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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5503810" data-attributes="member: 463">IME the 3e wealth by level chart works great for creating new higher level PCs - as long as the current PCs have well over listed wealth by level.&nbsp; In fact the more over they are, the better, because the more magic they have, the less the power disparity between the Wizard/Cleric/Druid power combo and the poor old non-casters.4e has far less need of wealth by level, and is a far more robust system IME.&nbsp; 4e PCs are balanced between classes at any level of magic gear.&nbsp; If the 4e PCs are under-equipped they can still have fun fighting lower level monsters; XP advancement will be a bit slower but not vastly so.&nbsp; If over-equipped they can fight higher level monsters, and since 4e monster power scales *faster* than monster XP awards (unlike 1e-2e), they may not advance much faster at all; fights give more XP but may well take longer to play.&nbsp; And wealth within an order of magnitude makes little difference in 4e anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 5503810, member: 463"] IME the 3e wealth by level chart works great for creating new higher level PCs - as long as the current PCs have [B]well over [/B]listed wealth by level. In fact the more over they are, the better, because the more magic they have, the less the power disparity between the Wizard/Cleric/Druid power combo and the poor old non-casters. 4e has far less need of wealth by level, and is a far more robust system IME. 4e PCs are balanced between classes at any level of magic gear. If the 4e PCs are under-equipped they can still have fun fighting lower level monsters; XP advancement will be a bit slower but not vastly so. If over-equipped they can fight higher level monsters, and since 4e monster power scales *faster* than monster XP awards (unlike 1e-2e), they may not advance much faster at all; fights give more XP but may well take longer to play. And wealth within an order of magnitude makes little difference in 4e anyway. [/QUOTE]

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