Talk:Rallyhorn Riches

Estimation of Value
The adamantine "coffin" was used as a room to hold the gold and a standard-sized coffin. It was assumed to be the typical 10 by 10 by 10 foot room. Using three meters (300 cm) as a rough estimate that makes calculations easier, we compute the volume of a "half-filled" room to be $$300 \times 300 \times 150 = 13,500,000 ~ \text{cm}^3$$ We then subtract a 1-meter square of floor space to allow people to walk into the room and deposit the coffin, or a door to swing open into the room, and/or to allow for some space between the many gold bars. $$13,500,500 - (100 \times 100 \times 150) = 12,000,000 ~ \text{cm}^3$$ The density of gold is $$19.32~\text{g}/\text{cm}^3$$ and there are 454 grams per pound, so the weight of this much gold is estimated to be $$12,000,000 \times 19.32 = 231,840,000~\text{grams} = 510,661~\text{pounds}$$ We conservatively round this down to 500,000 pounds and note that a 1-pound trade bar of gold is worth 50 gp, so the estimated value of the Rallyhorn Riches is $$500,000 \times 50 = 25,000,000~\text{gold pieces}$$ which does not include the value of the jewel-encrusted rod of office. The reader is, of course, free to make their own estimate of the value of this lost treasure. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 17:37, January 10, 2020 (UTC)