Relative Bead Values (Patreon)

Value is not only short handed by size but by type. Think the D&D copper-silver-gold-platinum standard. A large-sized copper coin would be of lesser value than a small-sized silver coin. Rian was originally asking for a large-sized bead of lower-middle/2nd tier, and instead got a small-sized bead upper-middle/3rd tier, which is worth more as currency regardless of its physical dimensions.

When mentioning bead sizes, the first word/set of words describes physical size, second set of words after the space means the bead’s value tier. In both, the bigger, the more valuable, but the ‘biggest‘ bead in ‘small’ tier is still worth far less than the ‘smallest’ bead of the ‘largest’ tier.

What the actual kind of bead is in which tier depends on the demesne that issued them. Lori is inclined to make wispbeads the most valuable/highest tier because her, and it’s a line of thinking that’s not uncommon among Dungeon Binders

Now, last note. There are at least 2 ways to organize beads by order of value, as pointed out to me by a reader here. The first is tiers are dictated by type: a particular bead type is of lower or higher value tier than another, and size dictates currency value within that tier; and the second is tier is dictated by size: all small sized beads are the lowest value tier, and their type dictates their relative value to each other.

Regardless of type a demesne uses, the terminology remains the same, because the terminology describes relative value.