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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Longbow" data-source="post: 3288831" data-attributes="member: 18784">Some of my players characters died and couldn´t be raised. So they made brand new PCs, starting at level 11. I gave them 66.000 GP to buy magic items and equipment as stated in the DMG. At first I told them they can buy any items they like with the gold. One of the players then said he will get a +5 armor. That got me a little worried. I think having only a few items that cost a lot could be unbalancing. I then made some limits what to buy and how much gold they could use for an item. Now I´m afraid their ACs could be too low. I´ve allowed the following items which provide a bonus to AC: Ring of Protection +2, Amulet of Natural Armor +2, Armor/Shields +2. A character with a Fullplate +2, Ring of Protection +2, Dex 12 would have AC 23 or AC 25 with an Amulet of Natural Armor +2. The same PC gets AC 27 oder AC 29 with a Large Shield +2.Someone wielding a shield looks OK, a Greatsword-wielding Fighter not. Of course, spells like Haste help out, too.These are my total rules for what my players can buy, the values are only a limit for the total cost of one item:15.000 for armor/shields. Animated Shield and +3 enhancement is not allowed (so no Fullplate +3, a Light Fortification Fullplate+2 would be OK).20.000 for weapons. Holy, Unholy, Axiomatic, Thundering, Chaotic, Lawful, Bane, Disruption, Wounding are not allowed; no more that one energy damaging effect like flaming per weapon 15.000 for rings14.000 for rods2.200 for scrolls17.000 for staffs21.000 for wands900 for potions16.000 for wondrous items. Cloak of Resistance+4 is not allowed. Stat-boosting items are OK, but PCs can get only one with a +4 bonus and only one with a +2 bonus.So, am I just being worried over nothing or did I make an error with those limits?</blockquote>

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