D&D General Elephants are cheaper than Warhorses

[jmartkdr2]

Jaguars have always been pricey, especially with the optional extras. It's a prestige thing.

For the cost you’d think they’d run better.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

And this could be worse if WotC tried a D&D strategy videogame where you had to choose between hiring more mercenaries or that magic item.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Jaguars have always been pricey, especially with the optional extras. It's a prestige thing.

If you get the extras you can pronounce it "Jag-you-ar"

 

[Xeviat]

Something to consider:

An elephant for us is expensive because it's an endangered animal from far away. In-setting, an elephant might be the equivalent to a big, weird deer that worships the moon and chooses its mates based on another species' economics.

You know, you just reminded me of a weird creature I was designing; an elephant whose trunk has split in two and has pseudo hands at the end, kind of an elephant centaur but it's arms are trunks.

 

[Tonguez]

You know, you just reminded me of a weird creature I was designing; an elephant whose trunk has split in two and has pseudo hands at the end, kind of an elephant centaur but it's arms are trunks.

Didnt Larry Nivern do alien elephantines with two trunks they sue as fine maniputors?

 

[Tonguez]

This is comparing to a regular horse, not a specially trained and bred warhorse. If you want to check modern prices maybe compare to racehorses.

No its comparing a regular horse to a 'regular' elephant - both animals when trained for war would be worth much much more.

We can see that in India too Race horses cost may 5 lakh, elephants crore but as @Bedrockgames intimates in both those countries Elephants are sacred. In India they cant be bought only 'gifted'

 

[Marandahir]

Just excelled out a spreadsheet of art objects, trade goods, money, weapons, armor, mounts, vehicles, etc, for the sake of understanding the economy.

That said, Eberron didn't give us prices for their magical vehicles, nor did Descent Into Avernus nor Acquisitions Incorporated. I was able to confirm that the new airship is 2x the value of the cheapest Spelljammers on the market, and only marginally cheaper than the most expensive ones! This is largely because they doubled its value, so that it would be more valuable than a Galley Ship.

 

[MarkB]

Didnt Larry Nivern do alien elephantines with two trunks they sue as fine maniputors?

Pierson's Puppeteers. Their brain is in their torso, and they have two 'heads' on long prehensile necks which have eyes, and mouths with knobbly lips capable of fine manipulation.

 

[jasper]

Pierson's Puppeteers. Their brain is in their torso, and they have two 'heads' on long prehensile necks which have eyes, and mouths with knobbly lips capable of fine manipulation.

It think there was another book. Where the elephants came to earth and would like to lightly step on you to may you submit. Fallen Angels may have been the title.

 

[Necropolitan]

Didnt Larry Nivern do alien elephantines with two trunks they sue as fine maniputors?

It think there was another book. Where the elephants came to earth and would like to lightly step on you to may you submit. Fallen Angels may have been the title.

Footfall.

It was the type of 'classic' scifi where the moral was hard men need to make hard decisions and commit horrific war crimes to win and refusing to murder innocent civilians means you're weak.

Back to the main topic I always find it interesting when prices are meant to try to be 'realistic' and when they're meant to keep more powerful/useful things out the hands of the PCs until they're higher level.

Like how plate armor is about as expensive as every other form of armor put together.