LotFP vs BX - equipment

Happy New Year!  Today I continue scouring through the Lamentations of the Flame Princess Rules & Magic hardbound and comparing it to good ol’ Basic/Expert D&D.  Let’s look at equipment.

BASIC EQUIPMENT

Item	Cost (gp)	LotFP  (sp)	Notes
Backpack	5	1
Flask of Oil	2	5cp	The LotFP version is lamp oil and does less damage, but with a small chance of engulfing the foe in flame
Hammer (small)	2	Not listed	I’d tell players to buy a Minor Weapon and call it a small hammer
Holy Symbol	25	25	The 25sp holy symbol is silver.  Cheaper steel and wood version are available.  No mechanical difference (turning, spellcasting, etc.), as far as I can tell.
Holy Water (1 vial)	25	25
Iron Spikes (12)	1	3cp
Lantern	10	3
Mirror (hand, steel)	5	1	Silver and glass mirrors also available for higher prices.
Iron Rations (1 week)	15	7	Sold by the day in LotFP.
Standard Rations (1 week)	5	35cp	Sold by the day in LotFP.
Rope, 50’	1	3
Small Sack	1	2cp	Only one size of sack in LotFP
Large Sack	2	2cp	Only one size of sack in LotFP
Thieves Tools	25	50
Tinder Box	3	1
Torches (6)	1	6cp
Water/Wine Skin	1	1
Wine (1 quart)	1	1	Poor and rich quality wine also available
Wolfsbane (1 bunch)	10	1
Wooden Pole, 10’	1	5cp

With the notable exception of Thieves Tools (call Specialist Tools in LotFP, of course), most Basic rulebook equipment is the same price or cheaper.  Which is good, since decent armor is so damn expensive.

EXPERT EQUIPMENT

Item	Cost (gp)	LotFP cost (sp)	Notes
Crowbar	10	2
Garlic	5	1cp
Grappling Hook	25	5
Stakes (3) and Mallet	3	6cp	Mallet and wooden spikes listed separately
Camel	100	Not listed
Cart (2 wheels)	100	25
Draft horse	40	Not listed
Riding horse	75	100
War horse	250	500
Mule	30	25
Saddle & bridle	25	Not listed	Included in the cost of a horse, I presume.
Saddle bags	5	1
Wagon (4 wheels)	200	75
Boat, river	4,000	1,000
Boat, sailing	2,000	6,000
Canoe	50	25
Large galley	30,000	Not listed	Many ship types listed in LotFP , not sure how they match up to BX.
Small galley	10,000	Not listed	“
War galley	60,000	Not listed	“
Lifeboat	1,000	100
Longship	15,000	30,000
Raft	1/sq ft	5
Large sailing ship	20,000	Not listed	“
Small sailing ship	5,000	Not listed	“
Troop transport	40,000	Not listed	“
Light catapult	100	Not listed	“

Lamentations has a lot more stuff on the price charts than BX D&D.  The list is comparable to the 2nd edition AD&D Players Handbook, with additional animals (carrier pigeons, dogs, livestock, pony), more containers (barrels, chests, pouches), chariots, drink and meal prices for inns, services (postage fees, hiring a coach, shipping freight, buying passage on a ship), a variety of lodging options (including renting a place on a monthly basis), and a bunch more miscellaneous gear (including that staple of Google+ D&D play, lard).

The fact that I can buy a map to the kingdom, copy it into a blank book, and mail the original to someone in another kingdom for about 40 bucks says a helluva lot about the Early Modern nature of default LotFP play.  In a western medieval setting the blank book alone would be pricy as hell.  The presence of tobacco on the miscellaneous list further suggests that colonialism is on the march in the default setting. Though obviously if you want halfling gardeners responsible for the cultivation of pipeweed that’s your prerogative as a referee.

One slight annoyance: my character can buy some paper and a vial of ink, but I can’t find a quill pen listed anywhere.