Character Wealth by Level chart for level 20+?

[Upper_Krust]

Hi CRGreathouse mate!

Interesting... it's not what I expected, but here's a workable formula. Note that this is only a rough approxamation for higher-level wealth; while close, it's certainly not exact.

W=3256*1.314^L

where W is wealth and L is level. Sample values:

Level     Formula value    Book value
 10                  50                    49
 15                 196                   200
 20                 767                   760

It's rather closer than I expected. Extrapolated baseline (millions of gold pieces):
21 1.01
22 1.32
23 1.74
24 2.29
25 3.00
26 3.95
27 5.19
28 6.81
29 8.95
30 11.8
31 15.5
32 20.3
33 26.7
34 35.1
35 46.1

Interesting results.

Could you explain how that formula works please...in lay terminology.

W=3256*1.314^L

where W is wealth and L is level.

Essentially the '*' and the '^' are puzzling me.

 

['o Skoteinos]

W=3256*1.314^L

where W is wealth and L is level.

Essentially the '*' and the '^' are puzzling me.

I don't know the right words in English, but I'll give some examples:

2*0 = 0
2*1 = 2
2*2 = 4
2*3 = 6
2*4 = 8
2*5 = 10

2^0 = 1
2^1 = 2
2^2 = 4
2^3 = 8
2^4 = 16
2^5 = 32

I hope you can figure out what the "*" and the "^" mean now...

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey there!

I don't know the right words in English, but I'll give some examples:

2*0 = 0
2*1 = 2
2*2 = 4
2*3 = 6
2*4 = 8
2*5 = 10

2^0 = 1
2^1 = 2
2^2 = 4
2^3 = 8
2^4 = 16
2^5 = 32

I hope you can figure out what the "*" and the "^" mean now...

Yes I can get it now easily enough...

The '*' is multiply and the '^' is squaring itself.

It definately seems the most accurate formula so far, but incredibly long-winded especially at higher levels. As such it favours an extended table format rather than a mere formula listing.

Thanks very much 'o Skoteinos!

 

[WaterRabbit]

Hey there!



Yes I can get it now easily enough...

The '*' is multiply and the '^' is squaring itself.

It definately seems the most accurate formula so far, but incredibly long-winded especially at higher levels. As such it favours an extended table format rather than a mere formula listing.

Thanks very much 'o Skoteinos!

"*" does mean to multiply as in 4 times 6 = 24
"^" means to the power of as in 3 to the power of 4 is equal to 3*3*3*3 = 81

I don't understand what you mean by "long-winded especially at higher levels". You will need a calculator with a y^x function. However, it can increase rapidly, for example at 100th level you get

W=3256*1.314^(100) or 2.36 x 10^15 or
= 2,360,000,000,000,000 gold or 2,360 trillion gold which is in the neighborhood of the US economy if 1 gold = $1.

Does that mean that Bush is a 100th level politician ?

 

[CRGreathouse]

Here's a big chart of wealth, extrapolated from the DMG:

