I know I said I wanted to keep money rather abstract, but this is one of those points where your currency is integral to the story. I need to know what you can afford and what you are carrying. What follows is an invisible post for each of you. I have started each with what I believe to be your current cash. I have re-read the old threads and made some assumptions. If you believe this to be in error, let me know and I will make adjustments; I'm pretty easy-going.
DO NOT respond to this thread. Only respond to your individual thread. You may use the thread throughout the campaign to keep a running total of your assets.
Please list whatever equipment, arms or armor you may also have. Once you are in the wilds, it will be harder to convince me that you had something but didn't list it.
Please post any requests for things not on the price list.
I have listed assets in the format XgXsXc, for gold, silver and copper. If you all would prefer, we can simply say $X, where X is the equivalent in silver dollars. Thus 5g8s4c=$58.40

[EDITED on Sun October 13, 2002 @10:35 PM (PDT)]

15s + 3 necklaces and two broaches of unknown value.
Please list equipment arms and armor.

loin and sash, leather bracers, ankle high boots,
one greave, buckler, armband, bracelet, bandelero, collar,
leather hood
(armor provided by these is 2def over 11-),
punch dagger, stiletto, four throwing knives,
lockpicks and set of tools (sm. hammer, a couple wedges, prying bar, some spikes, file, pliers, wire cutter, glass cutter), sturdy havasac, scroll case, 40 feet slim rope and sm. padded grapnel, a few small pouches, a few coins, some poisons and drugs.

newly gained items: 40 matches and a tenderbox to keep them dry, a pint of oil and some cloth and a whetstone to care for my weapons, three bandages and a sack.

Pair of sandles given to Nuyok.

Money: 2 SP, 7 CP.

[EDITED on Thu November 21, 2002 @10:19 PM (PST)]

Black Spadesnake Venom 3 doses
Lethal Venom (10g/dose, 1 week to prepare batch, rare materials)
4d6 CON Drain(1d6 per minute, recov.5/hr) NND (Life Support)
Must do Body, 1 minute onset
plus
4d6 RKA NND (Life Support)

Narklep 2 doses
Knockout drops (1g/dose, 1 day to prepare batch, uncommon materials)
10d6 Stun Drain(1d6 per minute, recov.5/20 min.) NND (Life Support)
Must be ingested, 1 minute onset

Krakentooth1 dose
Lethal Venom (20g/dose, 1 week to prepare batch, very rare materials)
5d6 CON Drain(1d6 per minute, recov.5/five hours) NND (Life Support)
Must be ingested, 1 minute onset
plus
5d6 RKA NND (Life Support)

I used a dose of Black Spadesnake Venom on Master Ash. (You said the 5dd one was used but it has to be injested.)

Oh man, Ash is still alive!
J/K

OOC: When I finaly get a chance to go buying things and know what I need, I'll get 20 matches and a tenderbox to keep them dry, a pint of oil and some cloth and a whetstone to care for my weapons, three bandages and a sack.
trading 12-, If posible to slieght of hand a some extra matches, 14- (using agility skill level

3d6: 2, 1, 1 (STUN: 4, BODY: 1) Thu October 17, 2002 @8:33 PM (PDT)
3d6: 6, 5, 2 (STUN: 13, BODY: 4) Thu October 17, 2002 @8:33 PM (PDT)

I show what I have in hand
"This all should cost about 3 coins" and as a distraction I turn after they finger through them for a moment and grab a pair of sandles, oh and canyou throw in these?"
and then drop three silver coins on the counter.

Smiling and off-handedly, "I am travelling to Adala. Canyou think of anything more Ishould get, and do you have any news of the road?"

You grab an extra twenty matches without being noticed. The shopkeeper has no knowledge of the road. (If you want more interaction, post in a story thread. I'm trying to save this thread for bookkeeping only. The stealing was OK here, though.)

