Post by meribson on Sept 22, 2017 15:38:46 GMT
In a low-magic, dark age inspired setting that I'm working on (utilizing a lot of the ideas from the 5e LotR book such as cultures replacing races, standard of living, the smaller equipment lists, etc.) I'm strongly considering replacing gold with steel as the standard adventuring currency.
My current thought is to have the role of the gold piece (but not the value) replaced with a 1 pound steel ingot. Silver and Copper pieces would be used for things like inn-stays, food stands, etc. but for the bigger purchases they would be counting out ingots. My problem is figuring out how many gp would be equivalent to a single ingot. Looking at the Pathfinder trade goods table places a pound of iron at 1 silver piece, but in addition to steel being more valuable on its own the value assigned to goods and equipment are different in 5e.
I'm mainly looking for suggestions, or even general thoughts on using steel as currency.
My current thought is to have the role of the gold piece (but not the value) replaced with a 1 pound steel ingot. Silver and Copper pieces would be used for things like inn-stays, food stands, etc. but for the bigger purchases they would be counting out ingots. My problem is figuring out how many gp would be equivalent to a single ingot. Looking at the Pathfinder trade goods table places a pound of iron at 1 silver piece, but in addition to steel being more valuable on its own the value assigned to goods and equipment are different in 5e.
I'm mainly looking for suggestions, or even general thoughts on using steel as currency.
