tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post1639338017240701218..comments2024-02-28T01:11:56.474-08:00Comments on THE LAND OF NOD: The Wages of SinJohn Matthew Staterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-16616520548661065142011-09-21T11:33:48.668-07:002011-09-21T11:33:48.668-07:00These are great! sort of reminds me of Wayne Barlo...These are great! sort of reminds me of Wayne Barlowe's Inferno, in which devils, odd gods and other horrors shape souls into other things for their own amusement. Using them as currency is very sly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-77182086855583114952011-09-20T14:42:55.434-07:002011-09-20T14:42:55.434-07:00You need to read Wraith: the Oblivion.You need to read Wraith: the Oblivion.widderslaintehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364618128943330961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-72163454357481698612011-09-20T06:09:54.744-07:002011-09-20T06:09:54.744-07:00Like it. Brings a whole new horror to the old Gyps...Like it. Brings a whole new horror to the old Gypsy fortuneteller request that the querier "cross my palm with silver".<br /><br />The Tome series of fanworks posited that souls had an exchange value based on their utility as mana fonts/item creation resources. IIRC the going rate for a soul was level/HD^2 x 100 gp.<br /><br />http://dungeons.wikia.com/wiki/Tome_of_Fiends_%Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-64618373332171181562011-09-19T16:29:50.787-07:002011-09-19T16:29:50.787-07:00Also - you could just use speak with dead to ask t...Also - you could just use speak with dead to ask the soul where they were currently residing in Hell, if you needed to specifically find the soul for some reason.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-72646631706763933942011-09-19T16:28:35.529-07:002011-09-19T16:28:35.529-07:00Of course, Referees can do as they like, but I did...Of course, Referees can do as they like, but I didn't want hordes of coins gained in Hell to turn into thousands of little magic items to bedevil poor Referees who chose to run a party through the hex crawl. The properties of the Hellcoins are, thus, meant to be more for interest and maybe useful as seeds for future adventures. I wanted the gold coin you find in Hell to be more useful as a John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-69444811058845784682011-09-19T16:27:42.020-07:002011-09-19T16:27:42.020-07:00This is an intriguing idea and somehow related to ...This is an intriguing idea and somehow related to the idea of "periapts" or "amulets" in which higher demons keep their own souls ...Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-91077543905746210622011-09-19T16:22:04.461-07:002011-09-19T16:22:04.461-07:00You don't say as much, but you might want to c...You don't say as much, but you might want to consider some sort of attraction between coin, soul, and body. As much as I like the idea of someone desperately seeking a particular coin, I would think that without such an attraction in place it would be somewhat impractical to make use of the power of a particular coin.<br /><br />"Here's a gold hellcoin... but it's up to you to Keith Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08411665536982769550noreply@blogger.com