25.1 Denominations
25.0 Currencies & Wealth 25.1 Denominations

Denominations are a group of related currencies that equal one another at a set ratio — most commonly copper, silver, and gold. They're the primary currency for player buying and selling. Because wealth is stored as a single number, denominations always convert automatically: if 10 silver equals 1 gold and you price something at 10 silver, it displays as 1 gold.

Adding a denomination

On the Denominations tab, click the green "New Denomination" button. Fill in two fields:

  • Name — the denomination name, such as copper. Names are automatically lower-cased when saved.
  • Ratio to Highest Currency — the number of this coin needed to equal your highest-value coin. Your highest currency has a ratio of 1 (it equals itself); if 100 copper make 1 gold, copper's ratio is 100.

Work from the top down: start with the most valuable coin your players use, give it a ratio of 1, then add each lower coin with the quantity it takes to equal that highest coin. No two denominations can share the same ratio value — if you need to track multiple currencies of the same value, use Resources instead.

Common set-ups

Set up currency however works best for your party. If your game has a very high-value coin (like platinum) that players rarely track, feel free to leave it out and track larger sums of gold instead. A few common arrangements:

nameratio
gold1
silver10
copper100
nameratio
platinum1
gold10
silver100
copper1000
nameratio
platinum1
gold10
electrum20
silver100
copper1000
Editing and deleting

Use the green "Edit" button beside any denomination in the list to change it. To remove one, open it and use the red "Delete Denomination" button.

Heads up — deleting a denomination can change stored values. If your campaign has prices or wealth entered anywhere on items or caches, deleting a denomination will shift those values when the overall ratio changes (for example, going from 1000:100:10:1 down to 100:10:1). You'd need to manually re-adjust prices and wealth. If you ever delete one by accident, simply re-add it — the ratio re-adjusts and your prices and wealth values come back.