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| '''AntiSlabs''' (abbrediated '''as''' or '''s̄''') are a currency in the [[Realm of Madness]]. They are the negative version of [[Petrified Oak Slab|Slabs]], which are a universal currency in [[Nguhcraft]]. They are backed by the act of deleting a slab, giving them equal but opposite worth. At least, that's how it is for one antislab. A greater number of antislabs decreases their worth because their value is 1÷x, x being the total quantity of antislabs in any given situation.
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| Unlike their counterpart, antislabs take the form of a book. It is titled "1/x AntiSlab" and contains information on how to use it inside. AntiSlabs do not have a counterpart for slablets, which are all worth 0 antislabs.
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| == Value ==
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| The value of antislabs is most often dependent on their owner's wealth. In a transaction, both the wealth of the buyer and merchant must be considered, however due to the Realm of Madness' enforcement of scams, this is rarely an issue.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| !Number of Slabs
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| !Number of AntiSlabs
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| !Total AntiSlab Value
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| !Value of each AntiSlab
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| |-
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| |1
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| |1
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| |1
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| |1
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| |-
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| |2
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| |2
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| |1/2
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| |1/4
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| |-
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| |3
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| |3
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| |1/3
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| |1/9
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| |-
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| |4
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| |4
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| |1/4
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| |1/16
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| |-
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| |5
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| |5
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| |1/5
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| |1/25
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| |-
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| |x
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| |x
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| |1/x
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| |1/x²
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| |}
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| There is a prize for one who manages to obtain 32 or more antislabs, however. Instead of having 32 antislabs worth 1/32 in total, they receive 1 special antislab worth ∞ money. When this occurs, every other person's wealth in the Realm of Madness is functionally zero. Since the infinite money is only encapsulated in one antislab, and antislabs are deleted during transactions (see: Usage), it is merely a ticket to make one purchase of any item(s) a person desires.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| !Number of Slabs
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| !Number of AntiSlabs
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| !Total AntiSlab Value
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| !Value of each AntiSlab
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| |-
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| |32+
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| |1
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| |∞
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| |∞
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| |}
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| == Practicality ==
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| Because attaining additional antislabs makes one poorer, a buyer would not be interested in attaining more money. Thus, the antislabs used in payment are destroyed, not given. While this does result in the buyer increasing their wealth, it also results in ''deflation'' where the value of the currency also increases due to now having a smaller supply in existence (they cannot be traded for slabs). This inadvertedly also increases the merchant's wealth.
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| The Bank of Evil contains a board telling of the total amount of antislabs that exist. This is used to determine how much value in antislabs an individual has. This is useful in creating prices, so people can know how much is safe to charge and how much richer they will become after the money is deleted.
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| While one would be tempted to destroy their own antislabs, the difficulty of attaining enough resources to receive a slab (which is then destroyed) means the amount of antislabs in existence will likely remain a small number. Deleting a significant amount of one's own antislabs would make purchasing anything in the Realm of Madness more trouble than it's worth for everyone.
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