I need a new cloak, lost mine to the carnobroc, but I have no more coin. Don't want to use the stolen gems while in Talon authority. With all the carnage and fighting that had been happening is it posible I could have found one or taken one from some fallen body.
Also for clarification, I have weapon familiarity small blades, I was wondering what the largest blade I could use without the -3 mod would be. If I can use a short sword and can find one that isn't conspicuous I would pick it up as well.

Small blades would probably not include anything seen as a main weapon, i.e. short sword. However, it's a minor quiblle and I don't see a problem with it.
As for finding a weapon. Any weapon taken from a fallen body would be stamped as property of the Tallon Army and would not only be difficult to sell, but illegal and punishable to possess.
As for the cloak, Mako gave the whole party new ones (even the non-combatant NPCs). They're no fancy, but they are nice and durable.

+$60 for jewelry sale.
You still have the cheaper brooch left

5g (All that?s left after paying Stichard)
3 posters worth 25g each in Tallon, perhaps 40g each in Adala. These prices are heavily influenced by trading and haggling.
Please list equipment arms and armor.

[EDITED on Sun October 13, 2002 @10:32 PM (PDT)]

ok, thanks. Can you give me some general advice on what other equipment I would have figured out to have for basic survival over the past 6 months?

Also, is it possible to put something into my character that would have me produce up to 3 things that would sort of indicate that Vagrant has the necessary thing for the immediate need. In superheroic terms, sort of like a gadget pool with a luck roll or something. "Ah, I just happen to have what you need right here..."

It's nothing magical just a way to describe his ability to bring forth the necessary equipment in a bad situation.

If we had designed that power into his character in the first place, I might, just might allow it. However, I think the idea sounds cool, so here's my compromise.
List out every last knick knack your character is carrying (within reason). If you need to produce some small item like you're describing, I will let you trade three previously undisclosed items in order to have it on your person. Once you've shown or used it, however, it's permanent.
As for what you're carrying, that's up to you. Think typical D&D adventurer stuff and start there. I remember you made a list of junk you were carrying at one time.

2s5c (arena scrapings)
You're the poorest of the lot.
Please list equipment arms and armor.

[EDITED on Sun October 13, 2002 @10:32 PM (PDT)]

Knife
Battle Ax
Helmet

[EDITED on Thu January 23, 2003 @8:26 PM (EST)]

Bandages 1c
Drinkskin 2c
Trail Rations 2s
left 2c

25g50s (25g from Daddy+50s winnings)
16 Bundles of Silk. Each is worth 10g in Tallon and four times that in Adala.
You have offered shares of half the profits to Cas(1), Handle(1) and Nuyok(1.5)
The expected profits are 480g.
Remember to keep your receipts, since you subtract all expenses from this before dividing up shares.
Oxen and cart value $30g
Peaches carries 3g.

There were some supplies already on the wagon. Food, not enough but some.
I intend to finish supplying food with the otter.
Rope
Lanterns
camping gear (pots, pans, cups, fire lighting stuff)
Bed rolls
1 good sword/ 1 extra in wagon
knives/ machete/saw/axe
Cloak (for warm and wet)
Leather Armor (tell me how much)
tarps for covering the wagon
First Aid (woundwart, bandages, etc.)
Same as above all for Peaches
Barrel for water
Keys to the wherehouse, papers for silks (if there are such things)

Do I have all that stuff?
Do we need more food stuffs?

Yes, you have all that stuff.
You shouldn't need any further supplies.

Here's how I see it...
323 gold from Candu
220 gold from last buyer

(you wrote 440 but I think you meant 44/bolt x 5)

Sale $543.00
Cost $160.00
Profits $383.00
Expenses $26.01

I still have 3 bolts of silk.
Net Profit $356.99
Half Profit $178.50
Shares
Nuyok 1.5 $31.50
Handle 1 $21.00
Celeste 1 $21.00
Cas 1 $21.00
Beka 3 $63.00
Peaches 1 $21.00

+6g10s from Nuyok and Ricco who didn't take Rath's share.

