Search Results
All Results
                Characters
                Compendium
                Spells
                Items
                Monsters
                Vehicles
                Forums
                
                        Returning 35 results for 'currency from'.
                    
                
                        
                            
                                Other Suggestions:
                            
                            
                                    
                                        current from
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        currents from
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        currently from
                                    
                                
                        
                    
                
                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Currency Since the Cataclysm, the harsh realities of daily survival leave little room for impracticality. For years after the devastation, steel’s value skyrocketed until it was valued as highly as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    -Cataclysm standards, trade coins of bronze and steel remain in use across Ansalon.  Currency of Ansalon   Coin cp bp/sp gp/stl pp   Copper (cp) 1 1/10 1/100 1/1,000 Bronze (bp) or Silver (sp) 10 1 1/10 1/100 Gold (gp) or Steel (stl) 100 10 1 1/10 Platinum (pp) 1,000 100 10 1
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Currency The straightforward terms “gold piece” (gp), “silver piece” (sp), “copper piece” (cp), “electrum piece” (ep), and “platinum piece” (pp) are used throughout the game rules for clarity. You
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     mints its own currency, which might correspond to the basic rules terms. In most worlds, few currencies achieve widespread distribution, but nearly all coins are accepted worldwide — except by those
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Currency Merchants and nobles use letters of credit to handle large transactions, drawing on the reserves of the dwarven banks of the Mror Holds. But most day-to-day transactions use coins of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     precious metal. With the collapse of the kingdom of Galifar, each of the Five Nations began to mint its own currency, along with the Mror bankers. However, while the designs imprinted on these coins vary
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Casino Currency The Red Belvedere uses a special type of in-house currency known as a talon. An exchange desk in the casino’s lobby allows patrons to trade in coins for talons and vice versa. One
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     exhaustion, as the rampant avarice takes a physical toll. Soul Coins. The devils of the Nine Hells also use a type of currency called Soul Coins. Soul Coins are used among the infernal hierarchy to
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Currency and Trade Bartering is common in the vast and varied realms of the Outlands. When money exchanges hands, it often takes the form of a lodestar—a weakly magnetic, cobalt coin stamped on both
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Vendors and Currency The market’s vendors are an eclectic mix of goblins, Fey, and awakened Beasts and Plants. Vendors don’t accept coins or other typical currency. Instead, these merchants demand performances, answers to riddles, favors, or other intangibles.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Currency and Trade Neither port nor proximity dictates trade in the City of Doors, granting its merchants and artisans access to the planes and their wondrous offerings. Woodcarvers whittle toys from
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the Elemental Plane of Earth. Perhaps a night hag hawking rare spell components refuses all currency but fresh larvae from Hades, while a bone devil might siphon years off the buyer’s life as payment
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Currency: Zibs and Zinos This book uses standard D&D coinage, as detailed in the Player’s Handbook, but in Ravnica, citizens refer to their money as zibs and zinos, with 100 zibs to 1 zino. There is
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     no central mint, as coins are created by the Azorius, the Boros, and the Orzhov. The Ravnica Currency table summarizes the various guilds’ coinage and its value. Ravnica Currency  Value Azorius Boros
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The Currency of Galifar Merchants and nobles often use letters of credit to handle large transactions, drawing on the reserves of the dwarvish banks of the Mror Holds. But most day-to-day
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     transactions use coins of precious metal. With the collapse of the Kingdom of Galifar, each of the Five Nations began to mint its own currency, along with the Mror bankers. However, while the designs imprinted
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     bigger the boom, the brighter the flash, and the thicker the smoke it produces, the greater the glory for the one wielding the weapon. Giff mercenaries have been known to accept payment in kegs of gunpowder in preference to gold, gems, or other currency.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     gunpowder in preference to gold, gems, or other currency.
Gunpowder by the Keg
In addition to their personal gunpowder weapons, giff ships and mercenary companies carry spare gunpowder in kegs. In an
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     hellfire weapon or an infernal war machine’s furnace (see "Soul Fuel").
Freeing a soul from a soul coin is considered a good act, even if the soul belongs to an evil creature.
Hellish Currency
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Soul coins are a currency of the Nine Hells and are highly valued by devils. The coins are used among the infernal hierarchy to barter for favors, bribe the unwilling, and reward the faithful for
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Giff
                                                    
