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Alchemy

Materials

Non-metals

Metals

Weight of one unit [1][2]

  • Raw ore weighs 10 kg per unit.
  • Refined ore (rough ingots) weigh 5 kg per unit.
  • Radical metal weighs 100 g per unit.
  • Refined orichalcum ore weighs 20 g per unit.[3]
  • Orichalcum (radical or synthesized) weighs 10 g per unit.


Value of one unit in nuyen.[4][5]

  Raw Refined Radical
Lead 30 60 120
Tin 30 60 120
Iron 50 100 200
Copper 100 200 400
Silver 300 600 1,200
Mercury 600 1,200 2,400
Gold 10,000 20,000 40,000
Orichalcum 25,000 50,000


From the above, one can calculate:
nuyen per gram
  Raw Refined Radical
Lead 0.003 0.012 1.2
Tin 0.003 0.012 1.2
Iron 0.005 0.02  2
Copper 0.01  0.04  4
Silver 0.03  0.12  12
Mercury 0.06  0.24  24
Gold 1     4     400
Orichalcum 312.5 1,250 5,000
nuyen per ounce (troy)
  Raw Refined Radical
Lead 0.09 0.37 37
Tin 0.09 0.37 37
Iron 0.16 0.62 62
Copper 0.31 1.24 124
Silver 0.93 3.73 373
Mercury 1.87 7.46 746
Gold 31.10 124.41 12,441
Orichalcum 9,720 38,879 155,517
nuyen per ounce (avdp)
  Raw Refined Radical
Lead 0.09 0.34 34
Tin 0.09 0.34 34
Iron 0.14 0.57 57
Copper 0.28 1.13 113
Silver 0.85 3.40 340
Mercury 1.70 6.80 680
Gold 28.35 113.40 11,340
Orichalcum 8,859 35,437 141,748
Note: The values for raw orichalcum ore assume that—like other metals—a raw unit is twice the weight and half the value of a refined unit.

References

  1. o23681902The Grimoire: 15th Edition, 2053 pp.21–23
  2. o04858358Magic in the Shadows pp.40–42
  3. o68357443Year of the Comet p.149
  4. o59345449Street Magic p.185
  5. o04858358Magic in the Shadows p.170

Index

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