One-use items and wealth rating

[Thanee]

I think that the value should compare to the actual wealth.

If a potion is not yet used, then it counts against it. Once it is used, it does no longer.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Goolpsy]

Current wealth... well thats not the already used potion. But it includes the potions in your backpack, and the one in your hand you didn't drink yet....
An gaining Treasure after an encounter certainly does make up for those "0-10" potion used because of the fight

big monster = lots of things used = bigger treasure

The Equation is equally balanced, so no worries

 

[Tatsukun]

I do this, too, and it helps. If you have enough time, you can also doublecheck the modules you're running and see whether they are fair. e.g. Heart of Nightfang is almost dead on its target for treasure amounts, and how the PCs use their wealth during it, etc. Counterexample: the Standing Stone is ridiculously undertreasured. I added a big treasure to a major encounter that totally lacked it. (though not to an encounter that was designed to lack treasure, heh heh)

The problem with that system is this: in one of my campaigns (as PC, not DM) another player keeps pointing to the table in the DMG and loudly declaring that we are grossly undertreasured. He always does this immediately before a major treasure distribution, and it's getting a little out of hand. Each campaign is different, and I trust the DM to keep his eye on this sort of thing. I fend off this player by pointing out that he's the one who guzzles every damn curing potion we find.

Should I go out on a limb and guess that the other player is playing the fighter and you are playing a spellcaster or something? In my experience, some classes aren't really affected by different wealth levels (monk, sorcerer, cleric, druid) and some absolutely depend on it (fighter, barbarian, paladin).

If your game is in fact 'vastly undertreasured', it is putting these classes at a MAJOR disadvantage and might be making it much less fun for players of those classes.

Again, it's just a guess...

As for the question, I also audit from time to time to check where the PC's are.

-Tatsu