Obs in the Dramaturge

Obs stand for Obligations. As the currency of the Dramaturge they act as a symbol of enjoyment between performer and spectator.

The currency in the Dramaturge is a fluid thing based on a general concept of obligations and time performing efforts.

The Ob is a small ceramic pod the size of a pea. Receptacles are available in a variety of places and the general practice is the take a handful on a regular basis. Fresh Obs are clear until used at which time they become milky white. Made of a material identifiable as a form of marble immune to damage under normal circumstances while in the realms of the Mandalay Sway. They are created as a function of the Mark of Mandalay and their permanence fades as they are taken further from Mandalay. There is no exchange value and the ease of acquiring them makes them of little value in themselves. Lords of the Mark have the power to know every mark that has crossed the palm of someone within the Sway but they do not know how they were spent or acquired unless they were donated at receptacles.

An Ob is a unit of entertainment.