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<blockquote data-quote="mcbobbo" data-source="post: 6420100" data-attributes="member: 6680581">This falls apart though when you factor in what 'rich enough to afford magic' actually looks like.&nbsp; Doing wage based conversions you're pretty safe at estimating a single gp in the $200 range.&nbsp; This is a whole other topic, to be sure, but let's just start with this as a base assumption. I believe then that modern car would price at roughly 165 gp (33k/200).&nbsp; Most magic items would come in way above that.&nbsp; E.g. a 2000 gp item would cost $400k.You can find items of this sort on the odd person here and there, but they're jewelry.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not gadgets.Assiming $1000 cash for a top of the line smart phone AND $1000 to cover the annual fees, data, etc, you're only talking about 10 gp.Even if you cut the rate all the way down to $20/gp you're still looking at the most expensive gadget we'd buy weighing in at 100 gp.Vis-a-vis weapons.&nbsp; Going all the way out, the highest-priced new gun I can find online is $820k.&nbsp; So 41k gp.&nbsp; And these are rare beyond insane, so we're talking about the tippity-top end here.&nbsp; Lvl 20 stuff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mcbobbo, post: 6420100, member: 6680581"] This falls apart though when you factor in what 'rich enough to afford magic' actually looks like. Doing wage based conversions you're pretty safe at estimating a single gp in the $200 range. This is a whole other topic, to be sure, but let's just start with this as a base assumption. I believe then that modern car would price at roughly 165 gp (33k/200). Most magic items would come in way above that. E.g. a 2000 gp item would cost $400k. You can find items of this sort on the odd person here and there, but they're jewelry. Not gadgets. Assiming $1000 cash for a top of the line smart phone AND $1000 to cover the annual fees, data, etc, you're only talking about 10 gp. Even if you cut the rate all the way down to $20/gp you're still looking at the most expensive gadget we'd buy weighing in at 100 gp. Vis-a-vis weapons. Going all the way out, the highest-priced new gun I can find online is $820k. So 41k gp. And these are rare beyond insane, so we're talking about the tippity-top end here. Lvl 20 stuff. [/QUOTE]

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