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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7550192" data-attributes="member: 12377"><p>Looking at the prices of "goods and services" and the daily wages of hirelings, it seems to me that a gold piece is worth around $100, making a silver piece about $10, and a copper piece roughly $1. The prices don't <em>quite</em> line up with modern day currency, because the relative values were slightly different back in pseudo-medieval times, but it's usually close enough to get a good feel for how much a coin is worth. For example, if the mayor is offering the group 150 gp to clear out a den of kobolds, that's roughly $15,000 -- a pretty hefty sum for a day's work, offset by the risks involved. A guild fee of 1 gp is like a $100 fee, which is kinda steep, but not absurd. Bribing a guard 10 gp is like slipping them $1,000, which is enough to make many people look the other way. Etc. Also, it conforms to the PHB description of how common coins are -- gold coins are themselves rare, but silver and copper are common, which is like real life ($100 bills are much less common than $10 and $1; actually I think the $20 is more common than the $10, but it's close enough).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="77IM, post: 7550192, member: 12377"] Looking at the prices of "goods and services" and the daily wages of hirelings, it seems to me that a gold piece is worth around $100, making a silver piece about $10, and a copper piece roughly $1. The prices don't [I]quite[/I] line up with modern day currency, because the relative values were slightly different back in pseudo-medieval times, but it's usually close enough to get a good feel for how much a coin is worth. For example, if the mayor is offering the group 150 gp to clear out a den of kobolds, that's roughly $15,000 -- a pretty hefty sum for a day's work, offset by the risks involved. A guild fee of 1 gp is like a $100 fee, which is kinda steep, but not absurd. Bribing a guard 10 gp is like slipping them $1,000, which is enough to make many people look the other way. Etc. Also, it conforms to the PHB description of how common coins are -- gold coins are themselves rare, but silver and copper are common, which is like real life ($100 bills are much less common than $10 and $1; actually I think the $20 is more common than the $10, but it's close enough). [/QUOTE]
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