D&D gold to real life money ratio

[Dyne]

This is mainly for you Antaeus... you know what I mean. But I thought this was enjoyable and I got it off the wizards site.

If you look at the weight and factor in how much gold is actually in a gold piece (theoretically) you will find that the standard gold piece in D&D is roughly $145. Thats a lot more than what I thought it would be. Here's what it means.

*These figures are going on the price of items according to 3.5 Dungeon and Dragon rules*

A tenth level PC will start with 49,000gp or $7,105,000.

A Mug of ale cost 4cp or $5.80
A battle axe cost 10gp or $1,450
A greatsword costs 50gp or $7,250
A suit of full plate armor would cost you 1,500gp or $217,500
A ring of three wishes would cost you 97,950gp or $14,202,750 (kinda makes wishing for a million dollars obsolete...)

So next time you want to give a big tip to the local tavern maid or throw 5gp at kids on the street your might think twice.

Have a good day,
Shane

[artemi]

So this means that a Silver Piece is around 14.5 dollars and a Copper Piece is about $1.45... And a Platinum is around 1450 bucks! Wow, I guess this just goes to show how much actual cash PC's routinely carry around with them...

$5.80 for a mug of ale? That sounds a tad high by modern standards, but perfectly within the bounds you might expect at a nice bar. And $217,500 for a full suit of very functional Plate Mail also seems in reason... You can get a show-piece of mail for around a couple thousand modern, so... Yeah, that sounds right.

You know, I always figured a Copper would be around 1-10 cents... This blows my internal calculations out of the water...

[antaeus]

I am shocked.

I think I've literally thrown out over $50,000 in charity.

[celest]

You should try to claim it on your next tax return

[gryphonpoet]

In D&D terms, a tax return is when the collector pulls his sword back out of your belly.