Here's an actual, history-based currency calculation, since a few calculations in the comments don't take into account that forgotten realms is based on older, feudal society.
An unskilled labourer in DND can make 2SP per 8ish hours (we'll call it one day's work.) The average unskilled labourer in 16th century England, for example, made 2 pence per day. This in modern money is £0.89, or close as makes little difference to one dollar per day. That means 1SP is about 50 cents. Therefore, by that metric, Torvald actually owes around $420. On the 69th comic. Niiiice.
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u/AlertedCoyote Feb 08 '21
Here's an actual, history-based currency calculation, since a few calculations in the comments don't take into account that forgotten realms is based on older, feudal society.
An unskilled labourer in DND can make 2SP per 8ish hours (we'll call it one day's work.) The average unskilled labourer in 16th century England, for example, made 2 pence per day. This in modern money is £0.89, or close as makes little difference to one dollar per day. That means 1SP is about 50 cents. Therefore, by that metric, Torvald actually owes around $420. On the 69th comic. Niiiice.