Costs

Daily upkeep

In addition to board and lodging people will spend money during the days in town on snacks, dinner, and odd bits and bobs whilst adventurers, especially successful ones tend to spend money when they have it on enjoying themselves as well as the simple necessities such as mending armour, straightening swords, getting clothes mended or new ones, new prayer beads, spell components, lock picks, lanterns...

The amount spent will depend upon your lifestyle and is included in the costs for inns. (if you don't stay in an inn then you need to pay seperately)

	Weekly upkeep*
Hovel	1
Average	5
Good	25
Luxurious	50

*Excludes lodgings

The good news is that if resting and recovering wounds you won't be out and about much so you can halve the weekly costs (excludes lodgings).

Additionally after an adventure there will be urgent repairs and replenishments (arrows, candles, broken lanterns...). This equates to an additional week's worth of expenses for roughly every 25 Hero points gained (more HP = more adventures = the harder your kit suffered).

Daily Rates for Training

Note that priests and mages charge more than the expected daily rate as a first level mage/priest has spent many years in study to reach that point, they are not the equivilant of a shepherd.

 

Getting Wizards and Priests to cast Spells and Prayers for You

Priests and occasionally wizards may cast prayers or spells for you in your hour of need (if you pay enough). The cost will be dependent upon the spell and caster's level. Scrolls sell at the same value as it would cost to cast the spell. The standard cost is one day's pay

Wizard feeling self important, stuck up, annoyed at being disturbed and superior to mere mortals will charge a lot to cast a spell, priests and do not demand as much, especially priests of Bahrie as they get the common healing spells at lower levels. This is not the rate of pay that casters take home, it includes factors such as equipment, space and assistants.

For each reduction in spell level below a caster's maximum they reduce the cost by 1 place (not 1 spell level). Mages won't bother casting spells they feel are beneath them.

Getting Wizards to teach you spells

Wizards often have better things to do with their time than teach, but occasionally will put aside some time to train others. When they do they will charge at least their normal daily rate (based on their level not the level of the spell) and it will take 1 day per power point of the spell.

Scrolls

Selling value is daily cost.

Equipment

These are equipment costs, items can be sold at half value.

		Gold Marks (Buying)	Availability
Accommodation	Inn + food (hovel)	1	week = 5g
Weekly cost = x5	Inn + food (avg)	3	Villages week = 15g
Horse = double cost	Inn + food (good)	5	Towns week = 25g
	Inn + food (knight)	10	cities week = 50g
	Rations / day	1+	edible for 1 week
	Iron rations / day	2	edible for 1 month
	Grain & stables (per horse)	2	week = 10g
Armour	Light leather	4	Shelf
	Padded	5	Shelf
	Boiled leather	10	3 weeks
	Scale	20	2 weeks
	Mail Hauberk	100	2 months
	Full mail	250	3 months
	Coat of Plates	500	1 month
	Plate armour	5000	1 year
	Metal breastplates	200	2 weeks
Bracers & greaves	Boiled leather	15	Shelf
	Metal	50	2 weeks
Helms	Leather	2	Shelf
	Boiled leather	5	Shelf
	Mail	10	Shelf
	Small	10	Shelf
	Medium	20	Shelf
	Great	40	2 weeks
	Bascinet	500	2 months
Weapons	Knife	5s
	Dagger	2
	Battle-axe	5
	Arrow - Silver	1	Rare
	Sword	15
	Sword - pretty	40-80	Uncommon
	Sword - best	250	Rare
Travel	Pack Horse (4mph)	80-200	SP = cost/10
	Riding Horse - Rouncey (4mph)	120-200	SP = cost/8
	War Horse - Rouncey (4mph)	1000-1500	SP = cost/50
	War horse - Courser (6mph)	2000-4000	SP = cost/100
	War horse - Destrier (5mph)	15K-25K	SP = cost/500
	Cart	25
	Citizenship	1,000	Need a trade
Houses	Town House	5-20,000	Need to be a citizen
	Shop	10-20,000
	Luxury town house	20-100,000+
Adventure kit	Standard kit	10
	Deluxe kit	40
	Book - Normal	50+
	Book - Magic info	100+
	Candle - wax	8s
	Candle - Tallow	5d
	Caltrop (20 off 1")	1	Uncommon
	Garlic & Belladonna	5
	Grappling Hook	2
	Holy Water	5
	Hourglass	50	Rare
	Horn	4
	Lantern Bullseye	10
	Lantern Hooded	5
	Mirror - metal	1
	Mirror - Silver	5
	Oil - Lamp	1s
	Oil - Greek	5	Rare
	Rope - Hemp (50')	2
	Rope - Silk (50')	100	Rare
	Scrollcase - Bone	10	Uncommon
	Scrollcase - leather	5s
	Spike iron x3	1s
	Waterproof (waxed) sheet	2
	Waterskin	5s
Treasure	Gem (Semi precious)	5+
Sell at 1/2 value	Gem (precious)	40+
	Silver broach	2+
	Silver torc	1-5
	Small silver statue	5-20
	Silver goblet	15-100
	Silver bowl	30-200
	Bracelet	5s+
	Ruby ring	15+
	Diamond ring	100+
Silver plate = 1/3 of silver gold plated silver = +20% Gold = silver x 100
Food & Drink	Wine (cask)	3-10
	Brandy (cask)	10-20
	Beer (quart)	1
	Spices / lb	25
Other	Cloth (bolt)	10-30
	Silk (bolt)	20-40