    
        Legacy
    
    
        This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
        Learn More
    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     building a bomb big enough to level a fortification. They gladly accept payment in kegs of gunpowder in preference to gold, gems, or other currency.
No Honor in Magic. Some giff become wizards
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Trade Goods and Other On the borderlands, many people conduct transactions through barter. Like gems and art objects, trade goods--bars of iron, bags of salt, livestock, and so on--retain their full value in the market and can be used as currency.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Coinage  As should be expected of any city of standing, Waterdeep mints its own coins. All taxes, fines, and guild fees must be paid either in Waterdavian coin or the currency of any member
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     settlement of the Lords’ Alliance. Though no law requires you to pay for goods or services in Waterdavian coin, the drudgery of weighing foreign currency and checking its purity prompts many retailers and
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     or sell specific goods. Guilds set prices for the goods or services that they control, and determine who may or may not offer those goods and services. Merchants commonly exchange trade goods without using currency. The Trade Goods table shows the value of commonly exchanged goods.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ) into a thought strand that others can potentially read, share, or steal. These thought strands are treated as valuable currency among the Dimir.
Suggested Characteristics
Skilled at infiltration
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Gems, Jewelry, and Art Objects These items retain their full value in the marketplace, and you can either trade them in for coin or use them as currency for other transactions. For exceptionally valuable treasures, the DM might require you to find a buyer in a large town or larger community first.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     trade them in for coin or use them as currency for other transactions. For exceptionally valuable treasures, the DM might require you to find a buyer in a large town or larger community first. Trade
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Goods. On the borderlands, many people conduct transactions through barter. Like gems and art objects, trade goods — bars of iron, bags of salt, livestock, and so on — retain their full value in the market and can be used as currency.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Trade Goods Merchants commonly exchange trade goods without using currency. The Trade Goods table shows the value of commonly exchanged goods.  Trade Goods   Cost Goods   1 CP 1 lb. of wheat 2 CP 2
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check recognizes the shard as an ostraka, a shard from a clay funerary mask, which is used as currency in the Underworld. On it is
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    : Casino. The Red Belvedere is a decadent respite from the Blood War’s horrors. Here, adventurers and devils alike can indulge in their vices in five different rooms, each with its own theme. Currency
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . The Red Belvedere has its own in-house currency (see the “Casino Currency” section). Both gold and Soul Coins can be traded for in-house currency at the exchange desk in the lobby. Dragon Queen
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     secrets. The characters can spend secrets like currency once they receive Vecna’s Link in chapter 1. Throughout the adventure, the characters can learn many secrets. Each chapter’s beginning includes a
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     powerhouse at the center of the Great Wheel. Coinage from across the multiverse flows through Tradegate. The gate-town simplifies market exchanges by minting its own currency, a magnetic cobalt coin known as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a lodestar. The lodestar has become a standard currency accepted in transactions throughout the Outlands. However, the currency isn’t as stable as its prevalence suggests. Due to its reputation for
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     services that they control, and determine who may or may not offer those goods and services. Merchants commonly exchange trade goods without using currency. The Trade Goods table shows the value of commonly
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , it counts as a secret learned for the whole party. Revealing Secrets A character can magically spend a secret like currency, revealing it to the multiverse to gain a momentary boon. To do this, the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     often strive to collect rare mintages. Most emerald dragons can precisely enumerate the names, amounts, and denominations of every bit of currency in their hoards. Emerald dragons also prize cultural
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     hellfire weapon or an infernal war machine’s furnace (see "Soul Fuel"). Freeing a soul from a soul coin is considered a good act, even if the soul belongs to an evil creature. Hellish Currency. Soul
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     coins are a currency of the Nine Hells and are highly valued by devils. The coins are used among the infernal hierarchy to barter for favors, bribe the unwilling, and reward the faithful for services
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Trade and Currency Trade between Akros and Meletis is constant and productive. Caravans make the two-day journey between the poleis at least once a week, carrying fine Akroan metalwork and pottery to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     extensively. Its Abora Market, just inside the city gates, is open to outsiders only on certain days, and Setessan merchants prefer to barter goods rather than accept currency. Despite these restrictions
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     were merely traditions, and failing to observe a tradition carries no penalty according to the law of the Hells. Glasya’s scheme involved using counterfeit currency to buy souls in Minauros, then selling
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     currency. Glasya got around the law by transmuting lead to gold, then having coins minted from the substance. After she claimed her currency and her coin legions spent it on her purchases, the magic
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     chancellor of the Platinum Concord and founder of the Shadow Cabinet. He owns vast gold and silver mines in the Mror Holds and mints his own currency, and he travels in a gilded airship. Loyal Daison
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     preternatural currency, like one’s memories, a year of one’s life, or the ability to cry. Most arch-hags avoid battle, but if forced to fight, they unleash dangerous magic, such as spectral claws, arcing
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     been known to accept payment in kegs of gunpowder in preference to gold, gems, or other currency. Gunpowder by the Keg In addition to their personal gunpowder weapons, giff ships and mercenary
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     value of the stolen currency plus 500 gp. If they try to flee the city, the City Guard apprehends and imprisons them. If they somehow evade the local authorities, the Harpers and agents of the Lords
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     transports is payment: a single coin of any minting or value. The River Guide has an expansive definition of what constitutes a coin, from actual stamped currency and jewelry to shiny beads or opalescent
                                                
                                            
                                        





