I've been pondering if we won't have all our stuff taken from us at Moonrise, with Act 2 being a bit of a reset.
It'll seem odd showing up to BG with thousands of gold after mucking about in the woods for a few [insert time here].
I remember when firesnakearies was doing her Improbable Adventures, she was roleplaying a maid, and said she was doing pretty well with over a hundred gold. Yeah, I imagine that would bump up most people's standard of living by a fair margin, especially considering I think most commonfolk are supposed to average a copper a day.
D&D economies have always been the least thought out aspect, including their computerized adaptations
I found something online that said unskilled labor is paid 2sp/day but I couldn't find where that was from, the point still stands I think.
I agree that it doesn't make much sense for gold to be so plentiful in the wilderness unless we're talking the fringe encounters with the Zhentarim, and even then it's unlikely that they would hoard upward of 2000 gp in a goblin hideout and nothing in their actual headquarters. I imagine most people in the realm are poor, which averages to 2sp per diem. A modest lifestyle averages 1gp, comfortable 2gp, wealthy 4gp, and aristocratic 10gp at a minimum. This per the Basic Rules, Chapter 5: Equipment.
