As our starting funds are denominated in dollars and the books largely denominate costs in pounds sterling which very proudly makes no sense, I have created the following reference chart using Math^(TM). Or, as the Core would no doubt call it, Maths^(TM). I found it quite useful when buying a load of guns and horses and other such silliness.


Pennies   Shillings   Pounds   Dollars
    1         -          -       0.02
   12         1          -       0.25
  240        20          1       5

Hi all, I am the latest of the crew.

So I figure if the GM gives us an amount and the costs, that's what I am using.

In reply to Brie O'Malley (msg # 53):

Welcome, miss O'Malley!

Because I'm American, and all the people I was expecting to game with were likewise Americans, we were converting to a monetary system that we understand. Heck, it took them several hundred years, but the British finally converted to a decimal system.

So, the Funds are in dollars, and we have expanded and coherent equipment lists that I had expected to get added to the board. It's just taking way longer than I was expecting... to convert the tables to something useful in RPoL.

But, for the time being, if you have the books, just convert dollars to pounds/shillings and buy equipment from the book.

Otherwise, you can just select equipment you'd think is reasonable for your character.

So have we discussed where we are all starting? Are we in London or can we be any where in the world or what?

In reply to Brie O'Malley (msg # 56):

We're starting in Gibraltar

OK, don't mind me, I am still trying to figure out a good pic.

In reply to Brie O'Malley (msg # 58):

Welcome Miss O'Malley. I gather you are Irish. I hope you are not one of those Fenians...

If Brie is Irish, then she should be a redhead. Lots of portraits for them.

I was thinking Scottish but I think I am switching to Irish.

In reply to Brie O'Malley (msg # 61):

In the Victorian period, there were a lot of Irish immigrants in the more industrial parts of Scotland such as Glasgow, so you could be both if you liked.

Hi all, I posted, lets get going, at least come to talk with me :)

In reply to Brie O'Malley (msg # 63):

Move along, now...nothing to see here...just some old codger having a brain-fart...he realized his error and deleted it, so...move along now...

^_^
This message was last edited by the player at 04:42, Sat 24 June 2017.

Hmm, don't look too old.

In reply to Brie O'Malley (msg # 65):

That is the picture, my dear. I am a middle-aged old-fart of 54.

You are an old fart at 54.

This is two days in a row where Brie has posted between when I hit 'reply' and 'post'. Uncanny!

Yes it is. :)

I will be out of town July 3 to July 11, probably with no access if any.

In reply to Brie O'Malley (msg # 70):

Very sorry I have not posted for a few days. I had an unexpected appendectomy. According to the medical people, it went well, so I am home now after just 2 days in the hospital. I hope to be able to resume posting now.

In reply to Grimsby H. Baskerville (msg # 71):

Oh gosh! I'm glad it went well.

In reply to Catherine Harston (msg # 72):

So am I.

In reply to Grimsby H. Baskerville (msg # 71):

Hope your feeling better. Good luck.

In reply to Brie O'Malley (msg # 74):

Overall, I am better. I was probably very lucky that the appendix was removed before it burst.

Yes, I had a friend from high school that almost had that happen.