3g5s Vagrants share

Silk Sale
Sale $543.00
Cost $160.00
Profits $383.00
Expenses $26.01
Net Profit $356.99
Half Profit $178.50
My Personal Share
Beka $63.00

Carrying $438.00

Wine Purchase
6 boxes of Good Wine (Expected Price 1/bottle, $30)
4 Boxes of Fine Wine (Expected Price 2/bottle, $20)
1 box of Excellent Wine (Expected Price 3/bottle, $30)
1 box of Rare Wine (Expected Price 8/bottle, $40)
4 bolts silk (about $20 each)

TotalExpenses: $86.20
Carrying $351.80 ($63.00 personal, $288.80 business)

5s (and they're funny-looking, too)
Please list all equipment carried

[EDITED on Sun October 13, 2002 @10:33 PM (PDT)]

Funny looking how? They're perfectly fine looted silver pieces. No one has questioned my money so far have they?

I have: the falchion, a whip, my clothing, (top, bottom,belt, boots, wrist bracers of some sort), boot knives (one in each boot)....and not much else, I was shipwrecked you know..... : )( oh, and the sea maps are stashed away on the unnamed island......if i ever get back up that way, they may be worth something.)(Any gems in the hilt of the falchion I could perhaps pry out and sell?)

Well, it might break your heart to do so, since it is a work of art, but yes, there are several gems of unknown value in the hilt and pommel.

Well, I'll hold off on prying the jewels outl.....I've given Beka 3 of my "funny looking " silver to get a few things for me, she got the better roll on trading....Is there something I should now about the "funny looking " coins.....???? Actually it won't matter much as I will most likely be spending the last two on a meal and a beer.....by then I'll just have coppers left probably.....unless there is something weird about my "funny looking" silver......????

I just meant they're not Tallonese mint. For some bizarre reason, the Savage Earth, like all fantasy rpg worlds everywhere, mints coins across thousands of miles of geography and throughout recorded history. Yet somehow, these coins are always interchangeable. 1 gp = 1 gp.

It's a mystery...

Okay, so they're not really funny looking to me, I've probably seen all kinds of coin come through my fathers hands and my own then. It's possible they might be funny looking to someone in Tallon, but no one is going to refuse them because of the way they look... Just checking because I'm really hungry......I now have 2s left until I come back from the "Big Prawn".....

this is what I am buying, you will have to let me know the price of two items....

At the Sign of the Big Prawn...decent meal....2c
decent beer.....2c
at the emporium.....................oil flask pt.......3c
blanket.............1s
drink skin............2c
rope 25'.............1s
bandages x 2 ...2c
sack....................1c
whetstone..........??
flints for fire.........??
Total 3S 2c spent
plus the charges for the
whetstone and flints ??
pastries at the Big Prawn 5c
Oh, and some fishing line and some hooks and maybe some smelly cheese (keeps better than bugs or fish type bait), so whatever else that may cost me out of my 5s....
I didn't do anything special on my roll, so my prices are standard


[EDITED on Thu October 17, 2002 @6:36 PM (PDT)]

[EDITED on Thu October 17, 2002 @7:07 PM (PDT)]

just checking on the odds and ends of my purchase...and figures on those things not priced?

Whetstone, Flints, fishing line and hooks = 1s total.
This includes little bags for each item.

okay, by my calculation I have 3c left..... I wonder if spikey thing spikes will fetch a price at the fort? (Celeste is going to learn from Bolinor and look for things to scavange from bodies of unusual monsters....scales and spikes and such....teeth.....poison sacs.....oh, okay, I digress.....

broke

25s (You had to leave everything else with your kin back in Tallon)
Please list all your arms, armor and equipment.

Arms
High Quality Stiletto
Regular Stiletto
Armor
Leather vest wrap (not on)
Equipment
Semi-warm baklava
14 pieces of carving wood
1 piece of carving wood resembling a male robed fox
softened leather strip for keeping carved wood safe from damage
a nice outfit (being worn)
Wooden Box which has inside:
a. Braclet
b. Lock of Fox Hair
c. Six Marbles
d. Couple of Random Herbs

I spent 3s so I should have 22s.
Riccoco owes me 2s.

