This is a banker who sells letters of credit. I call them letters of marque even though the name is incorrectly applied, but I think it sounds better. This is mainly a device for persistent worlds that have a character lose gold when they respawn. This letter is actually an insurance policy against such an eventuallity. They also address the problem of characters walking around with thousands of gold. They come in three denominations 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 gold piece letters. There is also a charge. They are also honored at merchants, but the character will receive less there, depending on how the merchant is set.
This is a compilation of the old system into a single score. There were 3 that made this score of 9.67 then rounded to 10.
Posted by Trickster ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-09-08 22:18:00
Yeah It was called Privateering, my father told me once that one of my ancestors participated in that.
Posted by ffbj ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-07-25 10:36:00
Yes, that's what they are. These are actually letters of credit. Letter's of Marque were issued by governments to allow a person to equip a ship, in most cases, that would be used against a foreign government. Actually a license to be a pirate.
Posted by Mecha Dude ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-07-25 09:39:00
I thought Letters of Marque where used to allow a ship and her crew to commit acts of piracy against the enemy of the country that issues the LoM?
Posted by Lupin-III ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-07-24 20:34:00
A good solution for banking, quite simple too
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