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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5504008" data-attributes="member: 8835">I'm not sure how merric got his estimation of AC in pre3e, i never saw guidelines for pc gear in 2e.My sense of WbL was that it tried to benchmark monty haulism for the gm. Just like the 13.3333 encounters per level was a benchmark on how much xp to give out.Without it, a gm had little guidance on if his PCs went up too fast or had too much gear.Considering Gary was complaining about groups advancing too fast in The Strategic Review #7, its an apt problem.Perhaps what gms really needed was not the WbL, but the average treasure value per level appropriate encounter.Thus, a pc isnt entitled to 900gp by 2nd level, but the average cr1 will have 900/13 gold.  So if he seeks out meaningful encounters (or harder ones) he'll get the gold and xp to balance it.</blockquote>