Wages & costs

From http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45079&start=30

PHB/OSRIC lists prices for "gold rush" areas. If you use these generally for what NPCs have to pay then some wages will need to be multiplied too, around x5.

For more typical prices in OSRIC I use 1 cp = £1, 1 sp = £10, 1 gp = £100, noting that 1 sp is a typical daily wage for an unskilled labourer, or 20 sp/month + accommodation, probably a place on a warm floor - in the middle ages private rooms were rare.

Some typical prices in my City State game:

Weapons & Armour - mostly by-the-book
Private Inn room, 1 night, can hold 4 people: 2 sp (£20)
Inn food, cheap, 1 day: 1 sp (£10)
Large flagon of ale/beer at Inn: 1cp (£1)
Roast pork dinner at tavern: 1 sp (£10)
Horse, riding, good: 25gp, by the book
Slave, adult, healthy: 15-25gp+ (by the CSIO book)

Wages - mostly by the book, eg:
Labourer: 20 silver/month
Infantry, heavy: 40 silver/month from OSRIC
Constables: 100 silver/month from CSIO (but as gentry they have a lot of fixed costs)
Temple Guard of Odin, elite: 120 silver/month (1 PC has this job) without accommodation