Starting Magic Items (or Boons) for PCs with Inherent Bonuses

[S'mon]

Here's a table I worked out which I think gives appropriate magic items (or boons) for a wealth-poor setting using the DMG 2 Inherent Bonuses. The idea is that the PC gains 2 per 5 levels, which is the rate recommended in DMG 2.

Level 1-3: 100gp
Level 4-5: 1 Item Level 3, 100gp
Level 6-7: 2 Items Level 3 & Level 5, 100gp
Level 8-10: 3 Items Level 3, Level 5, Level 8, 100gp

Level 11-13: 3 Items Level 5, Level 8, Level 10, 100gp
Level 14-15: 3 Items Level 8, Level 10, Level 13, 100gp
Level 16-17: 3 Items Level 10, Level 13, Level 15, 100gp
Level 18-20: 3 Items Level 13, Level 15, Level 18, 100gp

Level 21-23: 3 Items Level 15, Level 18, Level 20, 100gp
Level 24-25: 3 Items Level 18, Level 20, Level 23, 100gp
Level 26-27: 3 Items Level 20, Level 23, Level 25, 100gp
Level 28-30: 3 Items Level 23, Level 25, Level 28, 100gp

 

[Ferghis]

This is really great, not to mention necessary if you want to use those rules. Can't give xp. Will someone cover me again?

Can I ask why you chose to bunch up levels, instead of scaling the items more finely? And shouldn't higher level characters have more items? If you had two heroic-level items at level 7, wouldn't you likely have at least one of them still at level 27 (especially if they're not weapons prone to the DS weapon breakage rule)?

 

[Pour]

Awesome work. I, too, can't give you experience, but I sure as hell want to!

 

[S'mon]

It caps at 3 items/boons because that's how the standard 4e rules allocate items, I think they should be rare in an Inherents game, and the assumption is that items are traded or upgraded. But you can assign a mess of lower level items to high level PCs if you like. Or you may allow a PC to sell an item at 20% and buy a mess of items with the cash.

The table represents the career of a notional adventurer, with gear listed at the start of each level, who gains items of his own level in the course of the following levels: Heroic 3, 5, 7, 10. Paragon: 13, 15, 17, 20. Epic: 23, 25, 27, (30). An 'experienced' 30th level PC - one with the XP of a notional 31st level character - would have 25th, 28th and 30th level items.