💰 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)

Symbol	Name	Value	Use
🥜	🥜 NUT	0.001 🪙	Micro-transactions, tips, arcade
🪙	🐄 MOOLAH	1	Standard transactions
💎	💎 GRAND	1,000 🪙	Large purchases, high-stakes
👑	👑 FORTUNE	1,000,000 🪙	Legendary items, world events

Metal Denominations (D&D Style)

Symbol	Metal	Abbrev	Value
🪵	🪵 Wood	wp	0.001 gp
🟤	🟤 Copper	cp	0.01 gp
⚪	⚪ Silver	sp	0.1 gp
🟡	🟡 Gold	gp	1 gp
⬜	⬜ Platinum	pp	10 gp

Parallel Currencies (Non-Convertible)

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

Symbol	Name	Type	How to Get
⭐	⭐ KARMA	Reputation	Good deeds, keeping promises
🎫	🎫 FAVOR	Social debt	"You owe me one"
🔮	🔮 ESSENCE	Magical	Found, not bought
⏳	⏳ TIME	Temporal	Exists, must be spent

⭐ 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

Method	Examples
Exploration	Find treasure (hidden, maze, rewards)
Quests	Complete tasks (notice board, requests)
Trade	Sell items
Skills	Trade or teach skills
Games	Win at arcade, pub games, poker, gambling
Work	Complete NPC jobs and requests

Spending

Category	Typical Prices
Food/Drink	1-5 🪙 per item
Catalog Items	3-50 🪙 per item
Lodging	5 🪙 per night
Information	5-20 🪙 (secrets, tips)
Services	Variable
Poker buy-in	1 💎 = 1000 🪙 (standard game)

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

Command	Syntax	Checks
INVENTORY	INVENTORY	Shows current gold amount
BUY	BUY [item] FROM [seller]	Gold available, item in stock
SELL	SELL [item] TO [buyer]	Fair value or negotiated price
TRADE	TRADE [item/skill] FOR [item/skill]	Relative value, relationship modifiers

Integration

Skill	Relationship
character	Gold stored in character inventory
room	Shops and merchants in rooms
buff	Some buffs affect prices
scoring	Skills have economic value