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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 125090" data-attributes="member: 224">Fer some reason or another I did a bit more number crunchin':2 Mages at 10th level, creating characters with 50,000XP and 49,000 gp (as per DMG)One (mage #1) spends no XP on making magic items himself.&nbsp; So his equipment book value is: 49.000 gp.Th' other (mage #2) spends all of his cash (49,000gp) and the necessary XP (1960 XP) to create magic items.&nbsp; When finished his book value is 98,000 gp, i.e. double what mage #1 has.But mage #2 has an XP deficit of 1960 XP compared to mage#1.&nbsp; If a typical 10th level encounter gives him 714 XP, that means has has ta go thru about 3 encounters more than mage #1 to get to the next level.Or, each mage has to get thru:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Mage#1(miser) ===&gt; seven EL 10,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Mage#2(spender) =&gt; ten EL 10,&nbsp; &nbsp; encounters ta get to 11th level.Who gets there quickest/easiest/with least blood-loss?Are they &quot;equal&quot; characters?Interestin'.-Nail</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nail, post: 125090, member: 224"] Fer some reason or another I did a bit more number crunchin': 2 Mages at 10th level, creating characters with 50,000XP and 49,000 gp (as per DMG) One (mage #1) spends no XP on making magic items himself. So his equipment book value is: 49.000 gp. Th' other (mage #2) spends all of his cash (49,000gp) and the necessary XP (1960 XP) to create magic items. When finished his book value is 98,000 gp, i.e. double what mage #1 has. But mage #2 has an XP deficit of 1960 XP compared to mage#1. If a typical 10th level encounter gives him 714 XP, that means has has ta go thru about 3 encounters [b]more[/b] than mage #1 to get to the next level. Or, each mage has to get thru: Mage#1(miser) ===> seven EL 10, Mage#2(spender) => ten EL 10, encounters ta get to 11th level. Who gets there quickest/easiest/with least blood-loss? Are they "equal" characters? Interestin'. [COLOR=crimson][b]-Nail[/b][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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