Recomended Gold and xp?

[ganlord]

O.k. I always seem to have a probelm deciding how much xp and treasure to give to the players. I have read over the rules and stuff many many times. (Well at least the phb) But I always tend to give waaau to much or waaaay to little. Imagine they are lvl 1 pcs (normally or 2 i can never manage to get a large number of people together no matter how hard I try If you have any advice on that post it aswell.

 

[The Thayan Menace]

Use the Rules

The suggested Character Wealth by Level chart in the DMG (p.135) is a good place to start.

 

[Jdvn1]

For levels above 1, use that chart Thayan Menace suggests. For level 1, I like to give max gold (the amount each class gets to start with is in the first page of the Equipment chapter of the PHB), because I don't see why any less is necessary. It's not like a couple hundred gold is overpowering or anything.

 

[S'mon]

You need to use the DMG, not just the PHB...

Typically in a single session, at the standard rate level 1 PCs should get 300 XP and around 300 gp each. For the first 4 levels a 1-1 XP/GP ratio is about right, with the standard XP award being 300 XP per level in a 4-hour session. Personally I currently give more like 500 XP/session per PC at low level (1-5) and a similar amount of gp.