tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post3312424592197026246..comments2024-02-27T01:17:39.925-08:00Comments on The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms: Treasure Codes: How Coins WorkTalysmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-29623923200754768502021-07-13T09:36:04.560-07:002021-07-13T09:36:04.560-07:00I remember an article from Dragon magazine back in...I remember an article from Dragon magazine back in the day, "How Many Coin in a Coffer?" by David F. Godwin, Dragon #80 (Dec. 1983) & Best of Dragon, Vol. V (May 1986). He asks, "How many coins will fit into a chest 18x30x18 inches?" and comes up with the answer of 43,200 stacked coins or 38,880 loose coins. Because you can stack coins in a chest or coffer, you get a higher density of possible storage. But 18x30x18 is pretty large; I was envisioning a coffer 5" high, 9" wide, and 5" deep. By his math, that coffer holds exactly 1,000 coins stacked, or about 900 coins if they're loose. The Malumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971459955701026406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-21532604083286520682021-07-12T15:48:06.766-07:002021-07-12T15:48:06.766-07:00I've got "u" as "unique" (...I've got "u" as "unique" (one item, no die roll) at the moment, but officially it's user-defined, so you could do that if desired. For the x1000 level, I'm using "oy".<br /><br />I'm thinking those large chests are pretty huge. 300 coins is the size of a backpack or large sack, basically the size and shape of a 30-pound bag of potatoes. Most chests are going to be in that range. Larger chests would exist, but keep in mind 1000 coins is more than three of those potato sacks. Although maybe we could say that the chest stores the same <i>volume</i> as a backpack, but sturdy enough to hold 1000 coins of <i>weight</i>. 300 coins would only partially fill a potato sack because of the density of gold and silver.Talysmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-56895692503459097692021-07-12T15:24:47.165-07:002021-07-12T15:24:47.165-07:00And to expand on that, we can count that as the co...And to expand on that, we can count that as the contents of a large chest, so the number could be read in chests.The Malumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971459955701026406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-62145100586509451922021-07-12T15:22:35.672-07:002021-07-12T15:22:35.672-07:00You have room for another mnemonic multiplier:
u ...You have room for another mnemonic multiplier:<br /><br />u for uncountable (x1000)The Malumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971459955701026406noreply@blogger.com