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<blockquote data-quote="CharlesRyan" data-source="post: 539364" data-attributes="member: 5265">Selling stolen stuffRemember that when you sell something, you do not gain a Wealth bonus equal to the sale value of the item--rather, you gain the same amount of Wealth as you would lose if you bought something at that purchase DC. (See page 94.)So, in this case, let's say your Wealth bonus before the sale was 6. To buy something with a purchase DC of 20, you'd lose 1d6+1 Wealth. Therefore, to sell something with a sale value of 20, you gain 1d6+1 Wealth. In this case, your Wealth will go up (with an average roll) to 11.Now you steal another bike, and sell it. With your Wealth at 11, you gain 2 Wealth for the sale, increasing it to 13. A third theft, and your Wealth goes up to 15. When your Wealth hits 20, you're only gaining 1 point per theft.Yes, you can make money by continually stealing expensive items and selling them illegally. Indeed, maybe this would make a fine basis for a cat-burgaler style campaign. But it's probably not worth it, in the long run, for characters who have better things to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CharlesRyan, post: 539364, member: 5265"] [b]Selling stolen stuff[/b] Remember that when you sell something, you do not gain a Wealth bonus equal to the sale value of the item--rather, you gain the same amount of Wealth as you would lose if you bought something at that purchase DC. (See page 94.) So, in this case, let's say your Wealth bonus before the sale was 6. To buy something with a purchase DC of 20, you'd lose 1d6+1 Wealth. Therefore, to sell something with a sale value of 20, you gain 1d6+1 Wealth. In this case, your Wealth will go up (with an average roll) to 11. Now you steal another bike, and sell it. With your Wealth at 11, you gain 2 Wealth for the sale, increasing it to 13. A third theft, and your Wealth goes up to 15. When your Wealth hits 20, you're only gaining 1 point per theft. Yes, you can make money by continually stealing expensive items and selling them illegally. Indeed, maybe this would make a fine basis for a cat-burgaler style campaign. But it's probably not worth it, in the long run, for characters who have better things to do. [/QUOTE]

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