Halford
First Post
I have been toying with the implementation of a balancing mechanism for character wealth for a few day and I would like feedback on the following proposal.
This proposal relies upon a couple of premises which I am not certain are accurate - though I believe they are.
These slots would be recorded upon the players character sheet.
So a starting PC would have...
Reward Slots:
1 2 3 4 (these slots do not correspond to item levels, but rather to the place upon the charts on page 126 of the DMG)
His first DM would then be able to choose any of these slots for his item.
So Phoenix decides to give Brudd a 5th level item and would then tell me to remove my number one slot. The DM running the game Brudd is in as he goes from 2nd to third level then deicdes to give Brudd an item of 4th level which at 2nd level corresponds to the third slot.
Brudd's sheet would now read...
Reward Slots:
1 2 3 4
Obviously adopting such a system would involve a little more book keeping and would require DMs to tailor items to players and for players to occasionally not vie for an item that they would like, but know in OOC is not meant for their character. But I believe it would be an excellent balancing mechanism.
I know that the current system is wait and see, but I thought I would put this out there for consideration.
This proposal relies upon a couple of premises which I am not certain are accurate - though I believe they are.
- Since their are five "item slots" at each level for a party of five a PC who recieves a different slot at levels 1-5 should be relatively balanced with another PC whose slots were in a different order. Thus over five level a PC who starts off with a level 5 item should even out with one who begins with a 2nd level item, etc.
- Characters classes benefit similarily from different levels of items.
These slots would be recorded upon the players character sheet.
So a starting PC would have...
Reward Slots:
1 2 3 4 (these slots do not correspond to item levels, but rather to the place upon the charts on page 126 of the DMG)
His first DM would then be able to choose any of these slots for his item.
So Phoenix decides to give Brudd a 5th level item and would then tell me to remove my number one slot. The DM running the game Brudd is in as he goes from 2nd to third level then deicdes to give Brudd an item of 4th level which at 2nd level corresponds to the third slot.
Brudd's sheet would now read...
Reward Slots:
Obviously adopting such a system would involve a little more book keeping and would require DMs to tailor items to players and for players to occasionally not vie for an item that they would like, but know in OOC is not meant for their character. But I believe it would be an excellent balancing mechanism.
I know that the current system is wait and see, but I thought I would put this out there for consideration.