Converting Dungeons & Dragon prices in modern day money


 

I am going to base the conversion cost on the cost of a mug of ale.

According to Player's Handbook, Chapter 5, a mug of ale costs 4 copper pieces.

The average price of a pint of ale is around between 4 and 5 Euros in Ireland (closer to 5 Euros than to 4, to be fair).

Keeping these two numbers in mind, and the possible differences between a pint and a mug (a pint being more than a mug), I say that we can approximate 1 copper piece with 1 Euro.

So, we have the following:

  • 1 cp = 1 Euro
  • 1 sp = 10 Euro
  • 1 ep = 50 Euro
  • 1 gp = 100 Euro
  • 1 pp = 500 Euro

Let's now check the initial equipment for a fighter; I am going to choose:

  • a chain mail: 7,500 Euro
  • a greatsword: 5,000 Euro
  • a light crossbow and 20 bolts: 2,600 Euro
  • dungeoneer's pack: 1,200 Euro

for a total of 16,300 Euro.

These numbers become quite interesting if we start to look at things like crafting a magical item; a spell scroll of 9th level will require 250,000 gp, which translates to 25,000,000 Euro. Now, from this number it becomes clear that the number of such scrolls existing will be quite limited, if any at all.

 


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