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Starting up a rare-magic-item campaign
- Thread starter Matthias
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I've started up an e-campaign using some of my masterwork rules. It's become quite apparent that NPCs are literally swimming in money with nothing to spend it on when I create them using the existing DMG tables for NPC wealth (DMG page 127).
So I was thinking of slashing all NPC (and PC) expected wealth tables (see also DMG pages 135 and 209) to 10% of the listed values per level, but leave the market values for magical equipment as-is. A 20th level PC would be worth 76,000 gp, able to afford some of the best nonmagical gear money can buy, but he'll have to trade almost all of it for a mere +5 sword and a +5 set of armor or shield.
The 10% rule won't work too well at the lower levels for PCs, so we will need to fudge things a little.
FOR PCs
1st level == per class (up to 480 gp)
2nd level == 580 gp
3rd level == 700 gp
4th level == 860 gp
5th level == 1,050 gp
6th level == 1,300 gp
7th and up == 1/10th of what's on DMG 135 & 209
The tables for NPCs should be okay at 10% of normal (DMG 127), I guess.
I've also looked at Iron Heroes (but haven't had the money for it). D&D 4th Edition's deemphasis on magical gear also looks promising.
What do yall think? Will the 90% cut in character wealth, balance out the lack of expensive magic gear? Or should I go with a different percentage?
So I was thinking of slashing all NPC (and PC) expected wealth tables (see also DMG pages 135 and 209) to 10% of the listed values per level, but leave the market values for magical equipment as-is. A 20th level PC would be worth 76,000 gp, able to afford some of the best nonmagical gear money can buy, but he'll have to trade almost all of it for a mere +5 sword and a +5 set of armor or shield.
The 10% rule won't work too well at the lower levels for PCs, so we will need to fudge things a little.
FOR PCs
1st level == per class (up to 480 gp)
2nd level == 580 gp
3rd level == 700 gp
4th level == 860 gp
5th level == 1,050 gp
6th level == 1,300 gp
7th and up == 1/10th of what's on DMG 135 & 209
The tables for NPCs should be okay at 10% of normal (DMG 127), I guess.
I've also looked at Iron Heroes (but haven't had the money for it). D&D 4th Edition's deemphasis on magical gear also looks promising.
What do yall think? Will the 90% cut in character wealth, balance out the lack of expensive magic gear? Or should I go with a different percentage?
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