Adventuring kit

Standard kit

• Knife
• Backpack
• Large pouches x2
• Candles x2
• Tinderbox
• Hooded lantern & oil
• Blanket
• Hemp Rope 50'
• Iron spikes x3
• Mirror
• Waterskin
• Rations 2 weeks

Deluxe Kit (standard plus)

• Candles are wax
• Mirror is silver
• Leather scroll case
• Holy water x1
• Greek Fire x1
• Caltrops x20
• Grappling hook
• Garlic
• Belladonna
• Waterproof waxed sheet for 1 person camping

Greek Fire

Greek fire is a volatile oil that comes in flasks which may be thrown. They break on impact causing damage to a creature that was struck for 3 rounds at L2/L1/L0. They have a splash area of 3', anything caught in the splash area suffers 1 level lower damage

Caltrops

These are 4 pointed 1" pyramidal shapes designed to cause damage to feet. 1 set will cover a 10' square area. Creatures crossing the area unaware save (no modifier) or take L1 damage (pierce) (to their feet). Creatures who are aware may walk across without harm, however running will need a dexterity save.

Quality weapons

Higher quality better balanced weapons are sometimes available, better balance means easier to swing and hit more easily. Additionally they may be made of a higer quality steel which means they penetrate armour more easily and do more damage. Smiths using the quality steels always don't badly balanced weapons so they always gain the "To Hit" bonus.

Type	To hit	Damage	Cost	Availability
Balanced	+1		x10	Uncommon
	+2		x100	Rare
& a bit sharp	+1	+1	x100	Very Rare
Sharp	0	+1	x10	Rare
	0	+2	x100	Very Rare

Weapons that are both balanced and sharp cost both multiples

 

Hiring of rooms / strongboxes

		Marks / month
Room rent	Room (seedy)	10
(empty)	Room (normal)	15
	Room (Good)	25
	Room (Lab / Library)	50
Storage	Strongbox (wood) 2'x1'x1'	1
	Strongbox (Iron) 2'x1'x1'	2
	Storage large item	1

 

Horses

Different types of horses can be trained to different levels of war skills (Mounted Combat).

 

Palfrey (Not war trained)

This is a well bred horse that was bred for general purpose riding. If you were a person of substance in the middle ages, this is the horse you'd most likely own, sometimes equalling the knight's destrier in price. They have a much nicer ride since they have a smooth ambling gait rather than trot.

 

Rouncy (level 3)

General purpose combined work/riding horses. Rouncies were common grade horses of no particular breeding or training except that they were indispensable in getting from point A to point B and did the bulk of muscle work people called upon horses to perform. Used by poor knights or squires.

 

Courser (level 5)

A catch-all description of a good cavalry horse in the middle ages. The courser was more common than the destrier, and preferred for hard battle as they were light, fast and strong, also steady and long winded horses.

They wouldn't be as refined or well trained as a Destrier, but then they didn't cost as much either.

 

Destrier (level 7)

In the middle ages this referred to a well, bred, highly trained stallion used as a war or tournament horse. This animal is a specialist mount, they were rare and very expensive even in the middle ages.

 

Note the skill level is also the attack level of the horse in battle.