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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5706667" data-attributes="member: 2011">It depends. A good solid reliable young horse in the real world would cost about $5000 (course, you can get a somewhat decent horse probably as low as $1000). An elite trained show horse can cost $100,000.At the $50 per 1 GP cost, that's 100 GP to 2000 GP. The riding horse costs 75 GP and the warhorse costs 680 GP. That's in the same ballpark.Even at your estimate of $100 per GP, that's still 50 GP to 1000 GP for a horse. Still in the same relative magnitude of range.But when looking at a D&amp;D horse, I compare it to a real world motorcycle or car. It's transportation.When looking at a D&amp;D longsword (15 GP = $750), I look at real world handguns ($100 to $1000 is not an unreasonable range).When looking at a D&amp;D longbow (30 GP = $1500), I look at real world higher caliber (short bows would be lower caliber) rifles ($500 to $1500).So although none of these prices will ever be precise, they are in the basic ballpark.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 5706667, member: 2011"] It depends. A good solid reliable young horse in the real world would cost about $5000 (course, you can get a somewhat decent horse probably as low as $1000). An elite trained show horse can cost $100,000. At the $50 per 1 GP cost, that's 100 GP to 2000 GP. The riding horse costs 75 GP and the warhorse costs 680 GP. That's in the same ballpark. Even at your estimate of $100 per GP, that's still 50 GP to 1000 GP for a horse. Still in the same relative magnitude of range. But when looking at a D&D horse, I compare it to a real world motorcycle or car. It's transportation. When looking at a D&D longsword (15 GP = $750), I look at real world handguns ($100 to $1000 is not an unreasonable range). When looking at a D&D longbow (30 GP = $1500), I look at real world higher caliber (short bows would be lower caliber) rifles ($500 to $1500). So although none of these prices will ever be precise, they are in the basic ballpark. [/QUOTE]

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