Swashbuckler's starting gold?

[Enforcer]

I'm making a Swashbuckler (Complete Warrior) for a new campaign but I can't seem to find where the Swashbuckler's starting gold is. Am I blind or is it really missing? If it is missing has WotC published it somewhere online?

 

[Jdvn1]

Starting gold is supposed to be in the Equipment section. Since the Complete books don't have one, it's not listed. I'd assume they get the same as Fighters.

 

[Corlon]

I'd say same as fighter, the starting gold for lv1 isn't too important, so I don't think it really matters if you chose one of the fighting classes.

 

[kenobi65]

In Living Greyhawk, where they give characters maximum gold for their class at 1st level, they'e giving Swashbucklers 240gp, which would also suggest that 6d4x10gp is an appropriate starting amount.

 

[Enforcer]

Well, I reverse engineered a die roll based on the Swashbuckler's starting package. It ended up being 4.2 d4 x10 gp.

For the mathematically curious, I added up the value of all the equipment (90gp) then added the average of the 6d4 die roll (15 gp). For a grand total starting package of 105gp.

Then, I figured that to get the average of a starting gold roll you add the minimum roll to the maximum roll and then divide by two. Then I substituted X for the number of d4s to roll. So, the minimum on the roll would be X x10gp and the maximum would be 4X x10 gp. To get the average, that'd be 25X equals the average wealth roll. Solve for X, that's 4.2 d4 x 10gp for the Swashbuckler. (For fun, I also calculated starting wealth based on the Rogue's and Fighter's starting packages in the PHB. Rogues get shafted, their starting package is the equivalent of 4.38d4x10. Fighters get a bonus, they had 6.04d4x10).

4 or 5d4 x10 sounds right for the Swashbuckler. Rogues get 5d4x10, but they have to buy Thieves' Tools usually. Bards get 4d4x10, and like the Swashbuckler are light armored, light weapon types. Now to convince my DM to give me 5d4 rather than 4d4...

 

[Graybeard]

In my game. if someone wanted to play a Swashbuckler, I'd give them the same starting gold as a fighter. It makes the most sense to me.

 

[Jdvn1]

Y'know, it's odd. Is Complete Warrior the only book to do this? I just noted that the Complete Adventurer includes Starting Gold for each class.

 

[RandomPrecision]

Y'know, it's odd. Is Complete Warrior the only book to do this? I just noted that the Complete Adventurer includes Starting Gold for each class.

Yeah, really, that's bizarre. I don't think there was starting gold in Complete Arcane or Complete Divine, though.

 

[kenobi65]

Yup; only took 'em three Complete books to realize they'd forgotten that little tidbit in the new base classes.

 

[Aust Diamondew]

Just give them fighter starting cash. Doesn't really matter, half way level 2 every one will have nearly the same wealth level anyway.