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Alejandro said:
Let's use some numbers.
A 9th lvl character with the Landlord feat automatically gets 25,000 gp to "spend" on his stronghold. In addition, any money he cares to spend on that stronghold is matched on a 1:1 basis.
As the character levels, he gains additional funds to improve his stronghold, as described in the second column of the same name.
Perhaps I read it wrong, but that's not what I read... I was under the impression that a character gets nothing up front. Instead, he receives 1:1 matching - and ONLY up to the listed limit.
IOW, a 9th level character with the Landlord Feat "doubles" ONLY the first 25,000 gp of his OWN money he spends.
EX 1.) If he spends 10,000 gp, he gets a 10,000 gp "match" for a total of 20,000 gp.
EX 2.) If he spends 40,000 gp, only the first 25,000 is matched, for a total of 65,000 gp.
When he goes up in level, the maximum amount that will be matched increases... but previous expenditures are not matched later. Let us assume the character levels to 10th level (now can have up to 50,000 gp matched), and return to the previous examples.
EX 1.) The character spends another 30,000 gp out of his own pocket. His limit is 50,000 gp in matching; he already used 10,000 gp (at 9th level), so he has 40,000 gp of "matching" left. Thus, his 30,000 gp is matched, so he gets an additional 30,000 gp to spend. He has spent 30,000 gp out of his own pocket, and the total value spent on his stronghold is 60,000 gp.
EX 2.) The character spent 40,000 gp already and only saw the first 25,000 matched, but it doesn't matter. He doesn't get a match based retroactively on money he's already spent. (IOW, he doesn't get 15,000 gp free at 10th level just because he spent 40,000 gp at 9th level). He won't get more until he spends more. The character spends another 30,000 gp out of his own pocket. His limit is now 50,000 gp in matching; he already used 25,000 gp (at 9th level), so he has 25,000 gp of "matching" left. Thus, his first 25,000 gp is matched and he gets an additional 25,000 gp. The extra 5,000 he spent is NOT matched. He has spent 70,000 gp out of his own pocket, but only 50,000 gp of this has been matched; his total value spent on his stronghold is 120,000 gp.
Hope that made sense and makes the Feat seem a little less broken... the character gets NOTHING for free... and has an upper limit on the 1:1 matching.
For those in the US, think of it like 401(k) matching at work - you get, say 100% matching on the first 4% you contribute to your 401(k), but if you contribute 6% you get nothing on the "extra" 2%.
--The Sigil
