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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 7037866" data-source="post: 9375709">As far as actual buying power, I've been running games with 1 gp = 100 USD so my players here get a decent grip on it.A modest lifestyle at 1 gp per day would be 100 USD per day or about 35000 per year, which while well below the national average, is close to fit the bill (no pun intended).A comfortable lifestyle at 2 gp per day would be twice that, or about 70000 per year, well above the national average and certainly &quot;comfortable&quot;.At 100 USD per gold piece, silver is worth 10 USD and copper 1 USD. You want to buy a meal of modest quality? 5 cp or so. You want a &quot;high-end, top of the line&quot; suit of armor (plate), at 1500 gp would equal about 150000 USD by comparison, enough for a very nice sports car, truck, or SUV. I'm not talking an exotic sports car, which would easily be double that or more, of course.Room at an inn? 5 sp for modest would be 50 USD, seems about right for most road-side inns, etc.More or less, it works well enough IME.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 7037866, post: 9375709"] As far as actual buying power, I've been running games with 1 gp = 100 USD so my players here get a decent grip on it. A modest lifestyle at 1 gp per day would be 100 USD per day or about 35000 per year, which while well below the national average, is close to fit the bill (no pun intended). A comfortable lifestyle at 2 gp per day would be twice that, or about 70000 per year, well above the national average and certainly "comfortable". At 100 USD per gold piece, silver is worth 10 USD and copper 1 USD. You want to buy a meal of modest quality? 5 cp or so. You want a "high-end, top of the line" suit of armor (plate), at 1500 gp would equal about 150000 USD by comparison, enough for a very nice sports car, truck, or SUV. I'm not talking an exotic sports car, which would easily be double that or more, of course. Room at an inn? 5 sp for modest would be 50 USD, seems about right for most road-side inns, etc. More or less, it works well enough IME. [/QUOTE]

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