simhacker/moollm/economy

💰 Economy Skill

"🐄MOOLAH flows where stories lead."

🪙 🐄MOOLAH

The official currency of MOOLLM is 🐄MOOLAH (🪙). It uses PROOF OF 🐄MILK🥛 consensus — udderly legen-dairy interga-lactic 💩shit💩 coin, without the bull.

Economic systems for currency, trade, and value exchange. 🐄MOOLAH is earned, spent, hidden, and traded.

Key Concepts

• 🐄MOOLAH — The official currency of MOOLLM
• Earning — Find, quest, sell, trade, work
• Spending — Buy items, services, information
• Hidden value — Not all 🐄MOOLAH is visible

Currency

The Official Currency: 🐄MOOLAH 🪙

🐄MOOLAH is the official currency of MOOLLM.

Currency Hierarchy

🐄MOOLAH Denominations (MOOLLM Standard)

Metal Denominations (D&D Style)

Parallel Currencies (Non-Convertible)

These exist beside 🐄MOOLAH — they cannot be bought or sold for coins.

⭐ KARMA — Social Credit

Earned through ethical behavior, lost through betrayal.

• Affects: NPC attitudes, quest access, prices
• Cannot be bought — only earned
• Visible to some: Certain NPCs can "see" your karma

🎫 FAVOR — Social IOUs

"I did something for you. Someday, I'll ask for something in return."

• Specific to relationships — Palm owes Don a favor
• Can be traded — "I'll give you my favor from Klaus"
• Expires? — Depends on the relationship

🔮 ESSENCE — Magical Currency

Rare, precious, cannot be manufactured or purchased.

• Sources: Ancient artifacts, magical creatures, liminal moments
• Uses: Enchantments, wishes, transformations
• Palm's golden earring might contain some

⏳ TIME — The Unbuyable

Some things cost time, not money.

• Training: Takes time to learn
• Crafting: Takes time to make
• Healing: Takes time to recover
• "Time is money" — but not exchangeable

Quick Reference

FUNGIBLE (can convert):
  1000 🥜 = 1 🪙 = 0.001 💎 = 0.000001 👑
  
  Symmetrical: each step is ×1000
 
NON-FUNGIBLE (cannot convert):
  ⭐ KARMA    — reputation
  🎫 FAVOR   — social debt  
  🔮 ESSENCE — magical
  ⏳ TIME    — temporal

Etymology:

• Sounds like "🐄moolah" (slang for money)
• Sounds like "🐄MOO" (the language MOOLLM descends from)
• Circular: MOOLLM → 🐄MOOLAH → MOOLLM

Earning

Spending

Price Examples

Cheap (1-2 🪙)

• Stroopwafel: 1 🪙
• Coffee: 1 🪙
• Espresso: 2 🪙

Moderate (3-5 🪙)

• Snack: 3 🪙
• Tosti: 4 🪙

Expensive (10-50 🪙)

• Cannabis strain: 15 🪙
• Catalog gadgets: 25-50 🪙

Catalog Items

• Mystery Box: 3 🪙
• Monkey's Paw: 5 🪙

Gaming Stakes

• Peanut Poker Buy-In: 1 🪙 = 1000 🥜
• Normal Poker Buy-In: 1 💎 = 1000 🪙 = 1000000 🥜
• High-stakes Poker Buy-In: 1 👑 = 1000 💎 = 1000000 🪙 = 1000000000 🥜

Hidden Value

Not all 🐄MOOLAH is visible. Exploration reveals hidden wealth:

• Kitchen drawer: 25 🪙
• Mattress stash: 10 🪙
• Secret compartment: variable

Trade

Barter

Items can be traded directly without currency. Value is negotiated between parties.

Skill Trade

Skills themselves can be:

• Traded for items
• Taught for payment
• Auctioned to highest bidder
• Bequeathed to future characters

Commands

Integration