An Epic character of mine struck it rich at one point, when we dealt with a bad guy who had a rather large front door to his living chamber made out of adamantite. With STR 34, he just took the door with him on the way out, and sold it for around 750,000 gold. (it was a very high-power, high-magic game... the merchant didn't even blink when I made the offer)
How much gold do you have?
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Thanee said:BTW, what's the point of this thread?
I mean... what does it say, how much gold a character has without knowledge about the worth of gold (if different to standard D&D) or the amount of valuable stuff the character has.
What does it tell you (or better, what do you hope it is going to tell you, but is not, actually)?
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Thanee
I'm going to guess that random user is interested in how much free cash people tend to carry around with them.
I agree with you, though. With no indication of what the norm is for that campaign (perhaps everybody has thousands of gold pieces, like in mmu1's high-octane game, or is relatively poor, like Agemegos' historical game) whatever numbers we throw out don't have any real meaning.
Having said that; Our current game is by the book for character wealth. The players are miserly buggers that pinch every cp to buy their next big magic item, so they are all packing ~7000gp at 7th level. Thinking about it, I guess they're ripe for a pickpocket or burglary.
I have no idea.
In the campaign I am currently playing in, the party looted a beholder's lair. After killing the monster, we found a treasure room that had gold, gems, and other valuables piled up almost to the ceiling. The DM never bothered telling us exactly how much it was, so I really have no idea how much money my character has. But I don't really worry about it much, because I know the character will never get to spend all that money (at least, not on himself).
Basically, the DM gave us uncountable quantities of loot so that we could make the large expenditures necessary to further his storyline (like feeding and transporting an army). Once we have made all the important expenditures necessary to complete the DM's storyline, I have no doubt that he will declare that the money we found in the beholder's lair has run out.
As I write this, it occurs to me that many players would feel cheated if a DM treated their treasure this way. The way I describe it, it sounds a lot like DM railroading. But I don't look at it like that. I realize that the DM never would have had that much loot lying around if there hadn't been a reason for us to have it. So it doesn't much bother me if the loot is gone once we have accomplished our mission. Plus, he is a very good DM. We have broad goals that we know we need to accomplish, but he gives us a great deal of freedom when it comes to deciding how to accomplish those goals. So don't feel too bad for me; my gaming group is quite content with this arrangement.
-Menexenus
In the campaign I am currently playing in, the party looted a beholder's lair. After killing the monster, we found a treasure room that had gold, gems, and other valuables piled up almost to the ceiling. The DM never bothered telling us exactly how much it was, so I really have no idea how much money my character has. But I don't really worry about it much, because I know the character will never get to spend all that money (at least, not on himself).
Basically, the DM gave us uncountable quantities of loot so that we could make the large expenditures necessary to further his storyline (like feeding and transporting an army). Once we have made all the important expenditures necessary to complete the DM's storyline, I have no doubt that he will declare that the money we found in the beholder's lair has run out.
As I write this, it occurs to me that many players would feel cheated if a DM treated their treasure this way. The way I describe it, it sounds a lot like DM railroading. But I don't look at it like that. I realize that the DM never would have had that much loot lying around if there hadn't been a reason for us to have it. So it doesn't much bother me if the loot is gone once we have accomplished our mission. Plus, he is a very good DM. We have broad goals that we know we need to accomplish, but he gives us a great deal of freedom when it comes to deciding how to accomplish those goals. So don't feel too bad for me; my gaming group is quite content with this arrangement.
-Menexenus
My 6th level party (6 PCs) have 862 gold, 17 silver and 6 copper in cash. They have items worth a total 144.144 GP, thus they are a bit richer than the norm for D&D. OTOH about one third of that are two specific items (one is a greater hemet og underwater action, the other a magical trap box), and neither of them are really useful in everyday life.
The other party is 13th/14th level (also 6 PCs), and they are extremely rich. Currently they have 139.213 GP in cash (most of it in diamonds), but recently they had more than 400.000 GP in cash (after a long hunt without any opportunity to liquidate loot). They also have items worth a total of 1.345.564 GP.
We keep a common sheet for all items and money (apart for "pocket money"), I've made an excel sheet that IMO works pretty well for that purpose.
.Ziggy
The other party is 13th/14th level (also 6 PCs), and they are extremely rich. Currently they have 139.213 GP in cash (most of it in diamonds), but recently they had more than 400.000 GP in cash (after a long hunt without any opportunity to liquidate loot). They also have items worth a total of 1.345.564 GP.
We keep a common sheet for all items and money (apart for "pocket money"), I've made an excel sheet that IMO works pretty well for that purpose.
.Ziggy
