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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 2322137" data-attributes="member: 463">I don't entirely agree with this - the PHB prices are for adventurers; the PHB Craft/Profession earnings are likewise for PCs; neither provides much basis for GM world-building although they can provide hints.  The DMG says 1sp/day is subsistence level wages for 1 adult and suggests 2 sp/day for soldiers.  IMC a maid or scullion employed long-term & housed under employer's roof costs 1sp/day; professional soldiers cost 4 sp/day though, or 12gp/month; and adding on NCO & officer costs that goes to more like 18gp/man/month in an army.  That covers all costs - the soldier's actual net pay after food, equipment replacement etc will be more like 2 gp/month.  Typical tax income IMC is typically around 5sp/month per head of population; most countries are feudal and the King rarely sees more than 1sp/person/month, of which only about 1 cp/10% is actual cash that can be spent on magic items, mercenaries et al.So a typical real IMC - the Archduchy of Colladel population 2 million, total tax 1 million gp/month of which the Archduke Ulfius gets 200,000gp, of which up to 20,000gp can be turned into magic items or saved in the treasury.  Stronghold & court costs ca 100,000 gp, so he has 80,000 gp to spend on his standing military forces; he can spend the cash on those too if he wants for 100,000gp worth of troops.  IMC 80,000gp/m buys around 3,200 highly trained professional troops at average 25gp/man/month including officers, cavalry & specialists.  In war time the Archduke can raise levies; Subordinate rulers etc are taking in 800,000gp/month and spending probably 400,000gp/month on troops, probably about another 16,000 men exist in standing forces.   In theory up to about 100,000 men in Colladel are available for military service, in practice a defensive feudal army of about 40,000 is more likely.</blockquote>

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