The worth of a Schmucker...

[Eldritch_Ent]

Anyone here have any thoughts on just how much a "Schmucker" is worth? I mean, it can apply to most anything really. How many Schmuckers for a loaf of bread? Or a unit of 10 basic Marbit Axemen? Or to decroak someone? (And how many Schmuckers for that Titan's Gemstone at the beggining of the comic?)

And on the same note, how much is a Rand worth- and what do these two units of currency even look like?

[Larrin]

Parson is worth 1,000 a day in up keep and was summoned on a 200,000-300,000 (lazy poster) schmucker spell. So lets just say that cost of buying a unit is 20 times up-keep. I'm betting that like most games there is no change (you can't have .50 schmucker) so the smallest upkeep you can have is 1 schmucker, which i would say is likely what you'd pay for some tiny unit like an Orly, or maybe one doombat, so those units are probably in the 20 schmucker range (minimum), thought they could be much higher than that. So i would say the least any small unit costs is 20 schmuckers (possibly if not likely more).

i don't think you buy bread with a schmucker, bread appears as part of your lump sum of your upkeep, and thus individual price is somewhat ellusive.

As for the gem; in the military a squad is a dozen or so soldiers. lets say it 20 marbits. That would mean that if they had minimum price (20) the gem is only worth 400 schmuckers. seems low, so 1)marbits cost more than the minimum 2) they do cost very close to the minimum, BUT a squad of marbits is 100+ 3) elvis gems don't actually sell for much :(

if we bump marbits up to about 150 schmuckers ( i doubt i'd pay more then that for a marbit) a squad of 20 costs 3,000, plus an upkeep of (~7*20=140) a day puts the gem at a little more respectable price.

I'm wondering if a rand isn't a magical "currency", or at least the currency of the magic kingdom. another option is that this is a two currency systems ( like WarCrafts wood/gold, and starcrafts mineral/gas economy) and thus a rand is some organicish useful thing that Hippies would find more useful than a shcmucker.

[Bogardan_Mage]

I'm wondering if a rand isn't a magical "currency", or at least the currency of the magic kingdom. another option is that this is a two currency systems ( like WarCrafts wood/gold, and starcrafts mineral/gas economy) and thus a rand is some organicish useful thing that Hippies would find more useful than a shcmucker.

I seriously doubt a Rand would be most attractive to hippies. Unless I'm confused as to where the term comes from (which of course is very likely). It could be change, like cents to dollars, but like you said most games don't have that and it doesn't really fit with the hippymancer's reaction to an offer of 20 rands. Then again, she is a hippy, she might value material possessions lower.

[Scientivore]

Anyone here have any thoughts on just how much a "Schmucker" is worth? ...<snip>... And on the same note, how much is a Rand worth- and what do these two units of currency even look like?

I think that schmucker = Yiddish * (buck + smacker) and is just slang for a rand. Incidentally, there've been (at least) two other Jewish-American cultural elements reinterpreted for comic and fantasy fans: a Watchmen smiley yarmulke and Schlemiel elves.

The only other ethnicity-specific cultural element that I recall is Vinnie, the Italian-American vampire. Has anyone noticed any others?

[Om]

The only other ethnicity-specific cultural element that I recall is Vinnie, the Italian-American vampire. Has anyone noticed any others?

The glass unicorns were called some sort of unspellable Yiddish term that loosely translates as "knick knacks".

[Eldritch_Ent]

Tschotschkes I think it was, Om.

Also, Larrion, 1000 * 20 = 20,000. Not 200,000.

I figured a Rand is a different form of currency- sorta like Frog Coins to regular Gold Coins in Super Mario RPG or something...

Thanks for the input so far guys- keep it coming!

[Larrin]

Also, Larrion, 1000 * 20 = 20,000. Not 200,000.

Friends don't let friends post when they have raging head colds....

well then multiply every thing i said by 10 i guess, though 200 shcmuckers seems alot for a stupid orly, maybe they come in 6 packs....

[Scientivore]

Also, Parson cost 350,000 shmuckers but they got a bare-bones deal. Would've been 500,000 with the casting and support plan.

[djharr]

350,000 schmuckers is about 57 samolians...

[the_tick_rules]

how long is an erfworld turn anway?

[Om]

how long is an erfworld turn anway?

Sixteen minutes and twenty seven seconds of Earth time.

[jindra34]

Sixteen minutes and twenty seven seconds of Earth time.

I thought a turn was about an hour... oh well... twice over

[Innis Cabal]

how the heck did you get that number Om?

[Om]

how the heck did you get that number Om?

Isn't it obvious? Read the strips again.

[Innis Cabal]

still aint findin it, maybe im blind

[jindra34]

still aint findin it, maybe im blind

Then i'm also blind...

[SteveMB]

Isn't it obvious? Read the strips again.

Okay. I get it. I get jokes. Ha. Now banish this pile of crap and get me the real answer.

[jindra34]

Reading over stuff it seems like the american value of a shmucker might be around a penny... its an amount that starts to bring all the costs into focus... i may be wrong though... some value in cents seems to make sense though.

[Innis Cabal]

i dont think it has a cost equal in our world, its just a big number

[Eldritch_Ent]

Naww, anything can be converted into a real life number of units of currency... You just have to find the cost of a staple, like salt or gold or rice, and voila- you have something to base it off of.

Not withstanding that prices change on availability- for example, salt used to be more valuable than gold...

[jindra34]

Naww, anything can be converted into a real life number of units of currency... You just have to find the cost of a staple, like salt or gold or rice, and voila- you have something to base it off of.

Not withstanding that prices change on availability- for example, salt used to be more valuable than gold...

I was basing my estimate off of the stupid meal... not very accurate but hey...