Wealth feat (any good)

[Urklore]

There is a background feat called wealth from the feats book by AEG. If you take it you start with an extra 750gp. Anyone think this is worth a feat? Should the starting money be higher since you are using up a precious feat?

 

[MarauderX]

Wow... that's a trade-off to be reckoned with. 1 feat to increase a fighters cash so he can better armor/weapons to survive the first few levels of his adventuring life. Not bad, but I wouldn't take it unless there were no treasure or weapons and armor to be had from defeated foes.

 

[Voadam]

It should scale with the level it is taken at so a starting ninth level character could have more magic items to start than other newly created 9th level characters who have their full feat complement in abilities.

 

[Enkhidu]

I'd be more prone to have a feat "Landed." Where the character legally owns a tract of land - the land amount is based on level the feat is taken (small at early levels, larger at high levels). It would give a monthly stipend as long as it was managed properly.

Plus it would make all kinds of plot hooks possible...

 

[the Jester]

I have a feat called Inheritance in my game, where you get something equal to half the average wealth of a pc of your level when you take it.

 

[reddist]

In most games gold is a renewable resource. Run out? Go kill something and loot it's home. I'd avoid a simple "more gold feat" sort of thing, but I like the "Landed" option above. You could tweak that so the PC inherits a business or barony from a relative pretty easily. Heck, that might make for some very interesting adventure seeds.

I do like the weath feats in games like Vigilance and Spycraft though.. where financial resources are more abstract than simply the gold you have in your pouch.

As a side note, does everyone realize just how MUCH gold weighs? Carrying around even a few hundred gps during overland treks and cross-country adventuring is insane.

-Reddist

 

[mooby]

It's worth i, if...

The DM uses it correctly, and makes it useful later on.

The wealthy PC has more contacts, may know politicians or royalty, or actually be a politician or royalty.

Interesting stuff!

I also think it should be more than 750 GP. That's just personal preference, however.

 

[Pielorinho]

As a side note, does everyone realize just how MUCH gold weighs? Carrying around even a few hundred gps during overland treks and cross-country adventuring is insane.

According to the books, 50 gp=1 lb. (I assume the GP are either small coins or are gold plated balsa wood). 500 gp would weigh ten pounds, not incredibly heavy.

More gold than that? Spend 2,000 to get yourself a Heward's Handy Haversack, and never worry about treasure weight again .

Daniel

 

[Voadam]

I have a feat called Inheritance in my game, where you get something equal to half the average wealth of a pc of your level when you take it.

So does taking the feat mean you killed your great uncle in a monkey's paw sort of way?