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<blockquote data-quote="Kinematics" data-source="post: 7351432" data-attributes="member: 6932123">Do note that while there's similarities, the average DMG results do have notable differences from Pathfinder, depending on which version you use.For the latest preferred version, the typical 5E curve matches Pathfinder primarily only from level 17 up.&nbsp; It's designed to reach the same endpoint by 20th level, but in previous levels (7 through 16), Pathfinder has roughly twice the wealth per level of the 5E curve.&nbsp; As this largely affects tier 3, the implication is the devs wanting to keep tier 3 closer to tier 2 scaling, rather than continue to accelerate.In the prior initial version I worked out, 5E and Pathfinder came out very close to the same all the way to level 16, and then 5E accelerated well beyond the Pathfinder rate for tier 4.&nbsp; While this does make for a nice match with Pathfinder through most of the game, I don't see any reason for the sudden acceleration to extreme levels for tier 4, so I don't trust it to be an accurate representation of the developers' intentions.Regardless, even working at half wealth for all those middle levels, using Pathfinder pricing (or a facsimile thereof) would just mean that magic items are relatively more expensive to the player, and not an actual problem with the approach.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kinematics, post: 7351432, member: 6932123"] Do note that while there's similarities, the average DMG results do have notable differences from Pathfinder, depending on which version you use. For the latest preferred version, the typical 5E curve matches Pathfinder primarily only from level 17 up. It's designed to reach the same endpoint by 20th level, but in previous levels (7 through 16), Pathfinder has roughly twice the wealth per level of the 5E curve. As this largely affects tier 3, the implication is the devs wanting to keep tier 3 closer to tier 2 scaling, rather than continue to accelerate. In the prior initial version I worked out, 5E and Pathfinder came out very close to the same all the way to level 16, and then 5E accelerated well beyond the Pathfinder rate for tier 4. While this does make for a nice match with Pathfinder through most of the game, I don't see any reason for the sudden acceleration to extreme levels for tier 4, so I don't trust it to be an accurate representation of the developers' intentions. Regardless, even working at half wealth for all those middle levels, using Pathfinder pricing (or a facsimile thereof) would just mean that magic items are relatively more expensive to the player, and not an actual problem with the approach. [/QUOTE]

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