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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7716188" data-attributes="member: 29398">Depends if your DM is/was also properly using and applying the rules that drained said wealth:- training for level-up- magic - and mundane, for that matter - items having to save every time their bearer got hit with anything big e.g. fireball (save vs. magic fire) or a giant's boulder (save vs. crushing blow) etc.- living costs during downtime, including mundane gear replacement (small amounts but they can sure add up)- for clerics and paladins, sacrifice (direct to deity) or donation (to one's temple) of a portion of wealth acquired (I think something similar may have also applied to Monks but I might be conflating with a houserule here)- costs for services e.g. spellcasting (for example: to get an NPC to cast Raise Dead for you is, by RAW, mighty costly)- for arcane casters, spell research and acquirement costs- for thieves and assassins, guild dues and contributions- payment of henches, followers, and similarFurther, as I mentioned a few posts back treasure of all kinds was the primary reward mechanism in 1e.&nbsp; Given that, seeing a lot of it only made sense...though (and this is another difference between 1e and the recent ones) there was much more of an easy-come-easy-go mentality kind of built in - lots of wealth and lots of things you had to spend it on.Lan-&quot;gimme some money&quot;-efanEDIT: p.s. something else to consider with 1e published modules is that while there's often boatloads of treasure in them to be found it was a rare party indeed that found all of it, or even a large portion of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7716188, member: 29398"] Depends if your DM is/was also properly using and applying the rules that drained said wealth: - training for level-up - magic - and mundane, for that matter - items having to save every time their bearer got hit with anything big e.g. fireball (save vs. magic fire) or a giant's boulder (save vs. crushing blow) etc. - living costs during downtime, including mundane gear replacement (small amounts but they can sure add up) - for clerics and paladins, sacrifice (direct to deity) or donation (to one's temple) of a portion of wealth acquired (I think something similar may have also applied to Monks but I might be conflating with a houserule here) - costs for services e.g. spellcasting (for example: to get an NPC to cast Raise Dead for you is, by RAW, mighty costly) - for arcane casters, spell research and acquirement costs - for thieves and assassins, guild dues and contributions - payment of henches, followers, and similar Further, as I mentioned a few posts back treasure of all kinds was the primary reward mechanism in 1e. Given that, seeing a lot of it only made sense...though (and this is another difference between 1e and the recent ones) there was much more of an easy-come-easy-go mentality kind of built in - lots of wealth and lots of things you had to spend it on. Lan-"gimme some money"-efan EDIT: p.s. something else to consider with 1e published modules is that while there's often boatloads of treasure in them to be found it was a rare party indeed that found all of it, or even a large portion of it. [/QUOTE]

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