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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 3696071" data-attributes="member: 30001">True - I was using an upper limit because it fit with the context of what I was saying at the time.  150,000 gp is at most a few millions dollars in modern terms - not godlike wealth.I would say more of a $1-$10-$100 fits.  $4 for a mug of ale in tavern?  $10 for a hunk of cheese seems a lot but I think it might fit the tech level.  Neither of us shops in the Middle Ages.Also, I think there's a class system to consider in terms of wealth that probably isn't a good fit for the modern world.  Most countries that I'm a aware of have a some kind of safety net - minimum wage, that sort of thing.  So I think there would be a greater discrepency between goods for commoners and those for elites.</blockquote>