Im trying to find info on wood as a trade for dnd and how much gold it typically cost. Can anyone help me find this information because it snot marked in the trade goods of the Players handbook.
All the amarune publications, broken out by habitat...not official, but I’d say more legit than some of the top-selling pubs given the authors and consultants (including ed greenwood). They bring several legacy edition woods to 5e....with a few new as well.
other than that, older edition materials- look at ‘volo’s guide to all things magical’ and use a gem to gauge price adjustments for woods (look at the gem price difference between that book and current prices and use that ratio).
You can also search for ‘nonmetallic armor’ on dmsguild, it has several hard woods.
as you’ll find, ‘what kind of wood’ is a huge question-depending on that and where you are can have prices fluctuate from change, to over 100 gp for 50 lb., to not found in markets at all.
also, all the pubs I’ve read talk about special/unique woods (for items) -not supercommons like regular old oaks (for buildings).
Really it can cost as much or little as you need. But unless you’re using it for trade, maybe worry about the end product. If your building a house, just come up with a price for the house, don’t worry about individual components.
If you're going to buy it so you can build something, that is one thing. But if you're going to use it as a trade good then that is something else yet again.
If you are using it as just a basic construction item then consider that you have to harvest the tree into long lengths, transport it, debark and "limb" the trunk. You will need to saw it down into boards or timbers and then allow it to dry. It will need to be stored in a drying shed for this. After many months it will be ready to use as lumber.
If you are going to use it for cabinetry then you need to harvest the tree, transport, debark and "limb" the trunk. Then you cut it down to timbers and let it begin to dry. After a spell, you will take it back to the mill and cut out the boards and take it back to the shed for more drying. This extra step will moderate some of the splits and warp you get from uneven drying. You usually use better trees (hardwoods) for cabinetry. If you are making weapons such as pole arms or bows then you are going to treat the wood carefully as you do for cabinetry.
I have not needed to establish prices for these things in D&D but I would go back to the PHB or DMG and see if there is some description for building stone walls or something and then back into a price for construction grade wood from there. Cabinetry grade wood should be 5x or more for the same volume of wood. But since you use thinner pieces for cabinetry it goes pretty far.
As a pure trade good I have done this in the past ... A wagon load costs 50gp from a lumber camp already cut down to size and dried, ready to go. Once I get it to town, I can sell a wagon load for 100-150gp. I haven't worked out the details for how much is in a wagon or anything, and I may find I'm high by a factor of 2x-5x. But for the purpose of D&D the only thing carefully computing the volume and the price per volume is going to change is to tell me how many carts I need to transport 50gp of wood. A wagon can carry about 4000 pounds of materials. I figure for most bulk commodities, a wagon load is about 50gp.
Edit: The AD&D DMG has a list of a few castle constructions including a wooden palisade wall 100' long x 10' high for 100gp. The description says the posts are sunk into the ground 4-5'. This would be made from trees, not necessarily debarked but "limbed", and not dried or sawn into size.
A wooden door is listed as 4' x 7' x 3" think made of hardwood with metal hinges, etc. at a cost of 10gp.
A "wooden" building, 6" thk walls, 120' of exterior walls 20' high, one wooden door, two wooden floors (upper and attic), two flights of stairs and a peaked roof costs 200gp. Cellars, interior walls, doors, windows, shutters, ground floor are all extra.
You may be able to back into some prices from that information.
Im trying to find info on wood as a trade for dnd and how much gold it typically cost. Can anyone help me find this information because it snot marked in the trade goods of the Players handbook.
All the amarune publications, broken out by habitat...not official, but I’d say more legit than some of the top-selling pubs given the authors and consultants (including ed greenwood). They bring several legacy edition woods to 5e....with a few new as well.
other than that, older edition materials- look at ‘volo’s guide to all things magical’ and use a gem to gauge price adjustments for woods (look at the gem price difference between that book and current prices and use that ratio).
You can also search for ‘nonmetallic armor’ on dmsguild, it has several hard woods.
as you’ll find, ‘what kind of wood’ is a huge question-depending on that and where you are can have prices fluctuate from change, to over 100 gp for 50 lb., to not found in markets at all.
also, all the pubs I’ve read talk about special/unique woods (for items) -not supercommons like regular old oaks (for buildings).
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What do you need it for?
Really it can cost as much or little as you need. But unless you’re using it for trade, maybe worry about the end product. If your building a house, just come up with a price for the house, don’t worry about individual components.
If you're going to buy it so you can build something, that is one thing. But if you're going to use it as a trade good then that is something else yet again.
If you are using it as just a basic construction item then consider that you have to harvest the tree into long lengths, transport it, debark and "limb" the trunk. You will need to saw it down into boards or timbers and then allow it to dry. It will need to be stored in a drying shed for this. After many months it will be ready to use as lumber.
If you are going to use it for cabinetry then you need to harvest the tree, transport, debark and "limb" the trunk. Then you cut it down to timbers and let it begin to dry. After a spell, you will take it back to the mill and cut out the boards and take it back to the shed for more drying. This extra step will moderate some of the splits and warp you get from uneven drying. You usually use better trees (hardwoods) for cabinetry. If you are making weapons such as pole arms or bows then you are going to treat the wood carefully as you do for cabinetry.
I have not needed to establish prices for these things in D&D but I would go back to the PHB or DMG and see if there is some description for building stone walls or something and then back into a price for construction grade wood from there. Cabinetry grade wood should be 5x or more for the same volume of wood. But since you use thinner pieces for cabinetry it goes pretty far.
As a pure trade good I have done this in the past ... A wagon load costs 50gp from a lumber camp already cut down to size and dried, ready to go. Once I get it to town, I can sell a wagon load for 100-150gp. I haven't worked out the details for how much is in a wagon or anything, and I may find I'm high by a factor of 2x-5x. But for the purpose of D&D the only thing carefully computing the volume and the price per volume is going to change is to tell me how many carts I need to transport 50gp of wood. A wagon can carry about 4000 pounds of materials. I figure for most bulk commodities, a wagon load is about 50gp.
Edit: The AD&D DMG has a list of a few castle constructions including a wooden palisade wall 100' long x 10' high for 100gp. The description says the posts are sunk into the ground 4-5'. This would be made from trees, not necessarily debarked but "limbed", and not dried or sawn into size.
A wooden door is listed as 4' x 7' x 3" think made of hardwood with metal hinges, etc. at a cost of 10gp.
A "wooden" building, 6" thk walls, 120' of exterior walls 20' high, one wooden door, two wooden floors (upper and attic), two flights of stairs and a peaked roof costs 200gp. Cellars, interior walls, doors, windows, shutters, ground floor are all extra.
You may be able to back into some prices from that information.
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