Journey's Start

Swelvie challenges anyone willing to a game of Heroes Dice. She is Host, and declares the buy-in as 2 silver. She rolls the Hero die.

"Heroes are SEVENS!" Swelvie cackles, takes a swig from a bottle, tosses in two silver coins, and reaches for her set of dice.

Just to reiterate:

I'd like each player to name one coin of the Greenwold. There's a copper piece, a silver piece, an electrum piece, a gold piece, a platinum piece, and a coin with a small gem set in it that kar'Javon only tells you about, which is worth 10 platinum coins.
You choose the one you want to name from the ones that haven't been named yet. Then include a name of the coin with your next post. I'll update the world book once you each have created a named coin for the currency of this new land.

For example, the silver coin could be an "argent" or a "swan," a gold coin could be a "noble" or a "lion," a copper piece could be a "green" or a "dog." Choose one and name it however you like. We will be using those names for the rest of the campaign (when we're talking about Greenwold money).

Edit to show what we have so far:
Copper (base coin): Bit
Silver: Argent (plural argenti)
Electrum:
Gold: Krugerrand
Platinum: Plate
Gem: Crown

@WhiteDwarf and @grifter730: Edit your previous posts for the Heroes Dice gambling. 7s are Heroes, as determined by Swelvie's roll (you don't need to repeat that roll). You decide how many of the dice to roll in your first throw, anything from one to all five of them. You have 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10, and 1d12. You're trying to get sets (of a kind) or runs (straights) to score. Highest score after three throws wins the pot. If you roll a Hero (in this game, that means a 7, which it is only possible to get on three of the five dice), you can use it as a 7 and reroll any one non-Hero (not a 7) die OR use it as Wild (instead of a 7, it becomes some other number). The specific details are described at the link I provided earlier: rules for Heroes Dice; it's a game that I wrote specifically because Bramlin asked to gamble, and I wanted a gambling game that could be played in a single post on GP but still give you some interesting choices.

You're playing with Swelvie, Turighe, Smoke, and Turnip, each of whom paid in 2 argenti. The winner will get 12 argenti (a gain of 10). I'll do their rolls in the next post.

Everyone, thank you for naming the coins. I'll do the next general post this evening, in a few hours.

Swelvie's Heroes Dice game. "7s are heroes!"

Swelvie decides to roll the 1d4 and 1d6 in her first throw. "You all are too serious! Have a drink! We're not betting crowns here!"

Turighe decides to roll the 1d4 and 1d8 in his first throw. "Isn't this exciting??" he gushes.

Turnip decides to roll the 1d4, 1d6, and 1d8 in his first throw, puffing meditatively on a pipe.

Smoke decides to roll the 1d4, 1d6, and 1d12 in his first throw. Despite his name, he doesn't smoke anything.

Swelvie and Turighe each get a 2 and a 6: no Heroes. "Look at that!" Turighe exclaims. "We both got the same numbers! I wonder if the dice are telling us something?" He looks at her with smouldering eyes. She cackles at him and takes another swig. "I don't need dice to tell me what you're after! Shut up and throw your dice!"
Turnip puffs on his pipe, barely hiding his grin at getting a run on his first throw. Smoke stares at the rest of you, expressionless despite getting a pair (and potential three-of-a-kind with his Hero).

Swelvie and Turighe each decide to roll their remaining dice (1d8, 1d10, 1d12 for her, 1d6, 1d10, 1d12 for him) in their second throws. Turnip chooses to roll just the 1d12 in his second throw, while Smoke rolls both his remaining dice (1d8, 1d10) for his second throw.

