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Author Topic: Aluminum & the Alchemist  (Read 1079 times)

ricree

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Re: Aluminum & the Alchemist
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2006, 08:26:00 pm »
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<STRONG>The Dungeon Master allowing electrum (and electrum and platinum as currencies) is just a DND joke.  It doesn't take anything particularly crafty to make electrum as far as I know, and the first electrum coins are very old.</STRONG>

Interesting, I never knew that.  For those of us who were never into D&D, what is behind that joke?

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Re: Aluminum & the Alchemist
« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2006, 08:47:00 pm »
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Interesting, I never knew that.  For those of us who were never into D&D, what is behind that joke?</STRONG>

The person who runs and manages a Dungeons and Dragons game is called a Dungeon Master, they control everything in the world. Electrum in DnD is, IIRC, a non-standard type of coin that has value between gold pieces and platinum pieces.

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Re: Aluminum & the Alchemist
« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2006, 09:07:00 pm »
Between gold and silver, actually, if I recall correctly from my extremely limited 2e knowledge.  They removed this for simplicity's sake in Third Edition and Edition 3.5.
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Re: Aluminum & the Alchemist
« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2006, 01:26:00 am »
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Originally posted by Disruptive Idiot:
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The person who runs and manages a Dungeons and Dragons game is called a Dungeon Master, they control everything in the world. Electrum in DnD is, IIRC, a non-standard type of coin that has value between gold pieces and platinum pieces.</STRONG>

Ah...  I knew that much.  I was just kind of hoping that there was more to it.

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