We also know that transactions that are made between the chapter (NPC's) and players (characters) also do NOT count toward/against the treasure policy for a weekend.
I've heard something a bit to the contrary from a current HoP in a recent discussion (but similar): I've heard that a transaction does not count towards TP if the exchange covered at least the TP value of the item being provided.
As an example, if Plot was "selling" a Cure Mortal Wounds, and received a minimum of 40 Copper for it, no expenditure of TP would be counted. Additionally, if Plot was selling a Cure Mortal Wounds and received 80 Copper for it, the 40 Copper TP would not be expended, and the additional would just sorta vanish into the aether (it would not inflate available TP).
If Plot was selling a Cure Mortal Wounds and received 20 Copper for it, the remaining 20 Copper would have to come out of TP.
Anyways,
I still don't think that Workshops should function like alternative-coin. I think they should work like toggles, and that you have to pay 10 Gold to turn it on, and eventually that toggle will go to the Off position, in order for you to pay 10 gold again.
The ten gold that was paid by the player was already charged to Treasure Policy.
Do we differentiate from coin that is acquired via Craftsman Skills and coin that isn't when traveling between chapters and whether or not another chapter accepts/rejects that coin?
And that is the most compelling reason why you shouldn't do this, in my opinion. All other forms of hard value are stealable/destructible. It would make workshops the de facto "bank note" of Fortanis.
Hasn't been stolen yet*One difference is that a workshop cannot be stolen.
Hasn't been stolen yet*
If it had value, somebody would devise a way to take it.
The workshop can be sold to another char-
acter...
From that same page.
If workshops became an important commodity, it's not too hard to imagine people being forced to sign over the land rights or whatever for a copper. There are at least a thousand movies about this.
Just because the tag can't be pickpocketed doesn't mean it's safe from charms/RP/extortion.