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<blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 7869730" data-attributes="member: 6895991"><p>Still the relation does not fit, how do you fail to see this?</p><p></p><p>If we take the standard high middle ages setting as a base then 1gp is about 100 $ compared to our time in what it can buy. People sometimes where in the plight to buy themselves a weapon to serve as an emergency militia.</p><p>Let us take a battle axe, although somewhat more expensive than a woodcutter axe its make is quite similar.</p><p>It is 10g as per PHB equivalent of 1000 $</p><p>Let us asume a woodcutters axe costs half of it then it would be 500$. Back then it was handcrafted, but labor was much cheaper, so it is comparable with todays price which would be some 20 - 30 $ at the toolstore most. And today you got all intermediate sellers taking their share etc.</p><p></p><p>No one could afford a weapon if the PHB prices were real! They could not even afford a tool!</p><p>20 arrows 1gp! Are they mad???</p><p></p><p>But the solution is totally simple just make it silver for all the weapons and armor instead of gold and everything fits together once more.</p><p></p><p>A maul 10gp = 1000$! That is a simple tool, english longbowmen took these along to build their tents and its second use was to crack open the plate armor of a downed mounted knight.</p><p>Every archer would be like "oh i grab the big hammer, desert, sell it of and then i am a rich man for the next months"</p><p></p><p>Edit here is a cite from myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.25025.html by a James Barker:</p><p></p><p><em>15th C England basically went like this:</em></p><p><em>You had "li, s, d" or "pounds, shillings, and pence". 12 pence in a shilling and 20 shillings, or 240 pence, in a pound.</em></p><p><em>Average sword was a pound.</em></p><p><em>Average person made 2 pence a day; so 120 days of labor for a sword.</em></p><p><em>Skilled Labor could make 4-6d a day, someone like a stone mason.</em></p><p><em>Archers made 6d a day on campaign so 40 days of campaigning for a sword.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Helmet cost about the same.</em></p><p></p><p>a pound is 20 shilling = 20 silver =1g (historical), so a sword was 1g which is far nearer to my 15s than your and PHBs 15g</p><p>The average labor is even cheaper, but skilled labour is about 2-3x what phb states for unskilled so my guess was also good here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coroc, post: 7869730, member: 6895991"] Still the relation does not fit, how do you fail to see this? If we take the standard high middle ages setting as a base then 1gp is about 100 $ compared to our time in what it can buy. People sometimes where in the plight to buy themselves a weapon to serve as an emergency militia. Let us take a battle axe, although somewhat more expensive than a woodcutter axe its make is quite similar. It is 10g as per PHB equivalent of 1000 $ Let us asume a woodcutters axe costs half of it then it would be 500$. Back then it was handcrafted, but labor was much cheaper, so it is comparable with todays price which would be some 20 - 30 $ at the toolstore most. And today you got all intermediate sellers taking their share etc. No one could afford a weapon if the PHB prices were real! They could not even afford a tool! 20 arrows 1gp! Are they mad??? But the solution is totally simple just make it silver for all the weapons and armor instead of gold and everything fits together once more. A maul 10gp = 1000$! That is a simple tool, english longbowmen took these along to build their tents and its second use was to crack open the plate armor of a downed mounted knight. Every archer would be like "oh i grab the big hammer, desert, sell it of and then i am a rich man for the next months" Edit here is a cite from myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.25025.html by a James Barker: [I]15th C England basically went like this: You had "li, s, d" or "pounds, shillings, and pence". 12 pence in a shilling and 20 shillings, or 240 pence, in a pound. Average sword was a pound. Average person made 2 pence a day; so 120 days of labor for a sword. Skilled Labor could make 4-6d a day, someone like a stone mason. Archers made 6d a day on campaign so 40 days of campaigning for a sword. Helmet cost about the same.[/I] a pound is 20 shilling = 20 silver =1g (historical), so a sword was 1g which is far nearer to my 15s than your and PHBs 15g The average labor is even cheaper, but skilled labour is about 2-3x what phb states for unskilled so my guess was also good here. [/QUOTE]
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