freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
Hmmm, I suppose it depends on the role you want for the NPC. If you want the PCs to get the treasure and defeat the rakshasa quickly, I'd use the CR and the usual treasure by CR/EL guidelines (incidentally, I think MIC assigns treasure to each monster by CR rather than to an entire group by EL, which is a change from the DMG if I am reading the instructions correctly). However, if they are recurring, I would give them treasure according to their ECL using the NPC wealth by level guidelines. That will put them more on par with the PCs. Hey, perhaps it will work out about the same either method! If the NPC guidelines give more wealth, though, I'd suggest generating some non-perishable treasure (by which I mean things like weapons and permanent magic items rather than scrolls or things the rakshasa might use) and then filling up the rest with potions, scrolls, gp, etc, that the rakshasa might spend over the course of the adventure. Then arrange it so they use things up before they are defeated.
Interesting question. Has anyone compared the treasure by EL averages to the average NPC wealth by level? How do these compare? And isn't the PC wealth by level higher than NPC wealth by level?
Interesting question. Has anyone compared the treasure by EL averages to the average NPC wealth by level? How do these compare? And isn't the PC wealth by level higher than NPC wealth by level?