TOPIC: Trade good idea

This might not be an original idea, but here goes.

Would it be possible to allow trade 2 and/or 3 tokens to be converted to trade 1?

We already have a precedent for ink, Parchment, Plank, Munitions, Silk and Stone for this.

One Elven Bismuth could turn into 3 Dwarven Steel
One Oil of Enchantment could turn into 3 Minotaur Hide
One aragonite could turn into 1 EB and 1 OE.

And vice versa.

This would eliminate the argument of not being able to make hide and steel from treasure draws, while still keeping commons out of the treasure mix.

Thoughts?

Wade Schwendemann (Dr. Uid) wrote: This might not be an original idea, but here goes.

Would it be possible to allow trade 2 and/or 3 tokens to be converted to trade 1?

We already have a precedent for ink, Parchment, Plank, Munitions, Silk and Stone for this.

One Elven Bismuth could turn into 3 Dwarven Steel
One Oil of Enchantment could turn into 3 Minotaur Hide
One aragonite could turn into 1 EB and 1 OE.

And vice versa.

This would eliminate the argument of not being able to make hide and steel from treasure draws, while still keeping commons out of the treasure mix.

Thoughts?

Can you elaborate on the precedent you mentioned?

The goods mentioned a rare makes 6/25 units, an uncommon 3/25, and a common 1/25 unit toward that good.

Armor and weapons currently make 5 different units based on rarity.

My proposal would keep the unique items, but allow Swapping one into the others, for those who have a surplus of one and need another.

It would also allow people to gather the ones made from commons via loot from. Runs rather than just 10 packs.

If we include "and vice versa", then there would be no point in having both OE and MH as trade goods; it would be simpler to just have all armor transmute into different amounts of MH just like all potions transmute into different amounts of AI, and deprecate OE altogether.

which might be just fine, but alternatively it might be more interesting to keep them distinct and allow "downward" tier conversions from OE to MH but not "upward" conversions.

OTOH, in theory it should also be relatively easy to simply trade the Trade goods with other people, my extra OE for other people's extra MH or vice versa... if only the ratios in the recipes were consistently in line with the availability of the goods.

David Zych wrote: If we include "and vice versa", then there would be no point in having both OE and MH as trade goods; it would be simpler to just have all armor transmute into different amounts of MH just like all potions transmute into different amounts of AI, and deprecate OE altogether.

which might be just fine, but alternatively it might be more interesting to keep them distinct and allow "downward" tier conversions from OE to MH but not "upward" conversions.

OTOH, in theory it should also be relatively easy to simply trade the Trade goods with other people, my extra OE for other people's extra MH or vice versa... if only the ratios in the recipes were consistently in line with the availability of the goods.

I would support downward only just as well.

It certainly is an interesting idea. How would with a 100 gp tax fit into it? Could the secondary market afford this do you think rather than TPTB?

macxdmg wrote: It certainly is an interesting idea. How would with a 100 gp tax fit into it? Could the secondary market afford this do you think rather than TPTB?

I think the secondary market will always follow supply and demand.

I'd be fine with a tax from TPTB.