The Duch de Coeur is a friendly and romantic land inspired by historical France during The Age of Enlightenment (17th-19th centuries). The Duch de Coeur has always had an emphasis on fun, friendship, romance & community building. Titles are given out on a "merit" system which means that anyone can move up the ranks by supporting & participating in the community. It also means that those people that are content to just drop in occassionally for fun are always welcomed. Work or play, role play or not, it's all good in the Duchy. For those people looking for a new and exciting challenge , we are now delighted to be extending our role play with the addition of the RPS role play system. Participants will be able to develop skills, strategize and pursue their chosen lives & careers within this exciting & vibrant environment. The addition of a RP Economy will also add to the fun as we work together to build our own unique version of the Duchy.While there is still work to do, I thought it was time to share some of the information that we are working on and ask for your comments & feedback .The Social Class Structure structure resembles that of pre-revolutionary France with a few liberties taken in order to enhance the role play experience and make it enjoyable for everyone.Of course this means Peasants, Bourgeoisie & Nobels are all welcome.

The merit system used for Titles is still in place, with the addition of RPS participation as a means to gain eligibility. See Duch de Coeur - Court Etiquette, Rules & Titles for more on this subject.A greater emphasis is now being placed on Careers . For all those that were secretly wishing for a career as a baker, doctor etc. the RPS opens up new avenues to acquire skills, interact with your fellow players and engage in a RP economy.If you have any comments, suggestions, concerns or questions please feel free to post them here. As always, Bedrich, Skye & I are available for those that would prefer more private communication.See Duch de Coeur - RP Statutes for our role play rules. The actual role play rules are still under development and will be posted soon. Finally, we will be looking for adventurous types that would be willing to become "early adopters" and help us beat the bugs out of our process. I must give you fair warning that Duc Bedrich was temporarily knocked unconsious when he attempted to fly across his property. Fortunately, as he was lying on the main transportation route, no carriages came by and he has since made a steady recovery. I hope that this doesn't discourage you, if you stick to the ground you should be just fine


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updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 30 Oct 2016 10:44:43AM

Thank you, Mal. It's been a lot of fun getting this started and we're excited to see what kind of world we manage to build with this additional tool!Thanks also to everyone that has already sent me their first career preferences! As I already mentioned, I don't think it's going to be too dangerous being an early adopter - hehe.


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Excellent news that i'm sure that could improve our life in the Duchy, making it not only a beautiful place to reside, even a funny world to play our baroque roles! Althoug i like to know a little more about the economy system, because i'm not sure about if it works very good in other sims. I think that if you have to have two systems, it limites a lot the rol play game. In fact, most of us play in any mode - with bussines or without - In my own, i am a court painter since my beginings in SL and i'm proud to have develop a career like this with my personal work.I mean that, may be that if we could develop a rol play system using the lindens - in few quantities could work better and atract more people interested in play with us. Let me tell you a little and fast example. I think tehe secret are in the perishable products. For example - wine. If we sell the same bottle-without-end that is usual in sl ( 150-200 L more or less) this not encourage the RP in any way. If we create a grapes-press that give you a bottle each 5 minutes, for example- the owner of the press could sell the bottles- that give you 10 glasses and later is empty by a cheap price ofmmm 5 linden for example?This make that the grapes-press-owner have to touch the press - or use in any way - to produce wine - so he is playing and is living between the comunity - people that want wine - 'real' wine, that end when we drink pay a little quantity and have to go to sell it -rp again- or send their servant - a servant could have a little salary too. So noble people- like in the RL - must spend more money ofcourse to keep this little pleassures of the life - and all gain with a more real rp atmosphere.This is a lot better than camping, and people that like the baroque not only could play with us, even gain some lindens - but not camping standing in a place without play - playing active in our comunity .Well, i want to start this little discussion - to know what you think about - i thik could be good for all heheExcuse my english - not too good ever, and furthermore- this is my first RP economy tractact LOLTrasgo Beaumont,Court Painter and proud renter of Ashthorne Manor.Aquitaine.