I think it likely that your character owns and carries a small variety of woodworking tools. This would probably include:
several small knives, including a draw knife, chisel and a gouge
A small hatchet, the back of which would serve as a hammer
a couple of rasps
oil and polishing cloths
small whetstone
This would likely be wrapped in a oilcloth case. No charge for this; it is background equipment and not something you would likely have had to purchase.

+1s
I sold my Baklava to Riccoco

10g30s (the contents of your bag from under the bed.)
Please list all your arms, armor and equipment.

Money - 10g30s from under the bed, plus 1s from Handle

Equipment (from a long-ago email):
Sword (presumably Broadsword, based on enhanced STR 13)
Daggers (I believe 2, since my 3rd was stolen, grrr )
Backpack/haversack
Belt pouch
Matches
Whetstone
Cloak & clothes
Bed roll

I can let most of that stuff be on your person. However, you started the game on a midnight errand and only had time to grab dagers and gold before you left. Unless you can think of a compelling reason why you would have had the bedroll, backpack and whetstone already on you., you'll probably have to buy replacements.

Gotcha! Actually, I was thinking the money was in the pack, but I can see about the bedroll

Given the revised list you provided, how about having the following:
Sword (presumably Broadsword, based on enhanced STR 13)
Daggers (I believe 2, since my 3rd was stolen, grrr )
Belt pouch
20 Matches in waterproof box (I assume this is fairly small, could have had on my person?)
Cloak & clothes

Then I would look to buy:
Backpack (3s)
Bedroll (swear I saw it on the list before, but no more, use blanket price?) (1s)
Additional clothes (3s)
8 Bandages (8c)
3 days Trail Rations (to keep in reserve) (3s)
Drinkskin (2c)
3 Candles (3c)
1 Sack (1c)
Whetstone (don't see on the list, how about 1s?) (1s)

Those all look good.

Well, that'll spend 12s4c total, leaving 10g18s6c for future reference.

3g10s
Bag of Dreamleaf worth 75s in Tallon, maybe 5 times that in Adala. You?ll probably want a better (more waterproof) package for the Dreamleaf.
Please list all your arms, armor and equipment

Arms:
Trident
Dagger (for up close and personal engagements.. or eatting)

Armor:
Leather vest and diaper 2DEF 13- activation

Equip:
Backpack-oilskin cloak, Drinkskin of redberry ale, (3 days trail rations), reed panpipes, forged Merchant Guild membership (Tallon), forged Tarrif reciepts (Tallon), 1 pint oil, waterproof matchbox 3 matches

Sack of dreamleaf

Edited after reconsideration and stop misunderstandings

[EDITED on Wed October 16, 2002 @1:42 PM (CDT)]

Oil sack $5
blanket $1
Lamp $1
Bandages x2 $ .20
3 days rations $3
Sm. Box $3
Matches $1

Total 14.20
Trader discount 20% 2.80
Ricco Cost 11.40
Bank $40.00
Remainder $38.60

Let me know if you agree with the calculations. I'm an RPer not a math guy. (Though, some call me Kid Calculator for my quick dice adding skills...)

Kid Calculator should have a remainder of $28.60, not $38.60.

You've found my susceptibility!

Handle VPP! (Unless that is a multi-power?)

How much cash have I spent? I believe you left a total I should have subtracted in that Alehouse...

Is that all I've spent this far? I think I have some disposable cash for a return trip to Tallon! I need to know how much, though!

Current pocket change 28.60

Ale and Beer 2.00

Remainder $26.60

25s
Jareek has 3s. (He met an old drinking buddy two days ago.)
Please list your arms, armor and equipment.

200 of those 4inch red yarn pieces, 2 of each kind of specially marked arrow, black, white, yellow. One kid's noise-maker that you whirl on a stick. (from our previous discussion).

(From Faliol the Fox document) Personal armor Def 2, Act 11 or less. A broadsword, a long bow usable with 13 str, 2 doz arrows (not including the special ones), a knife, backpack, several days worth of trail rations, flint/steel, small 2-fox tent, several pouches.

