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# Sterling
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Converts a given D&D 5e currency value to the Silver Standard. Inspired by the Reddit posts titled
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[The Silver Hack: Making Money Matter](https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/80f6kt/the_silver_hack_making_money_matter/),
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and [I make Silver Standard for 5th Edition (Spreadsheets.)](https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/5tt5g8/i_make_silver_standard_for_5_edition_spreadsheets/).
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## Usage
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```
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sterling [VALUE]...
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FLAGS:
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-h, --help Prints help information
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-V, --version Prints version information
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ARGS:
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<VALUE>... The value to be converted; should be suffixed with the coin's short-hand abbreviation, i.e. p, g,
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e, s, or c. Defaults coin type to 'g'.
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```
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## Abstract
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Items and expenses are, by default, assigned arbitrary currency values within the official D&D 5th
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edition source books. Many of the officially priced items use the "Gold Standard"; that is, items
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are priced in gold coins by default. While there is nothing wrong with using official currency
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values within your campaign, it leads to the perceived value of gold to be less in the eyes of your
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players. Gold has been sought after as both a commodity and a currency for centuries, and your
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campaign aught to treat gold similarly!
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## Explanation
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The basis of the Silver Standard treats 1 gold coin from the official D&D 5e source books as 1
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silver coin, and that there are one hundred of a given coin to every one of the next highest valued
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coin. That's all. Thus, one-hundred fifty copper coins equals one silver and fifty copper coins,
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while a suit of heavy plate armor equals fifteen gold coins, rather than fifteen hundred.
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