Professional services are purchasable with coin.
The mainstay of people are silver, and a single silver will get a day's labor from most anyone. But, not in they are a merchant or work for an aristocrat. And, you can pay less for someone in a bad way -- but you probably shouldn't.
Services, for a day or so:
-- Platinum: a member of an aristocrat's household
-- Gold: Professional services of a skilled merchant
-- Silver:Services of someone skilled in real work
-- Copper: Unskilled services of someone improverished
Services, for a week or so: Increase the tier cost above by one.
Some specialized examples of professional services
Cleaning:
-- Platinum: a day in the finest bath house
-- Gold: A private bath, with scented soaps
-- Silver: access to a public bathhouse
-- Copper: a quick wash off used water
Negotiable Affection:
-- Platinum: An escort who can pass as lesser nobility, who will spend a day or so with you.
-- Gold: A skilled artisan, who will come to a safe location.
-- Silver: A night with a skilled professional in a brothel
-- Copper: in the street, quick as you can.
Accounting
-- Platinum: A week's work of a common accountant, or a day's of an accountant who works for lesser nobility.
-- Gold: A day's work of a common accountant
-- Silver: An hour's work of a common accountant
-- Copper: An hour's work of a bad accountant, who will mangle your books and likely sell you out.
I'm considering having a Tin or Iron as lower than copper pieces, but I think this is OK.
Does this make sense?
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Good! Got any to add to the list?
ReplyDeleteInteractions wise I'm looking at your rule for entering the dungeon. Looks like a good "wizard" turns up a silver or gold per roll, but it wasn't clear how many rolls they make. One of the first questions I see coming is why go to the dungeon when I can make that in a week's work as an accountant.
ReplyDeleteDid I misread the earlier rule?
Sean Leventhal Ah good!
ReplyDeleteIt's one roll per time you delve. I've added an item to let you delve more.
I imagine a delve is a day's labor, and then you get the gross wages of an accountant in a week.
And, i mean, are you a trained accountant?
Well no, accounting sounds hard. But I figure a wizard in particular may have commercially viable skills. Maybe like real work. :)
ReplyDeleteOr not if wizards just fireball fireballs at the fireball-ees until they are sufficiently fireballed like in some universes.
I'm closer to a trained accountant than i am a trained wizard, I can tell you that much...
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