How Much Treasure to Pre-Gens of >1st Level?

[TikkchikFenTikktikk]

I'm building a group of 4 pre-gens of 5th level to run my group through "Heathen".

I think I've leveled them up appropriately as far as all the characteristics go. All except for equipment, treasure, and magic items.

How is every one else dealing with this?

From the DMG p. 125:
"Make sure that over the course of several levels of
adventuring, you award items evenly to all the characters,
so that over the course of, say, five levels, every
character has acquired four [assuming a party of 5] useful and exciting items.
The monetary rewards included in the treasure parcels
should also allow characters to buy or enchant
items of their level or lower."

Since this is a party of 4, their will be a total of 15 magic items and 6795g to divvy up if I use the tables on p 126.

How should I choose who gets what magic items? How do I compensate the poor schmuck that gets 3 magic items instead of 4?

 

[Charwoman Gene]

One 6th level Item, one 5th level item, one 4th level item and enough gold for another 4th level item. It's in the DMG in the section on creating high level characters.

 

[Boarstorm]

It's easier than that. Give each character one level+1 item, one level item, one level-1 item and call it good.

That's... umm... somewhere in the DMG. Back with page reference if I can find it.

Edit: Page 143, under 7).

 

[tafkamhokie]

Or, more specifically, see DMG p143 bullet point #7.

 

[NMcCoy]

It's easier than that. Give each character one level+1 item, one level item, one level-1 item

and one level-1 item's worth of gold

and call it good.

 

[TikkchikFenTikktikk]

Ah, thanks. I expected this to be in the PHB and assumed it was just missing when I didn't see it there.