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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Actually, the lowest was the Farthing (1/4 penny). There was also the half-penny.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Scott Adams [<A HREF="mailto:longshot@darktech.org">mailto:longshot@darktech.org</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 10:49 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: The Powers and Perils Mailing List</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [PnP] 1.04</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Well finally got a basic unit of measurement and its price for the BF.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Based on recent sites I've looked at over the last 4 days. On conversion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>rates for english and roman prices going as far back as the 1260s and as</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>far back as 100 A.D I believe it was the price seems set around 1.04 BB per</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>BF instead of the 93 in modern terms :) Course in modern terms the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>conversion is about 1.74 dollars for a BF. Based on those ancient currency</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>rate exchange sites.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I've got prices for wood for 1600s as well. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>So based on this we could round it to a 1 BB per BF rate for easy sakes.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Then up and down it based on supply/demand and other things. This gives a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>baseline on that Galley info I have of 300,000 BF to build it. This would</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>give it a 300 Gold just for the oak frame and planks. (Rounded figure its</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>actually 291K and some change). So maybe another 100-200 gold for labor</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and all the nice toys a ship needs gives a price for a galley set around</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>400-500 gold. Which is reasonable but not unfair to players. Coruse i may</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>have to tweak cheapness for less durable over its lifetime :) </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>All this is based on factual data out there from a Shipyard site in Maine</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>in the 1600s to exchange medieval to modern rate sites and beyond. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The only leap I've taken is the lowest rate of english value (penny) to BB</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and its reasonable based on the comparative costs of pnp gear and modern</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>gear conversions. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Now i can continue....</FONT>
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