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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agemegos" data-source="post: 1537459" data-attributes="member: 18377">Here are some price (in pennies, from a time when the common wage of day labour was a penny-farthing (1.25 pennies) per day.Building constructionChurch, 125’, stonework only 27,000    ”  cathedral 500,000+Cottage, 2 storey– w. material free 480Hall & chamber, modest 2,880    –labour only, materials from estateHovel, from materials available 120Wooden gatehouse, with drawbridge    –with materials from estate 1,280    –plus value of materials 3,840Stone gatehouse, in modest private castle    –with materials from estate 4,000    –plus value of materials 7,200Tower (in large royal castle) 48,000Well, per fathom deep 18Buildings & real estateRow house (in York, well built) 1,200Craftsman’s house, with shop, 2,880    workers’ quarters, and tile roofMerchant’s house, in large city 7,200House with a courtyard, ” 21,600Guildhall in large city 32,600    (hall, 2 chambers, buttery, pantry, kitchen)Divide these costs by 12.5 to get equivalents in D&D gold pieces.I would guess that a small inn would be about equivalent to a merchant's house, and that a very grand inn might be up to equivalent to a guildhall. So I would suggest that a minimum for a decent inn (including real estate, materials, and construction) would be about 580 gp, and that a maximum for a very grand inn would be about 2,800 gp.The folowing figures, also in pennies, will give you an idea of how much it might cost to furnish and inn:Household furnishingsBasin & ewer 16–32Blanket, woolen 15Bottle 3Bowl, earthenware 0.25Candles, tallow, in the country, per lb. 1.5    ”  tallow, in a large city, per lb. 2    ”  wax, per lb. 6.5Chair 4Chest 6    ”  large, for clothes 24Coffer (strongbox) 12Cup, earthenware 0.25    ”  glass 2.5Ewer, metal (brass?) 6Knife, eating 2Mattress, straw 2Mirror, silvered 24Padlock 12Pillow 1Plate, earthenware 0.25Pot, cooking, ceramic 0.5    ”  brass, large 12Sheet, linen 4Stool 3Towel 6Table 6And the following may give some idea of the cost of stock:ProvisionsAle, per gallon 0.5Bacon, per side 9.5Bread, 1 loaf (24 oz?) 0.25Cider, per tun 60Cheese, retail, per lb 2    ” whole, 80 lb 40Eggs, per dozen 0.5Fish, herrings, per dozen 1    ” Pike, whole, 3’ long 80    ” Sturgeon, per barrel 396Fruit, figs, per lb 1.5    ” pears, 30 1    ” pomegranate, 1 only 6Gingerbread, per lb 36Grain, barley, per quarter 22    ” oats, per quarter 16    ” wheat, per quarter 38Ham, whole 16Onions, 1 bushel 8Partridges, per brace 4.5Raisins, per lb 2Salt, per bushel 3Spices, per lb up to 168Sugar, per lb 12Wine, fine claret, per tun (252 gal.) 480    ” best, per gallon 4–5    ” cheapest, per gallon 2To feed a lord, per day 7    ” a squire ” 4    ” yeoman ” 3    ” groom ” 1You see that most of the prices suggested by game designers display an almost schizophrenic lack of connection with plausibility. No plausible business turnover could ever amortise an inn costing 272,025 gp, a figure that is nearly 500 times too high.</blockquote>

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