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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 9499838" data-attributes="member: 23">Which is exactly why it's important to be clear what we are talking about.When we say that the cost of living of a poor person in D&amp;D is 2sp/day, I don't think this means that they earn 2 cool silver pieces every day.&nbsp; Rather, they earn the value of 2 sp.&nbsp; Perhaps it's lodging, food and a few coppers working as a servant.&nbsp; Or some other kind of arrangement.&nbsp; And knowing that 2 sp is enough to live on on a &quot;poor&quot; lifestyle... that's a bit fuzzy of a value, but it's a very concrete and meaningful one.&nbsp;&nbsp; So if a hero offers a 1 gp bribe to someone, knowing that the gold is a week of wage for some, and a day's for another, or less... it really helps us understand that in D&amp;D world, gold is less valuable than it was in the medieval era.I think it's also worth pointing out that this is based on an assumption of an under-monetized economy.&nbsp; It doesn't have to be that way.&nbsp; With dwarves and alchemists and whatnots, gold may be more plentiful than in real earth medieval times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 9499838, member: 23"] Which is exactly why it's important to be clear what we are talking about. When we say that the cost of living of a poor person in D&D is 2sp/day, I don't think this means that they earn 2 cool silver pieces every day. Rather, they earn the [I]value[/I] of 2 sp. Perhaps it's lodging, food and a few coppers working as a servant. Or some other kind of arrangement. And knowing that 2 sp is enough to live on on a "poor" lifestyle... that's a bit fuzzy of a value, but it's a very concrete and meaningful one. So if a hero offers a 1 gp bribe to someone, knowing that the gold is a week of wage for some, and a day's for another, or less... it really helps us understand that in D&D world, gold is less valuable than it was in the medieval era. I think it's also worth pointing out that this is based on an assumption of an under-monetized economy. It doesn't [I]have[/I] to be that way. With dwarves and alchemists and whatnots, gold may be more plentiful than in real earth medieval times. [/QUOTE]

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