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Tinker Thinker

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Trading and Otherwise Making Money
« on: April 19, 2010, 03:45:21 pm »

I'm having a very difficult time getting ahold of useable items to sell. My teammates are remarkably healthy (except one who I acquired because she had lost her arm in an unexplained accident, solely so I could grab her gear which spawned under her). None of the monsters I've been sent against have managed to accumulate any loot at all.

Further, I do not understand how to get money. When I trade with someone for currency, they just owe me that amount of money, and I can't seem to use that as credit to purchase something.  But more than that, I can't figure out how to judge the actual worth of items. . .

Can someone help me?

Also, should I take on a dragon with an adventurer I'm dearly attached to (whose skills are still 'skilled', with starting gear)? This is a tiny topic compared to the main. I can always make another, but I don't want to lose this one.
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Re: Trading and Otherwise Making Money
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2010, 03:53:56 pm »

When they "owe you" you can walk up to the table next to the shopkeeper's chest so an amount of coins will appear, which should be exactly how much they owe you. Of course this applies only if htye have enough coins.
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Re: Trading and Otherwise Making Money
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2010, 04:14:08 pm »

Well, I found one of the lootcarpets at this giant's lair. How much would you say the average trinket is worth in coinage?
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Re: Trading and Otherwise Making Money
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2010, 04:17:01 pm »

Well, I found one of the lootcarpets at this giant's lair. How much would you say the average trinket is worth in coinage?
Wooden = About 10dwarfbucks
Stone=About 10 as well
Gems = More valuable
Bone=Depends on creature
Valuable Stone=More valuable
Metal=Valuable
Clownite=Extremely valuable
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Re: Trading and Otherwise Making Money
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2010, 04:34:12 pm »

Bah, got jumped by five legendary giants after I killed the first. My one-armed macewoman and human pikeman couldn't even arrive in time to help.
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Re: Trading and Otherwise Making Money
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2010, 04:44:18 pm »

What I do to kill mini mega beasts is just sneak and wait till it runs into one of my companions. While the giant's busy biting my friend's third left toe off (I don't see why they don't just swallow my buddies whole) I sneak up behind him/her and deliver a swift axe to the face. Or the left thumb, depends on my mood.
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Re: Trading and Otherwise Making Money
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2010, 02:20:14 pm »

Well, my adventurers have acquired a habit of dying in that spot. So, the latest one has gone unchallenged by giants and picked up a /lot/ of loot from the others' corpses, of varying qualities.

However, I can't tell which metal to use (I've got bronze, bizmuth bronze, iron, and a few steel steel pieces. In general, what's best for weapons and for armour?),

And I can't get them to equip things right (somehow, I've equipped steel leggings to my right hand).

Advice?
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Re: Trading and Otherwise Making Money
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2010, 02:37:04 pm »

What I do to kill mini mega beasts is just sneak and wait till it runs into one of my companions. While the giant's busy biting my friend's third left toe off (I don't see why they don't just swallow my buddies whole) I sneak up behind him/her and deliver a swift axe to the face. Or the left thumb, depends on my mood.
This is what I do too. If the buddies survive they're usually legendary wrestlers so it's win-win. :P
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