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Originally Posted by Varyon
D&D swords are ridiculously cheap compared to everything else, at least when comparing to GURPS.
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By design and from the beginning Gurps weapons that do not have to be made of sword steel are far cheaper than weapons that do need to be made of sword steel. D&D weapons are priced either by random or by damage done.
So you try and compare apples to apples and you pick something that's of central importance to both systems. That's how I ended up with longswords/Thrusting Broadswords.
Speakign of things that are important, 1 GP equalling $10 is what the world of D'y'r't used but that was mostly for magic item buying. It seemed to work well.
As to hirelings I've never been in a group where low level adventurers had the money to hire them. The 2e Monstrous Compedium (probably quoting an even older source) says hirelings were seldom seen below the 3rd level of the dungeon.
Hiring people to guard your camp or especially your horses goes back to Runequest and not D&D. :)