What I forgot in my earlier haste - a small canteen, a thin, strong rope about 25 feet, clothing looks like my picture, all green.

Question - do beasts need raincoats? Wouldn't they severely over-heat in one?

25 S

-------------

Jareek has 3 S

I have one right arm and one left arm.

I would like to buy one small canteen and one thin-strong rope 25 feet. I didn't see any prices for these...

Here be me Trading Roll, Arrghh! 12 or less
3d6: 4, 6, 1 (STUN: 11, BODY: 3) Mon October 14, 2002 @6:31 AM (CDT)

Faliol buys 1 canteen for 9 copper (1S - 10%)
" " 1 rope, 25 feet for 9 copper (1S - 10%)
" " 1 oil cloak for 4.5 silver (5S - 10%)

That leaves 18 Silver and 7 copper.

Keith, this is a good idea, (the rolling Bank messages). Me like!

After giving Jareek 5 coppers for brekky, Faliol has 18 S, 2 copper.

It better be good dang food!!!!

Faliol bought 3 drinks at 1 copper each (+ 1 copper tip) leaving him 17S, 8C.

After paying 3 silver, Faliol has 14S, 8C.

Had 14S, 8C at the Adala Gate.

With Rath's gift of 3G, 6S, my total is now 3G, 20S, 8C.

Kent paid Faliol and Jareek 40s, 4g.

Faliol had 3G, 6S, 8C after Rath's inheritance.

He wishes (groan, damn DNPC) to split his total money 50/50 with Jareek. BUT he knows that Jareek will drink it all up in a couple of days, leaving them both broke. Faliol has a system whereby he pays Jareek's rent and a kind old widow to feed the old fox. He also pays a friendly barkeep to space out Jareek's liquor. So Jareek doesn't touch the money, but gets the use out of it. Probably why the old fox was trying to scout for Kent at the beginning - to get some cash of his own.

So, 5G, 8S, 4C will be spent on Jareek when they return to Tallon.

5G, 8S, 4C will be kept by Faliol as his own.

My DNPC is damn expensive!

I've spent a few dollars in various places. I have no idea, how much, though.

Any way we could hammer out how much money Riccoco has for future dealings in Adala?

I believe he spent some money in various AleHouses and a head price for getting over a river.

Does that sound right?

I had $28.60

What do I have now?

I've been searching around the Storyboard.

Ricco bought one, maybe two rounds, at the first Alehouse they found in Adala at 1 cp a piece. There were four of us. That would be 8 copper max.

Now, in Hole Market, Ricco slipped out a 'fat coin' to pay for Ricco and Faliol's drinks as well as loosen the Bunny waitress' tongue.

I figure a silver is what the 'fat coin' was but, it's negotiable.

If it was a silver, Ricco has spent 1.80 since his shopping spree leaving Tallon. We'll average it to 2$ so, he is rich at

$26.60.

Does that sound right to you?

Since Fort Lizard was on Mako's dime, that sounds fine. Go ahead and add the figures you just gave me in line with your regular sub-thread on this thread so I can find them easier in the future.
BTW, if Dan can make it possible for me to update the skin on my own, I plan to have a link directly to the Bank thread.

In the interim, I've just added a link to my favorites. It seems to work relatively well. Considering.



I must say... It's great to have you back, Keith.

(edited for doubleness)

[EDITED on Sat December 13, 2003 @7:35 AM (PST)]

Did I get my gold back from that jerk in Adala?

hmm....I guess I need a response here before I go out spending money.....

did I?

[EDITED on Sun June 27, 2004 @5:44 PM (PDT)]

knife 4G
clothing 8S

Found the post with payment, it was all the way back to October
21 G
plus Raths Share
3 G 5 S
total 21G 5S
less 4G 8S ( 4G for knife, 8S for basic clothing)
left 16 G 7 S after purchases at Ft Lizard

just so I can keep track
4S tobacco for James
16G 3S left

[EDITED on Wed July 7, 2004 @1:36 PM (PDT)]

[EDITED on Tue July 20, 2004 @11:28 AM (PDT)]