.00 > Platinum-gold > 25 > Oval > Gw > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------