Output of an adamantine mine?

[Agback]

A greek talent is about 57 pds. In DnD terms, there are 50 coins to a pound. So 120,000 silver talents translates into:

57*50*120,000/10=34,200,000 gp. So, if we assume that Alexander the Great was a 20th level fighter, he clearly had a monty haul GM!

You are forgetting that the purchasing power of silver was a lot higher in the real world throughout history than in D&D. If I recall correctly, the wage of unskilled labour just before Alexander's big experiment in monetary expansion was about a drachma or so per day. A drachma was about 1.8 grams of silver. A D&D SP is 9 grams of silver. So the value of Alexander's windfall was about five times what you calculated.

Regards,


Agback

 

[Agback]

Something else to keep in mind is that most mines have more than one ore/gemstone/etc being mined. Okay IR I only know about Diamond and Silver mines having other precious commodities, Diamond being lesser grade gemstones, or ore, and Silver having either tin or bauxite (can't remember).

Lead is the most common by-product of silver mining. Copper and zinc are also common.

Gold is most often foulnd by itself, sometimes with silver (in the natural alloy electrum).

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Agback

 

[Mort]

Doesn't ademantite come from meteorites? ie it falls from the heavens rather than mined from veins

I think you're thinking of Meteorite Iron and not adamantine. If I'm wrong, well they found the veins so it's mined from veins in my world now .

 

[MerakSpielman]

A greek talent is about 57 pds. In DnD terms, there are 50 coins to a pound. So 120,000 silver talents translates into:

57*50*120,000/10=34,200,000 gp. So, if we assume that Alexander the Great was a 20th level fighter, he clearly had a monty haul GM!

Problem is, he still couldn't find any magical items to spend it on...

"What, I have all this wealth and I still can't get myself anything better than a masterwork sword?"

 

[Pyrex]

But they will have to be paid (5 + 1/2 skill bonus) GP per week (or no-one would learn Profession (Miner). Leaving no rent at all for the mine-owner, and no profit for teh entrepreneur.

Good point. I missed that one. There's still a profit margin there though
if you take use the bonus-for-valuable-materials concept I posted above.

You pay the miners for breaking rocks and then make your profit based
on the marketable value of the rocks they broke.