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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Truename" data-source="post: 4605475" data-attributes="member: 78255">It's a magic item economyI think converting items->gold is going in the wrong direction. It's not gold that matters in the game; it's magic items. There's nothing else to spend the money on. And the treasure is balanced in that every level awards one item per person.A five-person group gets five items: four items and enough gold for a fifth.A six-person group gets six items: five items and enough gold for a sixth.A seven-person group gets seven items: six items and enough gold for a seventh.There's also a bit of extra "walking around money" at each level for consumables and what-not. That's what doesn't scale properly. A five-person party has enough gold to buy one level-5 item each. If I wanted to balance the treasure perfectly, I would balance that "walking around money," not the rest of it.For example, at level 10, a level-5 item is 1,000 gold. I would scale monetary treasure by awarding one level+0 item and one level-5 item per person, like this:3 people: 5000 + 30004 people: 5000 + 40005 people: 5000 + 50006 people: 5000 + 60007 people: 5000 + 7000Which gives the party the ability to buy one level+0 item (for the poor schmuck who didn't get an item this level) and share gold to buy one level-5 item each.(But personally, I expect the group will spend the "walking around money" on consumables, and I think their reduced consumable buying power is balanced by the increased firepower and synergies they get from having more people. So I use the treasure tables as written.)</blockquote>

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