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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ulrik" data-source="post: 6281104" data-attributes="member: 32128">All right, having looked at the numbers more I think I've made sense of it:-  Zeitgeist frontloads treasure, I assume this is because it is expected  that the PCs won't be able to spend all the money at once, or that  because they likely won't be able to spend the money during an adventure  it's better to hand it to them before the action starts rather than  after the excitment is over. (If they use items recovered from foes  before handing them over to the RHC they'll be quite a bit over the  money curve, but I guess it will never be anything gamebreaking).-  Up until the audit the Stipends follow the tables from DMG1, assuming a  5-man party. As noted above, the treasure is front-loaded, so the PCs  get the "expected loot" from adventuring at level 2 as a lump sum when  they start the Dying Skyseer (where they start as level 2).-  Starting at the audit the campaign now makes sure that all PCs have  equipment with a value equal to what a new character at that level has  (three items at level +1, level and level-1, plus cash equal to an item  of level-1)Given this I will change the stipends for Skyseer and  Lies to match the "new character"-standard. I'll also be more  restrictive with how quickly they'll get their items - they'll have to  use the favor system during adventures (they can spend freely between  adventures of course, but the front-loaded money generally appears just  as an adventure starts).Combined with the free trade-in rules  this means that all PCs will always have the default value of equipment -  except for consumable items like potions and ritual components. I've  never been too comfortable about how 4e expected you to burn permanent  character power (gp) to fuel rituals, so I'll use this as an opportunity  to replace it with bureaucracy instead:PCs can at any time  requisition material components, spending money from their stipend to do  so. Mostly it will be a low level favor, but if I think the ritual  should require something rarer I can make it higher (if I think it's  worth the hazzle). After the components have been spent, the PC can  request reimbursement, increasing his stipend again to the appropriate  value. This, of course, will require forms, in triplicate, as well as  statements from the rest of the party or (preferably) from another  member of the RHC that the components were indeed spent on rituals  relevant to ongoing investigations. (If they were spent on making magic  items the value is not lost, so nothing is reimbursed.)If they requisition potions, they'll be required to return the empty vials. Failure to do so means that the cost of the potion comes out of their salary!Comments?</blockquote>

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