05-15-2020, 07:20 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
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Weights and measures
To have the observed encumbrance effect the gold bars of death test need to weigh around 10 pounds (7 cubic inches of gold, say 1" x 2" x 3.5")
By ITL 67 there are 100 gold coins to the pound so that is $10,000 worth of gold and not the $1,000 listed value of the gold bar. However a gold coin that weighed 100th of a pound would be smaller than an American penny. The adjustment needs to be made at ITL 67. Copper coins are 100 to the pound and are the size of American pennies. Silver and gold coins are 20 to the pound and therefore around the size of the Spanish "Pieces of Eight" silver coins.
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05-16-2020, 12:14 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: Weights and measures
It's versimulitude. It has to "feel right", not be right. It's just a game mechanic to make people choose between the gold or the speed.
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05-16-2020, 12:18 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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05-16-2020, 07:29 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Idaho Falls
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Re: Weights and measures
Which is heavier 16 ounces of feathers or 16 ounces of gold?
(hint - it is a sort of trick question) |
05-17-2020, 09:50 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sparks, NV
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05-17-2020, 01:08 PM | #7 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Carrboro, NC
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Re: Weights and measures
Are the feathers wet or dry? ;)
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06-04-2020, 09:26 PM | #8 | |
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Re: Weights and measures
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And I don't particularly mind if my gold coins are tiny, I just want 1 gold = 10 silver = 100 copper because it makes for easy math. I don't know about y'all, but my idea of "fantasy game" doesn't include busting out long division every time I need to make change. |
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06-07-2020, 07:40 AM | #9 |
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Durham, NC
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Re: Weights and measures
I also noticed the gold bars weight being off for the value. I just treated them as gold painted bricks of lead that Thorsz gives you $1000 for each recovered.
Kind of like plastic eggs at an Easter egg hunt. Thorsz just wants another obstacle for you to deal with and to drive you. Without paying out what a real chunk of gold would cost. Hey, he's king for a reason. |
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