Level	Millions of gp
21	1.0
22	1.3
23	1.7
24	2.3
25	3.0
26	3.9
27	5.2
28	6.8
29	9.0
30	12
31	15
32	20
33	27
34	35
35	46
36	61
37	80
38	105
39	137
40	181
41	237
42	312
43	410
44	538
45	707
46	929
47	1,221
48	1,604
49	2,108
50	2,770
51	3,640
52	4,782
53	6,284
54	8,257
55	10,850
56	14,257
57	18,734
58	24,616
59	32,345
60	42,502
61	55,847
62	73,383
63	96,426
64	126,703
65	166,488
66	218,765
67	287,458
68	377,719
69	496,323
70	652,169
71	856,950
72	1,126,032
73	1,479,606
74	1,944,202
75	2,554,682
76	3,356,852
77	4,410,903
78	5,795,927
79	7,615,848
80	10,007,224
81	13,149,492
82	17,278,433
83	22,703,861
84	29,832,873
85	39,200,395
86	51,509,319
87	67,683,245
88	88,935,784
89	116,861,620
90	153,556,168
91	201,772,805
92	265,129,466
93	348,380,118
94	457,771,475
95	601,511,718
96	790,386,398
97	1,038,567,727
98	1,364,677,993
99	1,793,186,883
100	2,356,247,564
101	3,096,109,299
102	4,068,287,619
103	5,345,729,932
104	7,024,289,130
105	9,229,915,917
106	12,128,109,515
107	15,936,335,903
108	20,940,345,377
109	27,515,613,825
110	36,155,516,566
111	47,508,348,768
112	62,425,970,282
113	82,027,724,950
114	107,784,430,584
115	141,628,741,788
116	186,100,166,709
117	244,535,619,056
118	321,319,803,439
119	422,214,221,719
120	554,789,487,339
121	728,993,386,364
122	957,897,309,682
123	1,258,677,064,922
124	1,653,901,663,308
125	2,173,226,785,587
126	2,855,619,996,261
127	3,752,284,675,087
128	4,930,502,063,064
129	6,478,679,710,867
130	8,512,985,140,079
131	11,186,062,474,064
132	14,698,486,090,920
133	19,313,810,723,468
134	25,378,347,290,638
135	33,347,148,339,898
136	43,818,152,918,626
137	57,577,052,935,074
138	75,656,247,556,687
139	99,412,309,289,487
140	130,627,774,406,386
141	171,644,895,569,991
142	225,541,392,778,969
143	296,361,390,111,565
144	389,418,866,606,596
145	511,696,390,721,067
146	672,369,057,407,483
147	883,492,941,433,432
148	1,160,909,725,043,530
149	1,525,435,378,707,200
150	2,004,422,087,621,260
151	2,633,810,623,134,330
152	3,460,827,158,798,520
153	4,547,526,886,661,250
154	5,975,450,329,072,880
155	7,851,741,732,401,770
156	10,317,188,636,375,900
157	13,556,785,868,198,000
158	17,813,616,630,812,100
159	23,407,092,252,887,100
160	30,756,919,220,293,700
161	40,414,591,855,465,900
162	53,104,773,698,082,200
163	69,779,672,639,280,000
164	91,690,489,848,014,000
165	120,481,303,660,290,000
166	158,312,433,009,622,000
167	208,022,536,974,643,000
168	273,341,613,584,681,000
169	359,170,880,250,270,000
170	471,950,536,648,855,000
171	620,143,005,156,596,000
172	814,867,908,775,767,000
173	1,070,736,432,131,360,000
174	1,406,947,671,820,600,000
175	1,848,729,240,772,270,000
176	2,429,230,222,374,770,000
177	3,192,008,512,200,450,000
178	4,194,299,185,031,390,000
179	5,511,309,129,131,240,000
180	7,241,860,195,678,460,000
181	9,515,804,297,121,490,000
182	12,503,766,846,417,600,000
183	16,429,949,636,192,800,000
184	21,588,953,821,957,300,000
185	28,367,885,322,051,900,000
186	37,275,401,313,176,200,000
187	48,979,877,325,513,500,000
188	64,359,558,805,724,800,000
189	84,568,460,270,722,400,000
190	111,122,956,795,729,000,000
191	146,015,565,229,588,000,000
192	191,864,452,711,679,000,000
193	252,109,890,863,146,000,000
194	331,272,396,594,174,000,000
195	435,291,929,124,745,000,000
196	571,973,594,869,915,000,000
197	751,573,303,659,068,000,000
198	987,567,321,008,016,000,000
199	1,297,663,459,804,530,000,000
200	1,705,129,786,183,160,000,000

 

[kreynolds]

That chart can't be right. A 35th level NPC, acording to WotC, should have roughly 11,000,000 gp in wealth. But 46,000,000 gp in wealth seems (insert playful sarcasm here) just a bit too high for a 35th level PC.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Break one thousand gp on level 3, one million on level 20, one billion on level 47, and one trillion on level 72. (US units)


Assuming 1 gp = $100 and $9.963 trillion as the US GDP, a 64th-level character's net worth is greater than everything produced in the US in a year.

 

[CRGreathouse]

That chart can't be right. A 35th level NPC, acording to WotC, should have roughly 11,000,000 gp in wealth. But 46,000,000 gp in wealth seems (insert playful sarcasm here) just a bit too high for a 35th level PC.

It's just continuing the pattern in the DMG. Just think - if you had only seen the PC wealth up to 10th level but the NPC wealth up to 20th, and you saw that an NPC had 220,000 gop and I told you that a PC had 760,000 gp, wouldn't you think something fishy was going on? 11M isn't that far from 46M, just as 220k isn't that far from 760k.

 

[ConcreteBuddha]

In all seriousness, what is the point of gold when you are a god?

Can't Pelor create permanent gold at will? Does he lose XP when he does so?

I would think that there would be a different 'god currency' at such high levels. So many gold pieces is a nightmare...(can't stand accounting).

I hope the Epic stuff takes this into account.

 

[CRGreathouse]

In my campaign, there are more expensive types of coins: platinum and mithril (note spelling). Platinum coins are worth 10 gp each, and mithril pieces are worth 1000 gp each. They're found in ancient treasure hoardes (with unusual morkings) and used for transfers of wealth between kingdoms and empires. Few people even recognize their worth.