Do you think in Gold or Plat?

[Dawnblade]

But constructs were around then as well, just not sentient constructs. On top of that, if we were really looking to pass blame (while for me its praise) for the idea of the Warforged we should blame contest winner Keith Baker for ever submitting the idea. Thanks to his pitch for Eberron the idea of the Warforged was born..

I know constructs have been around but I was responding to the quote that ended with...

about 8ish years as a playable race.

Besides, playin as a sentinet construct is by far the least outlandish thing that WoTC or TSR have ever done. Things like Spelljammer and Thri-Kreen out weigh that pretty heavily, but no one ever talks about D&D In Space or the fact that you could reinact Star Ship Troopers minus the guns (or with the guns if you had the right TSR books).

No one ever talks about those at all. As far as I know, these worlds were not that popular at all compared to Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, and even Dragonlance or Dark Sun. Then again, I could be wrong.

[Kalanth]

[QUOTE=Dawnblade;1814140]I know constructs have been around but I was responding to the quote that ended with...

Opportunistic quote.

No one ever talks about those at all . As far as I know, these worlds were not that popular at all compared to Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, and even Dragonlance or Dark Sun. Then again, I could be wrong.

I do have friends that are in love with Spelljammer and Dark Sun respectively, but yeah they were a part of a dark time at TSR where they scrambled to release anything they could in hopes that it would revive the company. Eberron is a rather popular world these days (no Forgotten Realms, however) and is more of a Pulp Noir kind of high fantasy world. It is less of the traditional Knights in shinning armor kind of world and that is what brings about things like Living Constructs. Just kind of funny to me that people can't accept the idea of a Living Construct and most insist on it to be a robot or android.

[Dawnblade]

I do have friends that are in love with Spelljammer and Dark Sun respectively, but yeah they were a part of a dark time at TSR where they scrambled to release anything they could in hopes that it would revive the company. Eberron is a rather popular world these days (no Forgotten Realms, however) and is more of a Pulp Noir kind of high fantasy world. It is less of the traditional Knights in shinning armor kind of world and that is what brings about things like Living Constructs. Just kind of funny to me that people can't accept the idea of a Living Construct and most insist on it to be a robot or android.

Well of course I was generalizing when I said "no one". I imagine someone, somewhere has played those less popular titles. I'm not involved in rpg circles these days so I don't know what kind of popularity Eberron has amongst players. From what I see in the boards though, it seems that most (but not all) of the people who prefer Eberron over the older worlds are newer players. And it's my understanding that there is no much else being released by WoTC besides Eberron stuff. So a lot of players will never get to know Greyhawk; not sure if there is any official Forgotten Realms stuff still around.

Regarding constructs, I don't know about other people but I see them as mindless slaves created by wizards for a specific purpose. Much like undeads created by necromancers to guard them. The pinocchio concept that Eberron seems to have adopt towards warforged does not appeal to me. But that doesn't mean it can't appeal to someone else. They'll probably sit right next to dwarves on my list of races I will not play "seriously".

[arminius]

That's about when the evil WOTC took over then. I haven't played since. I think he was refering to the real old days when TSR was still around. The Golden Age

I think of it more as The Platinum Age.

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[shane1122]

That's about when the evil WOTC took over then. I haven't played since. I think he was refering to the real old days when TSR was still around. The Golden Age

I never knew any other era beyond the the early hard cover books (Dungeon masters Guide, Players Handbook, Montster Manuel, etc) which were new to us compared to the stuff we started with. Remember that old blue book with the wizard and guy in heavy plate (wielding a bow?) taking on the Red Dragon?

Did not mean to dismiss Warforged. Any good campaign setting should have original aspects that make it unique. I would just rather have seen the "classic" core D&D classes and races instituted before striking out for new ground.
-Shane

[rest]

I think in Silver because I'm lame

Necro bump.


I was noticing that a lot of people are back to the gold standard. Is it because there are a lot of new players who arent' as filthy rich as some old timers?

FYI I've since moved on from silver to platinum.

[7-day_Trial_Monkey]

Only in pp. I find it ridiculous that people talk about things in gold in the trade channel.

[Big_Russ]

Actually, the more I think about this, I really do most of AH thoughts in terms of 10kpp. If they added rupees or something where one = 10kpp; that would be my ideal scale.

This is why the standard currency should be large scales.

[dasein18]

I think in Electrum.. then covert back to xxk plat. It is a pain.

[Timjc86]

I think in terms of plat.

Of the two people I play DDO with the most, one thinks in terms of gold and the other bounces back and forth.

[MarcusCole]

I think in terms of plat, really have no idea why.

[ExarKun77]

4 currencies are way too much for this game. We could easily get rid of silver and copper or whatever's the last one (i doubt you can buy anything with one copper piece, so get rid of this, plz).

And i think in gold, old habbits ^^

[Eleia]

The game I spent the most time playing (so far anyway), had everything listed in plat. So...I always think in plat, even in games that only use gold. I use to drive my guildies crazy.

I've always wondered why everything is listed in gold in this game, but we have plat. Did turbine add plat later in the game?

[Newtons_Apple]

What the hell is gold?

[SquelchHU]

What the hell is gold?

A shiny rock you can't eat.

[Ughh]

I Think In Bacon

[Samadhi]

been thinking in terms of plat since the level cap was 10. there is no other real value of value.

[Mr_Ed7]

My second thinks in gp I think in pp...UGH!

[Mr_Ed7]

Let's do one coin! Good idea!

[Psyk0sisS]

Plat for sure, I'll always think in the highest form of currency in any situation. If the highest denomination was gold in this game, I'd say gold.

If I have $3 in quarters in my pocket... I dont say "I've got 12 quarters", I say "I've got $3".

Most people will do the same, its quite natural to want to deal with smaller numbers when doing conversions...