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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Perpetrated Press" data-source="post: 511761" data-attributes="member: 7204">I've been reading the Wealth Bonuses for Adventuring Gains rules on page 204.Is it just me, or is there a large gaping hole in this section?  It doesn't say how to apply the Wealth bonus. Is it split among the party or can it be given to one PC? I assume the bonus is supposed to be added to the PCs current Wealth total, although this is not explicitly stated. If this is the case, why would any party ever give a wealth bonus to anyone except the designated Money Tree PC?Why would I ever give any Wealth bonus to someone other than the character with the highest Wealth? Continuing to raise the Wealth of one character will reap the party much more than splitting it up because that one character can buy equipment of greater value for the whole party.For example, a party of 4 PCs of 3rd level with Wealth bonuses of +3, +5, +6, and +8. They defeat an encounter of EL 3, and snag a wallet with cash that provides a treasure of +6 Wealth.Now, who are they going to give the Wealth to? Splitting it up equally, or thereabouts, gives two players +1 Wealth, and two +2 Wealth. Let's say the two lowest PCs are raised by two, so it's now PC wealth = +5, +7, +7, +8.On the other hand, if they give all +6 Wealth to the PC with the highest bonus, he gets now has a Wealth +14. This means that the Wealth +14 character can buy any item with a Purchase DC 14 or less at his leisure. He can equip his comrades with these items at no reduction in Wealth.Extending that logic, the higher one PCs Wealth the more stuff he can "get for free", that is, by not reducing his Wealth score. A +6 bonus to Wealth is much more valuable to a character with higher wealth. Now, the obvious restraint on this type of munchkinism is the GM. He can demand that the treasure wealth bonus be split up as equally as possible.What do you guys think?</blockquote>

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