Swelvie gets 2, 9, and 10, giving her a pair in the second throw. With no dice remaining and no Heroes, she ends with a score of 8.
Turighe gets 3, 8, and 10, giving him nothing that scores. With no Heroes, his game ends also, with a score of 0. "You wound me!" he protests. "My intentions are nothing but honorable! I delight in nothing more than your company!"
Turnip gets a 2, which means he can use the 2 as either part of the run (worth 12 points) or as part of a pair (worth 8, same as Swelvie). His grins grows even wider.
Smoke gets a 1 and a 3, which means he has either a set of four 1s (with the Hero, worth 80 points) or a set of three 1s and a set of two 3s (with the Hero, worth 22 points). He chooses to not use the Hero to reroll any of his dice, and so his game ends with 80 points.
Bramlin got a 6, 7, 8 on his first throw, and two 2s on his second throw. Scoring the run would get him 21 (6 + 7+ 8); using the Hero as a 2 for a set of three 2s would get him 20. He could also use the 7 to reroll any one of the other dice.
Morik got 5, 7, 11 on his first throw. Then he got 1 and 3 on his second. If he uses the 7 to be an 11, he would have 22 points, or he could use it to reroll another die.
Turnip's grin falters, but he still has one die to roll for his third throw: 1d10. He rolls a Hero! Because it was already his third throw, he cannot reroll any of the dice, but he chooses to use the Hero as a 4, giving him a run of 1, 2, 3, 4 for a total of 30 points (a set of three 2s would have been worth the same).

By the sixth day after leaving Mara, the road is perceptibly descending between the swells of rolling foothills, with the snowmelt and occasional rains swelling various streams that criss-cross the region. The caravan descends into a broad gully that has been turned into a bit of marsh from the stream overflowing its banks. The road is covered with silt and the ground is soft enough to become difficult terrain. Some of the merchants and some of the drivers are down, using staves to pry the wheels to keep the caravan rolling. Midges, gnats, and mosquitoes rise in a cloud around each person in the caravan. Each PC needs to attempt a CON saving throw.



But then two men rise up out of the bushes on either side of the road. "Hold up, there!" one of them says, "Sorry to interrupt you, but we are here taking up a collection of the Nubetanya road tax." He looks speculatively at the vehicles. "For seven wagons, the tax is one hundred krugerrands." He smiles, revealing that several teeth are missing. "Know that we have men with bows drawn on you, just in case we run into some tax evaders. But don't worry; there's no need for violence if you pay the tax. We'll give you a receipt and be on our way."

What do you do?

Elowin and Adran instinctively scan the foliage on either side of the road. Elowin on the left and Adran on the right, each see two other bandits hidden in the foliage within bowshot of the first three wagons. Princess looks at the others, shaking her head to confirm: there's no such toll, matching the light scoff that escapes Dugal's lips. Bramlin addresses them directly, calling their bluff: "What rank are you people, and who is your commanding officer? Show us your insignia firstly, then we'll talk about paying your fee." Morik calculates how long it would take him to reach either of the visible bandits: in this mud, they're certain to get a shot off before he could reach them. These bandits may be rough, but they've had practice in picking ambush spots.


The bandits look a little uneasy that they've met any kind of resistance. But then one bandit laughs: "Haw haw haw! They wants to know our ranks! What do you say, Bom? I'm Albor, the Strike Force General of the Royal Chimera squadron!" Bom, his companion, guffaws, too, but he's a little confused that the caravan hasn't started proffering the coin. "You never told me..."
"Sure I did, Bom, sure I did! Remember when we were appointed by the Emperor in that big ceremony?"
"Whu...?"
"Remember? He gave us this special duty to patrol the roads and collect his taxes?"
"Oh! Oh, yeah!"
"Beau'iful ceremony it was, too! As for my insignia, that's this right here." He gestures with the loaded crossbow aimed roughly in Bramlin's direction.
"Yeah! Yeah! And I was appointed Grand Admiral of the Blue and Gold fleet!"
Albor rolls his eyes. "Bom, Admirals sail ships on the sea..." He shakes his head. "Anyway, pay us the toll and everyone will be on their way."

What do you do?

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@JoshuaMabry, at some point, I still need that CON save for Gunter.