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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7349250" data-attributes="member: 12731">[MENTION=6799753]lowkey13[/MENTION] this is because your example is misleading - exponential curves don't differ by a static multiplierBesides, a multiplier can't account for the varied shapes of our curves. Just look at the Pathfinder and DMG treasure curves (green and red, respectively) and how the red curve seems to catch up with the green at level 17. What you don't see in that graph is that Pathfinder races ahead to end up at a significantly higher gp amount at level 20 (I think the green curve ends at 900K while the red curve ends at 600K roughly speaking IIRC Edit: IRI or I Recalled Incorrectly: both graphs actually end at roughly the same point)In stark contrast, expressing wealth as level is just as simple a number as a multiplier, only it automatically off-loads the &quot;curve calculation&quot; onto each user. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Obviously I intend for my final table to use gp values, probably selecting a single curve as a showcase example. How to serve users of other wealth curves is still unclear at this early stage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7349250, member: 12731"] [MENTION=6799753]lowkey13[/MENTION] this is because your example is misleading - exponential curves don't differ by a static multiplier Besides, a multiplier can't account for the varied shapes of our curves. Just look at the Pathfinder and DMG treasure curves (green and red, respectively) and how the red curve seems to catch up with the green at level 17. [SIZE=1]What you don't see in that graph is that Pathfinder races ahead to end up at a significantly higher gp amount at level 20 (I think the green curve ends at 900K while the red curve ends at 600K roughly speaking IIRC[/SIZE] Edit: IRI or I Recalled Incorrectly: both graphs actually end at roughly the same point) In stark contrast, expressing wealth as level is just as simple a number as a multiplier, only it automatically off-loads the "curve calculation" onto each user. :) Obviously I intend for my final table to use gp values, probably selecting a single curve as a showcase example. How to serve users of other wealth curves is still unclear at this early stage. [/QUOTE]

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