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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 7869974" data-attributes="member: 93670">100$=1gp may be way off as you note & starts showing the economic breakdown once you start adjusting things.  You can <a href="https://www.academy.com/shop/browse/outdoors/shooting/firearms/pistols?facet=product_prc_facet%3A%225%22" target="_blank">buy a new pistol for  about $100-200</a> up to about 400-600 if your getting fancy stuff. Less if  you are buying used from a pawn shop or something.  Something like an ar-15 <a href="https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/taxons/ar15-rifles" target="_blank">starts around </a><a href="https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/taxons/ar15-rifles" target="_blank">400-500$</a>.  We don't really use melee weapons anymore, but coincidentally the handgun-rifle cost range lines up well with the price range for chainsaws & lawnmowers.  Making US minimum wage you could buy one of those with about 4-10 days of pay. You could compare the pistol to 1gp spear, 5gp mace, 10gp short sword, or 25gp shortbow  & compare the ar15 to things like a 50gp great sword, 50gp heavy crossbow, or 30gp greataxe.  In a world like eberronj ust coming off a century of civil war, should a poor (poor not destitute refugee) person be able to buy weapons with similar investment levels as current day america & how different should it be if not?</blockquote>