Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - to 19 Mar 2008 (#2008-1) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 20/03/2008, 18:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 2 messages totalling 184 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Mystaran Numismatics (2) ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:22:56 -0500 From: Greg Weatherup Subject: Mystaran Numismatics Aloha, >> As for the ancient egyptians- Most sources only have from greek egypt or >> more recent. > Same here =3D) I wonder why. As studied as egypt is, there seems to be a lack of informat= ion in this area. Perhaps they have their own version of that thing that e= rases memories and evidence of old Nithia (can't remember what it is called= off the top of my head, bead of oblivion?) >> From what I can find out (mostly from wikipedia), before the arrival of >> Alexander the Great, the ancient egyptians apparently used a weight syst= em >> consisting of "deben" (the largest unit), "Qedety", and "Shaty" (the >> smallest unit). They also used lead in addition to copper, silver, and >> gold. And of course grain. I think it could be useful to develop some >> doulakki/traldar/nithian currency basics. Perhaps one or the other are t= he >> source of the quasi-decimal system for 10 units of copper equals 1 unit = of >> silver, which in turn equals 1/20th a unit of gold, which is common to so >> many of the KW's currency systems in my version? (like how so many of the >> RW's european systems date back to the frankish 1/20/240) > I think it's a good idea ;) yes, unfortunately I don't think I have enough skill ranks in Knowledge - M= ystaran History to design it alone. > It's interesting to imagine that in Mystara, the doulakki/traldar/milenian currency system actually began in Nithia, instead of the other way around, like the RW =3D) not sure I follow, who are you equating the doulakki and traldar with? The= Byzantines and the Franks? > Please let me know if you need anything else ;) Continued Feedback and input is always great! :) I still need an appropriate name for the "selenican concession coin" of Dar= okin. Any ideals? Anyone? > BTW, after Karameikos, Minrothad and Darokin, which nations will have a article as well? ;) I think next I need to finish up and post the introduction/overview section= of my Document. Then I've got fairly complete entries for Alfheim, Five S= hires, Thyatis - Imperial, and Ylaruam. In early stages I also have Thyati= an - Traditional, Ochalean (Which I'm really not happy with), Terentian, an= d a couple of other entries. I eventually would like to cover every KW cou= ntry and a selection of non-KW countries as well, but most of the entries r= ight now are just unsorted notes. As of late though my focus has been on g= etting my new pbem set-up so I haven't worked on it lately. Greg W. P.S. While I was trying to work on my webpage I accidentally deleted my mai= n index page (http://members.fortunecity.com/gecko_g/ or http://members.for= tunecity.com/gecko_g/index.html), and it turns out that my backup copy is s= everal years out of date. By any chance has anyone visited my site recentl= y and thus might still have a copy of my main index in their browser histor= y? --=20 Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:26:45 -0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C1tila_Pires_dos_Santos?= Subject: Re: Mystaran Numismatics On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Greg Weatherup wrote: > > I wonder why. As studied as egypt is, there seems to be a lack of > information in this area. Perhaps they have their own version of that thing > that erases memories and evidence of old Nithia (can't remember what it is > called off the top of my head, bead of oblivion?) LOL! IIRC, that's the name, Spell of Oblivion. =) That's ture, or the egyptians used other things (such as grain) for coins. Either way, I'd still have a more tradicional coinage for them, even because IIRC, HWR2 Kingdom of Nithia don't give any clue about this issue and we could use anything ;) > > yes, unfortunately I don't think I have enough skill ranks in Knowledge - > Mystaran History to design it alone. Hehe, and the same for me! But I'll try to help whenever I can ;) > > >It's interesting to imagine that in Mystara, the > doulakki/traldar/milenian > currency system actually began in Nithia, instead of the other way around, > like the RW =) > > not sure I follow, who are you equating the doulakki and traldar with? > The Byzantines and the Franks? I meant the hellenistic coins, for both "late classical" Traldars, Nithians (both carring it with then into the HW) and Doulakki and early Milenian Empire (that may not be the same we have for the milenians at the HW). > > Continued Feedback and input is always great! :) =) > > I still need an appropriate name for the "selenican concession coin" of > Darokin. Any ideals? Anyone? I'll think about it ;) > > I think next I need to finish up and post the introduction/overview > section of my Document. Then I've got fairly complete entries for Alfheim, > Five Shires, Thyatis - Imperial, and Ylaruam. In early stages I also have > Thyatian - Traditional, Ochalean (Which I'm really not happy with), > Terentian, and a couple of other entries. Will Terentias have it's own coinage? How do you picture their culture? =) > I eventually would like to cover every KW country and a selection of > non-KW countries as well, but most of the entries right now are just > unsorted notes. I hope we will have soon one for the SC city-states and the LB Trading Company/Dunwick ;) > P.S. While I was trying to work on my webpage I accidentally deleted my > main index page (http://members.fortunecity.com/gecko_g/ or > http://members.fortunecity.com/gecko_g/index.html), and it turns out that > my backup copy is several years out of date. By any chance has anyone > visited my site recently and thus might still have a copy of my main index > in their browser history? Actually I do, but I'll have to wait until monday to get home ;) ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - to 19 Mar 2008 (#2008-1) ***************************************************************