Narrator:
The same system also handles wealth in an abstract manner which I have to admit I'm tempted by. Has anyone experience with the 'Wealth' option in the rulebook (pg. 149)? It looks like it could simply things nicely and stop characters scrabbling for every steel piece*. On the other hand I have my own roots in D&D and I know piles of coin are part of the charm for many players.
*The Dragonlance setting uses the steel piece (stl) as the general currency.
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SIDE NOTE: in my book they are on page 145, not 149)
IMHO, while this system is good for day to day expenses, and even for some other things, it will not for the intial equipment, unless you want the characters to be quite lightly so.
A poor character would start with d4 wealth, a normal one with d6 and a rich one with d8 (I have serious doubts anyone would be Very Rich and so start with d10)
If so, a normal character would be free to spend up to $60 on any ítem, but aould have to roll for more expensive things, and lose one die type if successful. The means he would have to roll (and lose one die if successful (unless a raise), so he can buy only one or two of those items, maybe three if (s)he wants to start broken) to buy (to give some examples):
- Boots, hicking or winter (unless very rich $100)
- Cuirbull1 shirt (unless rich, $80)
- An axe, mace, shortsword or spear (unless very rich, $100)
Off course, the possibility to have a bow ($250, 300 for a longbow), a longsword ($300) or a chain mail suit ($300) is quite out of order, event for very rich characters... And same for a horse ($300 riding, $750 war)
So, I guess the sandard equipment will be:
- Cloth/light leather armor ($20-30, so no roll)
- Small shield ($50, so no roll unless poor)
- Dagger ($25), club ($25-50) or staff ($10) as melee weapon
- sling ($10)or throwing dagger(s)($25 each) as ranged weapon
- any ítem the carácter was lucky enough to roll with a rais (and I expect many such rolls to try to have better equipment)
Is this what you want? a heap of rolls for equipment and/or this kind of initial set? If so, it's ok, but quite far from the usual equipment in Dragonlance, I guess...
Even after finding a very large hoard (let's say a drangon one) that would raise the wealth to d12, the longsword, bow, chain suit or horse would have to be rolled and (if successful) reduce the die class (unless he gets a rais, but this would be easy with d12)...
OTOH, why to buy a chain if it would be nearly so easy to build a plate, or a riding horse if you can buy a warhorse? (yes, there are modifiers, but a lucky roll can give it to you, and a failure will not affect you, even a critical one, as you just cannot buy it).
This message was last edited by the player at 06:55, Wed 17 May 2023.