AD&D 1E What is the cost of one night at an Inn?

[billd91]

Funny guy. The thread is tagged AD&D 1e.

Could be worse. Any of us could have answered enough that it "makes a hard man humble" or the "tough guys tumble". But I suppose that depends on exactly where that inn is.

 

[Celebrim]

In central London about £140-£200 a night for a reasonable, clean inn. Not including breakfast.

~$189-$270 US. That's 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 silver pieces, or an equivalent number of gold pieces if you use a gold piece standard where everything is normally priced in gold pieces. A good test is how much is a dagger. If you price a knife or dagger in gold pieces, then it's highly likely 1 gold piece is a typical day's wage.

Of course, a more "medieval" feeling private room won't have quite as large of rooms or as good of heating, certainly no AC. It won't be as clean unless you pay extra for laundry service. The sheets might get washed every two weeks normally, because fabrics are proportionately more expensive. If you bring in lice or fleas, you'll get charged for the laundry service. There won't be indoor plumbing. You'll get a chamber pot under the bed, the maids will come and toss and clean once a day.

 

[aco175]

I noticed the new 5e box set just has gold and nothing else. Might be to keep things simple or to use the gold cardboard chits, but it just as well be an arbitrary system. The menu it comes with has an ale for a gold and a piece of cake for a gold, but you can do a quest to melt down some old weapons for 20 gold and half a day's work.

 

[AlexofBarbaria]

Funny guy. The thread is tagged AD&D 1e.

But seriously, you should get comfortable with D&D coinage to real-life currency conversion. That'll allow you to come up with a reasonable price for any mundane item.

I use 1cp = ~$2, 1sp = $25, 1gp = $500. A night at a cheap inn is 2-5sp ($50-125). Middling inn is 5-20sp ($125-500). Luxury inn is 1gp+ ($500+).

 

[MGibster]

Could be worse. Any of us could have answered enough that it "makes a hard man humble" or the "tough guys tumble". But I suppose that depends on exactly where that inn is.

On inn's very like another when your head's down over your miniatures, brother!

Of course, a more "medieval" feeling private room won't have quite as large of rooms or as good of heating, certainly no AC. It won't be as clean unless you pay extra for laundry service

This is one of those D&Disms where we tend to think of inns in a similar way we do a modern hotel. Most medieval inns didn't have private rooms, with the few that did reserved for the wealthy, which would apply to the PCs of course. You're more likely to be sleeping in a common area, even if there's a bed you probably need to supply your own bedding material, where you'll have to deal with everyone's burps, farts, and snoring.

 

[haakon1]

50 coins to a pound, right?

A Troy ounce of gold is worth about USD $4000 now - about double the long-term rate of roughly $2000-$2500 due to a spike of about 50% recently.

14.58 Troy ounces in a pound. So $58,320 a pound.

Divided by 50, 1 GP = USD 1166.

In 1834-1933, the USD was on the gold standard, at $20.67 per Troy ounce. Or $301.37 a pound or $6.03 to 50 per pound gp. So at 20 sp to a gp, an AD&D is $0.30 old pre-Depression money.

This approach seems off, right?

 

[John R Davis]

I imagine most ad&d modules with an inn have a list of prices. Have a peek at a couple of those?