Thanks for your thoughts, Trasgo ) Developing the economy is one of the most fascinating parts of the RP (for me anyway) ! It certainly is a way to understand economics in a hands-on fashion. It's interesting to note that the developer of RPS has a background in economics and so there was a lot of thought built into the system in the first place. I have also been in correspondence with one of the leaders of a merchant guild in another RP environment which confirmed some of my assumptions and added new twists to my thinking. Here is what I understand so far.We are going to have a system that uses RP$ but there is also a place for L$. You just can't limit to one or the other. I will try to give examples of how & where I think they will be used.RP$ can be earned by everyone using the RPS system (which keeps track of them) and they have no real value whatsoever but are meant to encourage a richer role play environment. Every character begins with RP$0. First there are basic needs. Just like real life, earning $RP dollars often has a physical or mental cost to it. The harder you work the more tired & hungry you get. This means that you are going to have to eat or drink something to replenish your energy. It makes sense that role play careers & the tasks associated with them will earn RP$. Likewise food, drink, etc. are sold for RP$. I am sure that there will also be some luxury items that are only available for RP$.Its also important to remember that we are role playing to have fun. If I venture into a cave full of pirates, they may demand a ransom to let me go. Now losing RP$ is all part of the adventure but losing L$ (which have a real cash value) wouldnt be.L$ come into play because of the real life realities associated with maintaining the environment. Tiers must be paid to LL for the land and so rentals/prim usage must be recovered in L$. Creators also have real life dollar costs (land fees again being the major one). Though I would love to be able to provide all my pre-fabs & furniture for free, I just cant afford to even though these items can be used in a role play environment. Trasgos idea of a wine press is another example of something that could be sold for L$. Currently, there are items built specifically for RPS that can only be purchased with L$, the best examples being weaponry & magic aids. We will be looking to extend this market with other items that interact with the RPS, are complex in nature & more specific to our role play environment.Thats it in a nutshell for now. We have other ideas about the pricing of items, how to seed an economy with basics and then letting market supply & demand take over. I would be happy to discuss that as well if anyone is interested. It certainly is an exciting adventure!!


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Oh it's true!!!! I don't think in these deep caves plenty of scurvy dogs!!! )mmm, yes, I see now that the RPS economy could be more wide and useful that i initially think, and sounds very exciting. Please, keep us informed abut the developement and when will be ready some docs about programming the RPS system i'd like to study them and start to make things that works in that way.In other order of things...is necesary in this system to wear - like i saw in other places - these floating tags with the player stats over our heads?

I must add that I nearly starved to death but Tatiana saved the day

Merci beaucoup, Monsieur!I hope that you keep your weapons in good working order as I have a feeling they may be needed )


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Hehe ... I still working on those cooking skills. Fortunately, I haven't poisoned anyone (that I know of) yet!!


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I'm so glad to here that you will be joining us soon, Duchesse! It does promise to be an ongoing adventure )


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In general, the Duchy is a safe haven kept clear of the kind of riff-raff that you are describing. Ladies can feel safe strolling the grounds and shopping in their favourite boutiques. Couples can enjoy a romantic dinner without fear of being set upon and robbed.However, there are some exceptions to this rule and areas that are considered more dangerous will be clearly defined. Players will enter at their own risk! It has been rumoured that pirates have setup one stronghold and the odd highway man is out there while more common thieves lurk in certain taverns.We will keep everyone informed of developments for this. Also, I have change purses available for those good sports that would take a dare on their pockets being picked. Woe to the incompetent thieve that tries Please contact me if you are interested in any of the activities mentioned above.


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Duch de Coeur - RP Update I have just finished the first draft of the Duch de Coeur - RP$ Economic Basics You will find a brief description of how the economy works including guidelines for Pricing and Wages. Please feel free to comment!


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Duch de Coeur - RP Update Seems like I have been working on these rules forever!! I spent most of my time taking rules out rather than putting them in - lol.See what you think at Duch de Coeur - RP Statutes .


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