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<blockquote data-quote="Damon Griffin" data-source="post: 994937" data-attributes="member: 3568">Re: Re: Re: Re: D&amp;D price listsThe cost of pub meals and overnight stays at an inn may not have a lot of relevance to a farmer who never leaves home except to bring his produce to market.&nbsp; But that farmer does need a home, and livestock, and seed grain, and tools, and many other items that cannot simply be picked up off the ground like firewood.As Max Kaladin points out, the peasant is going to have to pay for this somehow, whether it's in cash, bartered farm goods or labor (for which he is not being paid elsewhere.)I can't seem to find the email where I discussed this with my DM recently, but sometime within the last couple of weeks we took a look at the Stronghold Builder's Guidebook and worked out that, at the listed prices, a stone cottage consisting of three rooms would have cost a common laborer (earning 1sp/day) something like 27 years wages to build.This is beyond ridiculous.&nbsp; I'll once again echo what Max said here: barter is still a form of purchase, whether you are bartering good or services.&nbsp; Ultimately, barter is the only form of purchase; cash is nothing more than a method of facilitating the barter. Ooookay.&nbsp; Then I must conclude that either you have never taken the time to think about the listed prices in relation to each other...or that you have done so, and nothing that's said here will convince you there's a problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Damon Griffin, post: 994937, member: 3568"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Re: D&D price lists[/b] The cost of pub meals and overnight stays at an inn may not have a lot of relevance to a farmer who never leaves home except to bring his produce to market. But that farmer does need a home, and livestock, and seed grain, and tools, and many other items that cannot simply be picked up off the ground like firewood. As Max Kaladin points out, the peasant is going to have to pay for this somehow, whether it's in cash, bartered farm goods or labor (for which he is not being paid elsewhere.) I can't seem to find the email where I discussed this with my DM recently, but sometime within the last couple of weeks we took a look at the Stronghold Builder's Guidebook and worked out that, at the listed prices, a stone cottage consisting of three rooms would have cost a common laborer (earning 1sp/day) something like 27 years wages to build. This is beyond ridiculous. [B][/B] I'll once again echo what Max said here: barter is still a form of purchase, whether you are bartering good or services. Ultimately, barter is the [B]only[/B] form of purchase; cash is nothing more than a method of facilitating the barter. [B][/B] Ooookay. Then I must conclude that either you have never taken the time to think about the listed prices in relation to each other...or that you [B]have[/B] done so, and nothing that's said here will convince you there's a problem. [/QUOTE]

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