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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8381129" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I don't use the silver standard because I'm not overly concerned about D&amp;D being particularly realistic.&nbsp; I understand why you want to do this, I've just never bothered.&nbsp; The way I think of it is just that gold is not as rare as it is in a fantasy realm.&nbsp; People really can transmute lead to gold for instance, it's just that the process is not free.&nbsp; So a gold coin (which is generally about the size of a dime in my campaign world) and roughly the equivalent of a 20 dollar bill.&nbsp; A well made two-handed sword costing a $1,000 is a lot for a sword, but nobody said the prices in the PHB were particularly realistic.&nbsp; I use it more as a general guide for things like miscellaneous expenses.I agree that silver probably should be the standard, so if it fits the style and theme of your game go for it!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8381129, member: 6801845"] I don't use the silver standard because I'm not overly concerned about D&D being particularly realistic. I understand [I]why[/I] you want to do this, I've just never bothered. The way I think of it is just that gold is not as rare as it is in a fantasy realm. People really can transmute lead to gold for instance, it's just that the process is not free. So a gold coin (which is generally about the size of a dime in my campaign world) and roughly the equivalent of a 20 dollar bill. A well made two-handed sword costing a $1,000 is a lot for a sword, but nobody said the prices in the PHB were particularly realistic. I use it more as a general guide for things like miscellaneous expenses. I agree that silver probably [I]should[/I] be the standard, so if it fits the style and theme of your game go for it! [/QUOTE]

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