[Glorantha] Re: Rune Magic

[Donald R. Oddy]

In message <33d89280606172111m5da21342l860ba9b29e5f6bd1 at mail.gmail.com> Fred writes:

>You get my point, though... if you have a windfall, and you have some
>cash left over after the annual harvest festival, there isn't much you
>can do to keep it against the re-minting.

True, but that isn't a reality for a medieval peasant. They're more
likely to end up owing rent. It's like someone today earning the 
minimum wage getting most of their year's income in a single week.
So you pay your debts and taxes, buy essential tools for the next
year and maybe the odd minor luxury. There just isn't going to
be hundreds of pounds (in modern equivelent) left over.

Then say you have an odd penny. You're going to be charged at least 
a quarter of that to change it so why bother? Keep it until you
need to spend it when you might have another. At worst someone
will ask why you didn't change it at the time and you have to play
ignorant/stupid.

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/