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[Gentlefish]

@Flabort:
    Wow, I'm glad I gave that to you! That list is awesome. I might run it through LaTeX and .pdf it once it's done so it's nice and portable, and so the hyperlinks actually work

Man, I want to convert the DFA over to Pathfinder but I don't know where to start. I remember seeing a guide on how to convert classes somewhere though?

[flabort]

@Flabort:
    Wow, I'm glad I gave that to you! That list is awesome. I might run it through LaTeX and .pdf it once it's done so it's nice and portable, and so the hyperlinks actually work

Man, I want to convert the DFA over to Pathfinder but I don't know where to start. I remember seeing a guide on how to convert classes somewhere though?

Don't think I'll be able to finish it without some help, though. Especially with my other project right now, and my life too.

As for hyperlinks, try clicking them in View Mode. I think the default is Suggest Mode.

[Bohandas]

Coins can be broken down into fractionals, or even just melted down for the gold. Everyone uses gold. Kings, peasants, wizards. Gold is a currency that anyone can use.

You've got it backwards. Gold is a currency that no one can use. Not in that sense at any rate. Only spellcasters can make direct practical use of scrolls, true, but nobody can directly make practical use of gold; they can only trade it for things that are useful.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I disagree. Gold Pieces are the universal magical currency. The Identify spell cannot be cast unless you have pearls worth exactly 100 pieces of gold.

[GiglameshDespair]

Coins can be broken down into fractionals, or even just melted down for the gold. Everyone uses gold. Kings, peasants, wizards. Gold is a currency that anyone can use.

You've got it backwards. Gold is a currency that no one can use. Not in that sense at any rate. Only spellcasters can make direct practical use of scrolls, true, but nobody can directly make practical use of gold; they can only trade it for things that are useful.

...no, I haven't?

I'm not talking about using the gold as a material. I'm talking about using it as a currency, because that's what we were talking about.
And gold is used in at least one process to do with magic, so I'd argue that gives it a practical use, but that's beside the point.

[MrRoboto75]

I disagree. Gold Pieces are the universal magical currency. The Identify spell cannot be cast unless you have pearls worth exactly 100 pieces of gold.

Or if it's 3rd ed, large lump sums are needed to create magic items.

[Jimmy]

1 pound of gold dust is a material component of the Wall of Iron spell. Half a pound of gold dust is a material component of the Fire Trap spell. Direct use of gold without requiring an intermediate purchase confirmed!

[GiglameshDespair]

I think you also require gold dust to scribe new spells into your spellbook as a wizard?

[Jimmy]

3.5e gives the vague "Materials for writing the spell cost 100 gp per page." Could be expensive ink or special quills rather than gold.

[BlackFlyme]

Cool. I'm gonna go write my spells in glow-in-the-dark ink!

[Jimmy]

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[Bohandas]

I disagree. Gold Pieces are the universal magical currency. The Identify spell cannot be cast unless you have pearls worth exactly 100 pieces of gold.

Or if it's 3rd ed, large lump sums are needed to create magic items.

That's to buy equipment. The items aren't made through some kind of reverse-alchemy.

And in any case even if it was it's still something that's only useful to spellcasters

[Criptfeind]

I disagree. Gold Pieces are the universal magical currency. The Identify spell cannot be cast unless you have pearls worth exactly 100 pieces of gold.

So make sure you step across those borders to non pearl producing nations before going though your loot kids.

[Rolan7]

I disagree. Gold Pieces are the universal magical currency. The Identify spell cannot be cast unless you have pearls worth exactly 100 pieces of gold.

Or if it's 3rd ed, large lump sums are needed to create magic items.

That's to buy equipment. The items aren't made through some kind of reverse-alchemy.

And in any case even if it was it's still something that's only useful to spellcasters

It's DND 3.5 though.  Only spellcasters do useful things

In my group it was reverse-alchemy, but we were mostly deep in wasteland, wilderness, or hostile undead cities.  I think we had like 3 time-skip downtimes in 2 years and 4 sets of characters...  Otherwise we were traveling (or teleporting).

Of course, using up gold like that does raise questions...  But our setting was essentially post-apocalyptic, so we were essentially scavenging the magical unperishable metal of the ancient ones to power our crafts and spells.  Gold and platinum may as well been orichalcum.

[Jimmy]

Given that the Wall of Iron spell permanently creates materials suitable for manufacturing equipment, weapons or armor, I'd say it would be a fairly logical conclusion that a 50 gp investment of gold dust does in fact create a reverse-alchemy effect, especially when combined with the Fabricate spell.