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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 1289966" data-attributes="member: 13966">Well, using the Player's Handbook, a typical 4th-level middle-aged human farmer with 7 ranks of Profession (farmer), and 9 Wisdom (average for a human peasant is 8, +1 for middle-age), typically earns 8 gold pieces a week by practicing their trade (average roll of 10 +7 ranks -1 Wisdom = 16 /2 =8).&nbsp; 8 gold pieces multiplied by 52 weeks is 416 gold pieces.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Then, considering that the wife and 5 kids help out some on the farm, counting as untrained labor...&nbsp; 6 silver pieces per week, multiplied by 52 weeks = 31 gp + 2 sp per year....&nbsp; Total of 447 gp and 2 sp per year, and another 250-some gp per year if the wife has a rank or two of Profession (farmer), which is likely.&nbsp; So it seems likely the farmer's family could afford to get by, likely earning enough extra to pay their taxes, but not likely to afford anything else.&nbsp; Of course, the farmer's family would only be making money at harvest time, but some of that money would actually be unearned, as the farmers supply themselves with plenty of food and a few other necessities, and would trade some of their food for new clothes and to pay for repairs and the like.&nbsp; Seems that CombatWombat's estimations for yearly living expenses of a D&amp;D farmer seem like a fair approximation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 1289966, member: 13966"] Well, using the Player's Handbook, a typical 4th-level middle-aged human farmer with 7 ranks of Profession (farmer), and 9 Wisdom (average for a human peasant is 8, +1 for middle-age), typically earns 8 gold pieces a week by practicing their trade (average roll of 10 +7 ranks -1 Wisdom = 16 /2 =8). 8 gold pieces multiplied by 52 weeks is 416 gold pieces. Then, considering that the wife and 5 kids help out some on the farm, counting as untrained labor... 6 silver pieces per week, multiplied by 52 weeks = 31 gp + 2 sp per year.... Total of 447 gp and 2 sp per year, and another 250-some gp per year if the wife has a rank or two of Profession (farmer), which is likely. So it seems likely the farmer's family could afford to get by, likely earning enough extra to pay their taxes, but not likely to afford anything else. Of course, the farmer's family would only be making money at harvest time, but some of that money would actually be unearned, as the farmers supply themselves with plenty of food and a few other necessities, and would trade some of their food for new clothes and to pay for repairs and the like. Seems that CombatWombat's estimations for yearly living expenses of a D&D farmer seem like a fair approximation. [/QUOTE]

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