Roleplaying for the absolute beginner - D&D 3.5

Welcome to "Roleplaying for the absolute beginner" an introduction to everything you ever would need to know when you are new to roleplaying.

Let us start with the bare minimums that you will need to play a game of Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 since this is the game I play the most.

The very first thing you will need is someone to play with:

Problems with the Economic System in D&D

This post was previously posted in Norwegian at the Canned Blog.

Background for the Problem

I have previously written a bit about the monetary system in D&D (i.e. D&D: penger); what works well and what could have been corrected and improved. According to the books, amongst others the beginning of chapter seven in the PHB, one can read that the monetary system is based on the silver coin as the base unit, and that an unskilled labourer can expect to earn roughly 1 SP a day. At first glance this seems to be “right on the money” with what the reality of Mediaevil Europe was, but try scrutinizing it, and problems shine through.
First of all: The adventurers hardly lay eyes on a silver coin at all. The monetary system in D&D is in other words a twofold system; there’s one for Joe Commoner, based on silver-coins, and one for the adventurer, gold-coin-based. Secondly: The enormous amounts of money the adventurers get their hands on, is beyond all sensibility; an average hero should during first level earn a couple of thousand GP, in other words 10,000 SP, which equals around 27 yearly wages for an unskilled labourer; this during just a few weeks. How can this make sense?

Gadgets for the gamer - The Smartpen

Hello again. Please do come in!

The first thing I am going to tell you about is the smartpen. More specificly the Echo 8 GB Smartpen from Livescribe. 

Welcome!
Please enter. Grab a chair and sit down and the table and I'll take you along into the wonderful world of roleplay and fantasy gaming.

I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons since I was 17 when my boyfriend, now husband, introduced it to me, and I have been hooked since. The thrill of adventuring and living out my characters gives me an escape from my otherwise sometimes dreary life and gives me a spark to carry on. ;p

I created this blog to have somewhere to share my ideas, creations and progress in the roleplaying world. I got inspired by my husbands blog posts on his DM-ing and decided that since I'm soon stepping into the world of DM-ing myself, I'd like to blog about it too. I'll also use tell about my characters that I have played with and their progress. I'll also try and share all the little nifty things I come over when researching and stuff.

I'll also share my experiences as a female gamer and I have asked my best friend and fellow adventurer Mrs. L, or Cordelia as her character is called, to author on this blog too.

So enjoy and check in from time to time.

I'll be here
Mrs. K