Potestas: a D&D3E supplement

Equipment

Wages and Earnings

The working week is six days long, with one day of rest and worship at the beginning of the week. Taking into account festival days throughout the year, there are about 50 full working weeks in a year.

Professionals
Purchase DC/day
Purchase DC/Week
labourer
4
8
carpenter
6
11
mason
7
12
weaver
6
11
armourer
8
13
priest
6
12

An apprentice earns about half the wage of a fully-trained professional.

Mercenaries
Purchase DC/day
Purchase DC/Week
archer
6
11
mounted archer
8
13
soldier
8
13
mounted soldier
10
16
squire
10
16
knight
12
18

Mercenaries earn half as much in times of peace.

Servants
Purchase DC/day
Purchase DC/Week
squire
8
13
page
5
10
ground
5
10
household
4
8
squire, food & board provided
5
10
page, food & board provided
3
6
ground, food & board provided
3
6
household, food & board provided
2
5

Servants earn about a third of these wages if their conditions of employment include food and board. Squires and pages receive such higher wages because they are usually gentry, while ground and household servants are almost always commoners.


maintained by Gary Johnson (gwzjohnson at optusnet.com.au)
last updated 30 January 2005