Timeline for Why do wild creatures carry money?
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| Jun 10, 2022 at 20:54 | comment | added | DoubleDouble | Basically this answer points to a suspension of disbelief that the player undergoes as agreement with the game designer that the designer is trying to simplify some aspects to make the experience fun, and realism is showed the door. Keep in mind that even RPGs where you sell the body parts don't always have you spending in-game time cutting the things apart to do so, etc (and those that implement a "crafting" skill usually take a few seconds as opposed to a realistic time frame) | |
| Jun 10, 2022 at 15:38 | comment | added | wizzwizz4 | @LorenPechtel For an MMORPG, it would make sense, though. Logistics are awesome. | |
| Jun 10, 2022 at 1:42 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | @OwenReynolds Yup, if it isn't converted to cash on the scene you have a big problem transporting the materials that would detract from the game. | |
| Jun 9, 2022 at 22:26 | comment | added | Owen Reynolds | More seriously, World of Warcraft established the cash as a game shortcut for not making you carry and sell fur/intestines/claws/teeth/eyes... for every animal -- they had wolves drop only sellable teeth and also cash as a "just pretend I gave you the other body parts and you sold them". | |
| Jun 9, 2022 at 16:10 | comment | added | SPavel | You don't even need instant fur pickup. You report to RPGazon that you slew such and such a beast and get instant credit into your checking account (as a loan against selling the fur once you return to town). | |
| Jun 9, 2022 at 14:19 | comment | added | svavil | And that's why the corpse disappears as soon as I win. Two mysteries solved. | |
| Jun 9, 2022 at 11:29 | comment | added | sdfgeoff | Every adventurer carries a homing beacon for those instant-fur-pickup-drones.... | |
| Jun 9, 2022 at 7:25 | comment | added | quarague | It may also be that the store where you want to spend the money accepts both rat fur and metal coins as money at a fixed exchange rate so game wise it is more convenient to just use the picture of metal coins for all forms of money. | |
| Jun 8, 2022 at 19:37 | history | answered | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |