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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nameless" data-source="post: 681212" data-attributes="member: 1543">Perhaps I wasn't clear. Let's take an example of a level 5 character with a Ring of Invisibility in addition to his normal assortment of minor magic items. That extra 40,000 gp item has a fairly significant effect on his power level, and is almost 5 times his suggested wealth by itself. Is it fair to assign an ECL to him based on the extra wealth? After all, his power level might be comparable to a level 6 or 7 character (almost definitely not +3, since he could have three actual wizard levels at that point). The same comparison might apply to a level 1 character with a +1 sword.I think there could be a crunchable formula for extra wealth based on level. My comment about race ECL is based on the fact that you could treat racial bonuses as magic item bonuses for cost, and crunch from there using the same, universal system.On one hand, I could say something like (ECL modifier)^2 * 10,000 gp in bonus wealth. This skews the bonus towards low levels, but right around the middle of both levels and ECL seems pretty balanced. At the high end, it breaks as well.On the other hand, you could say he counts as (ECL modifier) * 2 levels higher when calculating standard wealth. This gives a low return at low levels, but scales well as levels increase. On the downside, it may seem artificial or metagamey to give extra treasure to a character. Perhaps as proportionate wealth decreases, the ECL is scaled back and eventually lost.</blockquote>

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