UngeheuerLich
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Use 1GP = 50 to 100 Dollars and you will get good prices.
I think this thread would have been distasteful in 2002 when it was started. It has aged like milk since then.This thread is quite instructive in terms of how discourse on the topic of sex work has changed in the last 20 years.
Oh that reminds me to uncork my 20-year old milk and enjoy a nice thick glass!I think this thread would have been distasteful in 2002 when it was started. It has aged like milk since then.
20 years old. Not that it was appropriate then either.Hey, so...WTF is this thread?
I think it’s a well-deserved crapping.And yes, I'm threadcrapping. Very much so.
The fictitious 5e D&D economy is wild, resembling neither a medieval economy nor a modern one.Use 1GP = 50 to 100 Dollars and you will get good prices.
D&D doesn’t have an economy. Supply is arbitrary and demand is driven exclusively by a handful of individuals with very unusual needs. Personally, I think the best way to make it feel like there are market factors at work is to introduce variation in prices. Treat listed prices as an average and roll some dice to figure out how much is actually being asked for or offered for something at the time the PCs try to buy or sell it.The fictitious D&D economy is wild resembling neither a medieval economy nor a modern one.
For practical purposes, the cost equivalence of a gp seems roughly anywhere from $5 to $25.
1 gp ≈ $5 to $25
Compare handforged combat worthy longsword:
15 gp ≈ $400
1 gp ≈ $26.67
Compare handforged combat worthy renaissance full armor
1500 gp ≈ $7000
1 gp ≈ $4.67
Personally, for the D&D economy, I suspect the 1 gp per $25, to be the more useful approximation.
Although we should let this thread die,The fictitious 5e D&D economy is wild, resembling neither a medieval economy nor a modern one.
For practical purposes, the cost equivalence of a gp seems roughly anywhere from $5 to $25.
1 gp ≈ $5 to $25
Compare handforged combat worthy longsword:
15 gp ≈ $400
1 gp ≈ $26.67
Compare handforged combat worthy renaissance full armor
1500 gp ≈ $7000
1 gp ≈ $4.67
Personally, for the D&D economy, I suspect the 1 gp per $25, to be the more useful approximation.
That is why when using modern price comparisons for the 5e equipment list, it has to be an artisanal handcrafted version of the item.One thing to keep in mind is that this is pre-industrial (unless it's Eberron or something). All things are hand made, there are no cheap disposable products other than food and stuff that comes fully formed in nature.
So use handmade prices for everything and 1 gp is about $10 (in my area) seems to work well enough.
I think the issue here is not the subject of sex, but the objectification of sex workers that went on in this discussion.It seems to me.
The sexual impulse includes a darkside. (Relating to predatory survival.)
The way I make sense of it is:
Sex is naturally − and vitally − a "playful" safe consensual gaming space.
Just like some D&D players play in a group who play Evil characters and explore themes of oppression and violence, some individuals can explore sex in "kinky" ways.
The moment the sex gaming stops be "fun" for anyone involved, it also stops being ok.
Sex requires a "session zero" to determine what is fun and what is not, for each player.
I agree. Some posts can come across as sexist, and in a dehumanizing way, similar to slavery or serfdom or exploitation of poverty.I think the issue here is not the subject of sex, but the objectification of sex workers that went on in this discussion.
I noticed, that 1GP = 100 Dollar is way closer.That is why when using modern price comparisons for the 5e equipment list, it has to be an artisanal handcrafted version of the item.
Yeah, 1 gp per $10, seems both reasonable and super-convenient for price estimates.
I agree. Being candid and thoughtful about difficult social subject matter prevents problems that arise accidentally or unintentionally.I also don´t think it is totally inappropriate to speak about such a topic. Just ignoring that such things exist might do an equal disservice.
I do think however that everyone has to be treated with respect and not every comment in this thread was appropriate.
In my experience, cp and sp are negligible. In my own games, the players dont even loot them. They only use gp.I noticed, that 1GP = 100 Dollar is way closer.
4cp = 1 beer in a pub seems better if it equals 4 Dollars instead of 40cent.