I've been following a thread on the odd75 forum about OD&D treasure types, their max/average values, and their meanings in terms of contents and associated monsters. There's a little disagreement over something as basic as the relative total values of the different treasure types.
I've done some work on OD&D treasure type values before. The average and relative values should be pretty accurate, unless I've screwed up something. Download the Python script if you want a look at how I got these figures.
ODnD Treasure Type Values (All values show in gold pieces) Type Copper Silver Gold Gems Jewelry Total ---------------------------------------------------------- A Wtr 0 0 10,477 8,863 70,948 90,289 H 67 2,575 26,119 10,392 36,520 75,675 A Dsrt 9 62 1,072 5,196 42,760 49,101 A Land 17 104 2,409 4,361 34,434 41,327 G 0 0 18,688 1,145 4,697 24,531 I 0 0 0 1,816 15,531 17,348 F 0 117 3,017 1,118 8,797 13,051 D 8 101 2,092 557 4,517 7,276 B 45 90 497 365 3,035 4,034 E 5 190 1,175 261 1,840 3,473 C 27 74 0 243 2,226 2,571 (Values averaged from 6,000 rolls.) ODnD Treasure Type Values: Minimum > 0 / Average / Maximum ---------------------------------------------------------- A Land 20 gp 42,445 gp 163,300 gp A Dsrt 20 gp 47,392 gp 218,970 gp A Wtr 4,140 gp 91,305 gp 656,230 gp B 10 gp 3,928 gp 45,500 gp C 10 gp 2,430 gp 28,800 gp D 10 gp 7,383 gp 112,800 gp E 10 gp 3,259 gp 55,200 gp F 60 gp 12,915 gp 116,200 gp G 220 gp 24,494 gp 80,210 gp H 10 gp 76,515 gp 213,680 gp I 100 gp 17,109 gp 95,310 gp (Actual values from 6,000 rolls.)
Incidentally, the average gem is worth about 419 gp. The average piece of jewelry is worth about 3410 gp.
Very interesting. Thanks for running these numbers and putting them up.
ReplyDeleteThis is great work. Thanks for posting it. I don't have time right now to really digest it, but I'm sure I'll come back here in the future.
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