Chit



A chit is the standard piece of economic currency used by orcs. Essentially, it is a slice of an orc's gronch, coated in protective saps and minerals before being fried into a hardened coin.

A special type of chit is the chugget, a chit made from one half of a gronch head.

The Chit-Making Process
The procedure by which one prepares chits is a relatively complex and lengthy affair, especially for a short-tempered or scatterbrained orc.

Skinning
First, the gronch must be completely skinned. Any wayward bits of skin cause its chits to be imperfect and far less valuable than a perfectly-skinned counterpart.

Slicing
Second, the gronch is cut into a series of coin-shaped sections. Most orcs attempt to make the thinnest cuts they can so as to maximize the number of viable chits that could be made from a single gronch.

Dipping
Third, the would-be chits are coated on all sides with a mixture of protective saps and minerals. The most valuable chits have evenly-applied coatings over each piece, with no air bubbles or "naked" spots. Savvy orcs take care to fill in the "donut hole" of the coins' centers.

Firing
The fourth and final step of the chit-making process is the firing stage, in which the chits are placed into a covered or buried pit of burning coals and left to bake. This can often take multiple days to cure properly, and it is quite common that an orc will leave the pit to take care of some matter, only to find his or her hard-earned chits stolen by a sneaky orc in the meantime.