0005967: Contradictory description for a gold piece - Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup Tracker

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(0019170) roctavian (developer) 2012-07-23 04:35	I feel like something plural-neutral would be more appropriate, like "This is gold, which can be spent in shops found in some parts of the dungeon."

(0019175) ion_frigate (reporter) 2012-07-23 09:48	That sounds much more awkward. Honestly I think it should just be special-cased if that's at all possible ("A glittering gold coin" being the obvious description).

(0022768) mumra (developer) 2013-05-21 19:56	I looked into fixing this. It's slightly awkward and hackish to special-case. There's actually a similar situation for anything stackable except normally you get the inverse, e.g.: "17 silver darts. A little, fletched, sharply pointed projectile..." In other cases it doesn't sound so odd. We could reverse the situation so the description is always singular: "8 cold coins. A small disc of glittering gold." At least that way it's consistent with other stacks.

(0022769) mumra (developer) 2013-05-21 19:58	Another option would be something more whimsical and plural-neutral: "All that glitters is not gold. This, however, is both glittering and most definitely gold."

(0022779) Vinterriket (reporter) 2013-05-22 02:44	I like that last suggestion mumra. Solves this minor issue and is a thematic upgrade.

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