Character Wealth by Level chart for level 20+?

[poilbrun]

I think I remember seeing once the chart or at least guidelines for character wealth above 20th level (I believe it was in a preview for the Epic Level Rules by WotC). However, as you probably already understood, I didn't save it and can't find it anymore. Does anyone know where it was? Alternatively, if I've dreamt it but never saw it p), could you tell me how you do in your own campaign (if it goes to high-level).

I'm creating a campaign that will lead my players from level 10 to very high level and ultimately godhood to use the upcoming rulebook by Upper_Krust about which you can read in this thread : Immortals Handbook.

 

[kreynolds]

That table applied only to NPC's but here it is anyway.

Level Gear GP
20th 220,000
21st 290,000
22nd 370,000
23rd 480,000
24th 630,000
25th 820,000
26th 1,100,000
27th 1,400,000
28th 1,800,000
29th 2,300,000
30th 3,000,000
31st 3,900,000
32nd 5,100,000
33rd 6,700,000
34th 8,700,000
35th 11,000,000

 

[poilbrun]

THat's not too far from what I had created... You may take a look at my guessing in the Immortals Handbook thread, but I'll repost it here :

Level 2 : 900
Level 3 : 2.700 (+1800)
Level 4 : 5.400 (+2700)
Level 5 : 9.000 (+3600)
Level 6 : 13.000 (+4000)
Level 7 : 19.000 (+6000)
Level 8 : 27.000 (+8000)
Level 9 : 36.000 (+9000)
Level 10 : 49.000 (+13000)
Level 11 : 66.000 (+17000)
Level 12 : 88.000 (+22000)
Level 13 : 110.000 (+22000)
Level 14 : 150.000 (+30000)
Level 15 : 200.000 (+50000)
Level 16 : 260.000 (+60000)
Level 17 : 340.000 (+80000)
Level 18 : 440.000 (+100000)
Level 19 : 580.000 (+140000)
Level 20 : 760.000 (+180000)

I have then considered that you gained 20k more gp at each level. Thus :

Level 21 : 960.000 (+200000)
Level 22 : 1.180.000 (+220000)
Level 23 : 1.420.000 (+240000)
Level 24 : 1.680.000 (+260000)
Level 25 : 1.960.000 (+280000)
Level 26 : 2.260.000 (+300000)
Level 27 : 2.580.000 (+320000)
Level 28 : 2.920.000 (+340000)
Level 29 : 3.280.000 (+360000)
Level 30 : 3.660.000 (+380000)

I reckon that I must be a bit of, because, normally, the progression shouldn't be that linear.

 

[SpikeyFreak]

The last few levels of published wealth increase by 40,000, but you only increased the levels after that by 20,000? Am I reading that right? If I am is doesn't make much sense.

I would think it would keep increasing, not going up linearly.

--Rich Spikey

 

[CRGreathouse]

The last few levels of published wealth increase by 40,000, but you only increased the levels after that by 20,000? Am I reading that right? If I am is doesn't make much sense.

No, increased the increase by 20,000. His total formula is quadratic: 10,000x^2-210,000x+960,000.

 

[kreynolds]

Actually, if you use the Character Wealth by level charts, you will find that there is no set linear formula. Wealth by level is determined by the average treasure gained from average encounters from that average level. That's why WotC will be releasing a new treasure chart. It doesn't scale up like you would think. At least, not as far as I can tell. CRGreathouse, is there a forumla you can use for character wealth? Did WotC use it too?

 

[CRGreathouse]

I don't know if there's a formula for baseline PC wealth. I do know that if there is a formula, it's not qadratic - it's exponential.

I'll look into it.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Interesting... it's not what I expected, but here's a workable formula. Note that this is only a rough approxamation for higher-level wealth; while close, it's certainly not exact.

W=3256*1.314^L

where W is wealth and L is level. Sample values:

Level     Formula value    Book value
 10                  50                    49
 15                 196                   200
 20                 767                   760

It's rather closer than I expected. Extrapolated baseline (millions of gold pieces):
21 1.01
22 1.32
23 1.74
24 2.29
25 3.00
26 3.95
27 5.19
28 6.81
29 8.95
30 11.8
31 15.5
32 20.3
33 26.7
34 35.1
35 46.1

 

[green slime]

Somehow, i'm not comfortable with the fact that wealth just keeps on accumulating exponentially... Sooner or later i'd have thought that it would've started to flatten out...

 

[kreynolds]

I have also noticed on the Character Wealth chart in the DMG, that you will gain, say, 20,000 in wealth for 2 or 3 levels, then all of the sudden, it will double to 40,000. You will stick with that for another couple of levels and then it will double again, this time to 80,000. I tried reversing the chart and doing it backwards but it doesn't work at all at low levels. Besides, when I followed the "so called formula I had figured out", I knew something wasn't right because I was figuring that a 30th level character would have something around 35,000,000 gp in wealth. Worse, was a 50th level character, who had roughly 445,000,000 gp in wealth. I have no idea how they figured up that chart.