10.5 The main currency of Avalon - the gold piece.

Your first few purses of money as a newly born character will no doubt be short-lived. You will be eager to spend them somewhere in the enticing city market squares on your first suit of clothing, or your first shortsword. If you are lucky enough to find gold lying around, you may pick it up either by typing GET GOLD, which will collect all that is within the location, or else you may type GET GOLD <amount> in order to pick up a smaller amount than is needed. If you wish to drop gold, type DROP GOLD <amount> to discard some - remember the amount should be numeric, e.g. DROP GOLD 10 to drop ten gold pieces.

You may even want to shower your new-found friends with your money through GIVE <amount> GOLD TO <character>. Once your fortune is considerable however, you will be looking towards safeguarding it, and there is no better place to do so than in a city bank. Most bank their money in their home city although you may choose to bank with whichever city you wish. If you are slain, remember, you will drop all gold you are holding - though the gold you have banked will remain safe. Gold held and banked is subjec t to taxation from your city authorities. Gold concealed in chests and strong boxes will not be taxed, though such subterfuge tends to displease city councils greatly.

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