Mundane Items Costs

[thaelis]

Is the list of item costs in this thread still accurate? I note that they are vastly different to PnP, for example a days meal costs 1gp?!! So a commoner has to earn at least 7gp a week, 20gp+ if they have a family?

http://www.sundren.org/forum/showthr...dane+item+cost

[Fezzik]

If they stay in an inn, yes (see the price per day for an inn? 1gp is about 20-40 dollars (Canadian, not that weak US one --- troll troll troll).

Seriously though, I 'd say that's a prepared meal, not a meal at an inn or a street vendor (McOrcalds for example) -- of course, using the same logic that's a mighty expensive glass of wine!!! . Somethings do make sense in the scheme of that. I'd think that this list is more for Adventurer types (who for the most part are already upper middle class at the least, even the Orcs) and not for peasants and other common folk.

[Doubtful]

1gp isn't that much in a system that has 1gp as it's lowest unit of currency.

I think it was GBX who said that a level 20 character in NWN is worth about level 8 in pnp, and a gold coin in Sundren about 1/100th that of a pnp coin.

[thaelis]

1gp isn't that much in a system that has 1gp as it's lowest unit of currency.

I think it was GBX who said that a level 20 character in NWN is worth about level 8 in pnp, and a gold coin in Sundren about 1/100th that of a pnp coin.

Yeah, thats what caused some confusion for me. I want to offer a reward for commoners to participate in my event, so I was going to offer them like 5 silver pieces each (a decent wage in PnP!)...until realising that can't even buy half a mug of ale in Sundren ><

In short, we are all a lot poorer than we think we are!

[roguethree]

I think it was GBX who said that a level 20 character in NWN is worth about level 8 in pnp, and a gold coin in Sundren about 1/100th that of a pnp coin.

Yeah, that's been said, but events for high-level characters have involved awakening gods, journeying through the Abyss, and going toe-to-toe with vampire demigods, dragons, archliches, and so on. Also, characters with 1 million gold in the bank would then comparatively have 10,000 gold, which is nothing close to the sum necessary to constantly recycle expendable items, let alone upgrade magical equipment and, in some cases, buy property.

[Intrepid42]

I've always used the "Ale Standard" for my own RP. As this must surely be the most important item in any D&D world, it serves as a useful basis for comparison.

I've found that the standard D&D prices actually work out quite well as a RELATIVE guide to cost, ie comparing the cost of wheat to the cost of a longsword.

In 3.5E Player's Handbook, a basic mug of (human) ale will set you back 4 copper pieces, or 0.04 gp.

In Sundren a basic mug of human ale will set you back 2 stags.

50 stags = 1 gold piece by the Ale Standard

Easy!

Things get a bit less equivalent at higher cost items.

The Whistling Reed Tavern was sold for 250,000 stags, whereas in PnP a 10-20 room mansion would cost 100,000 gp. Charging 5 million stags is clearly not going to work with the current mechanics, so the "exchange rate" varies with the cost and purpose of the item, for game purposes.

In PnP intrepid heroes get to loot dragon hoards, run businesses and collect taxes. These things do exist in Sundren (yay!), but a PW with dozens of players has to limit things in a way a tabletop campaign of a few players doesn't have to.

My advice is to just roll with it. I find it helps to think of prices in terms of the equivalent in smooth refreshing Dwarven Ale.

[GodBeastX]

You're all making 700 coin a week.

Now be silent