Beep@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoAdventuring Goldi.redd.itimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoLove it. These ridiculus “gold” prices in games and mangas etc have always been a pet peeve of mine
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoThis hand-crafted, gold necklace with diamond, ruby sapphire, and emeralds adorning the intricately carved centerpiece? 5 gold pieces. That moldy slice of bread you picked up accidentally from a barrel in the bottom of a 1500 year old shipwreck? … I’ll give you 3 gold.
minus-squareTASchwitters@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoWell, they do take place in a fictional universe, where we can assume scarcity is different.
minus-squareZos_Kia@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoStill metallurgy is not cheap in terms of energy when you only have wood to burn!
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoFunnily, with gold you don’t even need heat for things like forming coins.
minus-squareZos_Kia@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoIf i recall correctly, you can hammer the coin when it’s cold to put the decorations on it, but you still need to melt the metal at some point to get it at the right thickness and give it the circular shape. I may be wrong tho
Love it. These ridiculus “gold” prices in games and mangas etc have always been a pet peeve of mine
This hand-crafted, gold necklace with diamond, ruby sapphire, and emeralds adorning the intricately carved centerpiece?
5 gold pieces.
That moldy slice of bread you picked up accidentally from a barrel in the bottom of a 1500 year old shipwreck?
… I’ll give you 3 gold.
Well, they do take place in a fictional universe, where we can assume scarcity is different.
Still metallurgy is not cheap in terms of energy when you only have wood to burn!
Funnily, with gold you don’t even need heat for things like forming coins.
If i recall correctly, you can hammer the coin when it’s cold to put the decorations on it, but you still need to melt the metal at some point to get it at the right thickness and give it the circular shape. I may be wrong tho