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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6810634" data-attributes="member: 6677017">The thing is though, 5e has a more consistent system than prior versions, so knowing a few things can really make sense of the world and put everything else in context.Based on the assumed society, the best was to convert standard coinage (in USD) is:1 cp = $11 sp = $101 gp = $1001 gp per day, or $100 gets you a modest income, but more people are probably poor than modest in their income. 2 sp, or $20, is the average unskilled laborer.Now, a noble's manor costs 25,000 gp, and 150 days (Assuming you are there to oversee the whole thing. It takes longer if you aren't pestering the foreman everyday, though I run it a bit more reasonably than that). Imagine that as about $2.5 million USD. Sounds pretty reasonable to me. Ships also have prices that make sense, and most of the goods and services make sense. Even weapons make sense if you realize that we are talking high-grade top of the line military armaments here, not a buck knife and a wall-hanger sword.3e economy was rather messed up (although they stuck with the 1 sp = laborer's daily wage assumption, which 5e switched to 2 sp for some reason), so I was specifically paying attention to 5e and noticed it was a big improvement.About the only thing that makes poor sense in the 5e economy, as written, is the magic item rarity suggestions. The game assumes a relatively low magic setting, but gives prices that only make sense (given the previous context) if magic is very widespread.(Another minor problem with the pricing is cloth--it is way too expensive per yard, making it impossible to actually sell clothes at the prices given.)</blockquote>

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