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Services
| Service |
Cost |
Notes |
|---|
| Wages, unskilled |
2 sp / day |
Taking or issuing chits, blocking a shop exit, or similar unskilled jobs. |
| Wages, unskilled, strong |
3 sp / day |
Basic, unskilled tasks requiring strength, such as loading and unloading goods. |
| Wages, bearers of responsibility |
5 sp / day |
For messengers and similar folk. |
| Wages, hired bodyguards |
8 sp-1 gp / day |
Rate depends on armor, weapons, skill and reputation. |
| Service |
Cost |
Notes |
|---|
Bookkeeping
|
1 gp / day
|
Cost also covers portion(s) of a day spent on accounts.
|
Law
|
10 gp / day
|
Assistance of professional witness. Payable in advanced.
Rate is doubled if hired to state against charges of "severe" crimes.
|
Loading/unloading, docks
|
1 sp / man / hour
|
Rate is doubled if cargo is dangerous.
|
Night watchmen
|
1 gp / night / building
|
Unarmed; for armed men, "bodyguard" rates apply. |
Security
| Varies
| See "Night watchmen," "Spell guard," and text under "Wages" for bodyguards. |
Signs, lettering
| 5 gp / day
| Cost also covers portion(s) of a day. |
| Service |
Cost |
Notes |
|---|
Moneychanging
|
5-10% fee
|
"One coin in ten", for smaller amounts; less for larger amounts.
Explicitly includes all minted currencies, gems, trade bars, furs and similar goods.
|
Moneylending, under 100 gp
|
15% interest
|
Typically 1-2 months until payment is due.
Written promise of collateral in the form of property required.
|
Moneylending, over 100 gp
|
≤30% interest
|
Typically 1-2 months until payment is due.
Written promise of collateral in the form of property required. |
| Service |
Cost |
Notes |
|---|
Builders, wood
| 1 gp / day / man
10 gp / day crew fee
5 gp guild engineer
5 gp surveyor-chartist
| Rates are inclusive of repairs and renovations as well as new buildings.
Excludes the cost of materials. |
Builders, stone
|
10 gp / day / man
10 gp / day crew fee
3 gp / day / assistant |
Rates are inclusive of repairs and renovations as well as new buildings.
Excludes the cost of materials.
|
Excavations
|
2 gp / man / day
10 gp / day crew fee
|
Cost also covers portion(s) of a day.
Excludes the cost of any materials.
|
| Service |
Cost |
Notes |
|---|
Cart rides
| 1 cp / half hour
| Refers to rides anywhere within city walls, in an open trotting-cart (and up, for better conveyance).
|
Dray coach rides
| 2-4 cp
| —
|
Ferrying
| 2 cp / person / trip
+1 cp / accompanying luggage, pets, etc.
| Covers ferrying services within the harbor as well as to and from ship and shore.
|
Guiding through city
| 2 cp (day)
4 cp (night)
| —
|
Horses, shoeing
| 1 gp / shoe
| Includes making or fitting and shoeing.
|
Horses, stabling
| 1-3 gp / horse / night
| Includes night watch, feeding, watering, cleaning, and rubdown, exercise if necessary. |
Lighting through city (sans guide)
| 3 cp / trip
| If guiding, use "Guiding" entry |
Packing
| 3 cp / hour / person
| Fee typically covers the crating and packing of one person's typical belongings, readied for extended travel.
|
Training of mounts
| 2 gp / day
| 2 weeks to 1 month required, depending on desired result.
|
| Service |
Cost |
Notes |
|---|
Chimney-cleaning
|
10 sp-1 gp / chimney
|
The wealthy are charged more. |
Dying of cloth
|
5 sp - 10 gp / bolt
|
Cost depending on complexity and difficulty of desired result.
|
Laundry
|
1-2 sp / garment
|
Lower rate covers cleaning "while you wait"; higher rates cover overnight cleaning.
|
Medical care
|
10-20 gp / day
|
Includes nursing, splints, dressings, emergency medicines, etc. |
| Service |
Cost |
Notes |
|---|
Sage consultation
|
1 gp
|
— |
Sage research
|
2-10 gp / day
|
— |
| Service |
Cost |
Notes |
|---|
Letters, written
|
10 gp / page
|
Inclusive of the cost of materials.
|
Musicians, performing
|
6 sp / occasion
|
Rate is per musician.
|
| Service |
Cost |
Notes |
|---|
Divination, folk
|
Varies
|
Many prices, many methods; most who can afford it purchase clerical magic.
|
Firefighter, magical
|
10 gp / building
|
Fee must be paid regardless of success.
|
Spell guard, magical
|
10 gp / day
|
—
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Spellcasting, at trials
|
500 gp / spell
|
Fee is paid by city if cast upon order of a city official.
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