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== [[Tabletop Games]] == |
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* The ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' orks use their teeth as currency. Teef can be procured by natural shedding - or, [[Blood Knight|unsurprisingly]], brawling. They also slowly decay, thus cannot be accumulated for very long. |
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* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' Elves (at least in Cormanthyr) used yulthaari - "coins" (actually IOU notes / contract proposals) shaped as 5 inches long platinum tubes, with smooth outside surface and inside covered in tactile script. These were commonly used in auctions or among the nobility. The advantage is that this allows to avoid both boastful use of wealth (which would be crass) and embarrassment (if you lose the bid), specifically because it's impossible to read anything from the outside even with eagle's eyes. A third party will only see that one elf passed a yulthaari to the other, who stuck a finger in it and accepted or rejected - how much was offered and even for which goods the first was bidding is up to the rumours. |
* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' Elves (at least in Cormanthyr) used yulthaari - "coins" (actually IOU notes / contract proposals) shaped as 5 inches long platinum tubes, with smooth outside surface and inside covered in tactile script. These were commonly used in auctions or among the nobility. The advantage is that this allows to avoid both boastful use of wealth (which would be crass) and embarrassment (if you lose the bid), specifically because it's impossible to read anything from the outside even with eagle's eyes. A third party will only see that one elf passed a yulthaari to the other, who stuck a finger in it and accepted or rejected - how much was offered and even for which goods the first was bidding is up to the rumours. |
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