Treasure Trader

A one-card trade system.

These simple, abstract rules can be used in any tabletop roleplaying game that already contains rules for trading. All you need is that game, these rules, and your shiniest, most valuable set of polyhedral dice.

Treasure Trader uses cascading dice to add a little more excitement into your game's economy—dice that can be up or downgraded to different die sizes during gameplay along the following cascading chain:

D4 – D6 – D8 – D10 – D12

Maybe your D8 will get upgraded to a D10 during the game, or downgraded to a D6 when things don't go as planned. Maybe you'll just have to risk rolling that D4 to restock at a greedy merchant, and end up with no treasure left at all... but hey, don't worry, it'll all be worth it in the end. After all, there's always more treasure waiting for you on your next adventure!

So, in a literal sense, this would be very useful for games that treat treasure in a more abstract way. It took me a minute to realize this is also very useful in games with complex equipment list by looking at it strictly as the trader's willingness to trade with you. - Mama Newt

So, what are you waiting for? Add these rules to your game and streamline your trading today!

This work was made by a human. No AI or machine-generated works are included in this project. Supporting human-made projects means you are supporting real human beings who have dreams, passions, and bills.

Thank you.

Attributions

Software

• Created using Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 and Affinity Photo 2.4.0.

Typefaces

• Suez One by Michael Sahar from Google Fonts, used under the Open Font License.
• Dicier by Speak the Sky used under the CC BY 4.0 licence.

Imagery

• "Human Made" icons used in good faith, made by HINOKODO and distributed in their Human Made asset pack.
• Golden foil texture by lcd2020 on Freepik.
• Card flip icon by Kenney, used under the Creative Commons 0 license.

Special Thanks

I reached out to a wide range of people for feedback and guidance to polish up the visuals and graphic design on this little trading system of mine, and I want to extend my thanks to you all here.

So, thank you to Penflower Ink, Mama Newt from Lucky Newt Games, Logan Timmins, and a handful of other friendly folks online (who wished to remain anonymous) for your welcomed design expertise, words of encouragement, and feedback during the rapid-fire development of this little artefact.

I couldn't have made this without you all! 🥰