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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hobgoblin" data-source="post: 3559843" data-attributes="member: 24923">they started out with about +9WB. this means that any guns under DC9 are free...but as the new one starts out with something like +13WB, he can get better guns for free.free meaning that it will not impact his wealth bonus what so ever as said item is both under the DC15 limit and under his wealth bonus, resulting in no reduction of wealth bonus on purchase...as older tech gets a -2 DC pr PL below the game PL they are (and from what i understand, the D20 modern ones are PL5, so thats a -4) he can get a assault rifle without it effecting his wealth bonus, while they could not.im kinda suspecting that the issue comes from comparing wealth to "gold" but i cant find the argument or example to indicate that said comparison is flawed. outside of the new guy getting less of a increase in wealth as the game goes on as well, but even then he gets somewhat better equipment from the get go.note however that this is just 2nd level. as in, its not that big a jump from when they started.and im using the rules in urban arcana to define how much wealth bonus the new one gets.</blockquote>