11-18-2017, 05:28 PM
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Wielder of Smart Pants
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ventura CA
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Re: The use of DOLLARS not a fantasy/medieval money system. WHY???
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Originally Posted by whswhs
But in the United States, we just put "$" and read it as "dollar." And since GURPS is published in the United States and its units of measurement are consistently American-centric, I read $ as "dollar" in GURPS books, unless I make a conscious effort not to.
Of course, it's a GURPS dollar anyway, not a real world monetary unit. It just happens to be named after a real world monetary unit.
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That would be true of GURPS, but;
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Originally Posted by Adventurers p.95
All prices in Dungeon Fantasy are given in "$": a convenient shorthand for "standard copper piece."
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