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* Gold pieces are ''[[Runescape]]'''s standard [[Global Currency]]. A typical tavern might charge one or two gold pieces for a mug of beer. A chocolate cake is about 400 gold pieces. A typical piece of armour could be anywhere from 40,000 to [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts|20,000,000]]. A [[Commonplace Rare|pumpkin]] costs hundreds of millions. |
* Gold pieces are ''[[Runescape]]'''s standard [[Global Currency]]. A typical tavern might charge one or two gold pieces for a mug of beer. A chocolate cake is about 400 gold pieces. A typical piece of armour could be anywhere from 40,000 to [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts|20,000,000]]. A [[Commonplace Rare|pumpkin]] costs hundreds of millions. |
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* Almost averted in ''[[Dragon Age]]'', where one gold coin equals 100 silver coins or 10,000 copper coins. IRL, the respective metals' prices ratio is about 427:8:1. However, a standard dagger costs 8 silvers in ''Origins'' and 5s 24c in ''II'', which is about five bucks by the same calculation as used in the D&D example above. |
* Almost averted in ''[[Dragon Age]]'', where one gold coin equals 100 silver coins or 10,000 copper coins. IRL, the respective metals' prices ratio is about 427:8:1. However, a standard dagger costs 8 silvers in ''Origins'' and 5s 24c in ''II'', which is about five bucks by the same calculation as used in the D&D example above. |
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* ''[[Nethack]]'': A fortune cookie costs 7 gold ''[[Shout-Out|zorkmids]] |
* ''[[Nethack]]'': A fortune cookie costs 7 gold ''[[Shout-Out|zorkmids]]'', a food ration 45 zorkmids, and artifact weapons cost a few thousand zorkmids. Back-calculation from the weight system suggests that a zorkmid weighs about 40 grams, or about one and a quarter troy ounces. In the last 10 years, [[Real Life]] gold has varied between approximately $200 and $2000 per troy ounce, so that's $1,750-$17,500 for the fortune cookie, $11,250-$112,500 for the food ration, and a cool million or ten for Excalibur. |
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* The ''[[Ultima]]'' series is an odd case with this. The existence of silver and copper coins in the game world is mentioned, but you only ever see gold yourself. A person working at the mint in ''Ultima VI'' shows you copper and silver coins, and then says something like "A grand adventurer such as yourself would surely only deal in gold." That still doesn't explain why one night at a regular inn can cost twenty gold. |
* The ''[[Ultima]]'' series is an odd case with this. The existence of silver and copper coins in the game world is mentioned, but you only ever see gold yourself. A person working at the mint in ''Ultima VI'' shows you copper and silver coins, and then says something like "A grand adventurer such as yourself would surely only deal in gold." That still doesn't explain why one night at a regular inn can cost twenty gold. |
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* ''[[Castlevania]]'': The absolute cheapest, most worthless crap goes for 100 gold. |
* ''[[Castlevania]]'': The absolute cheapest, most worthless crap goes for 100 gold. |
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