(12-29-2017, 07:39 AM)Sumayl al-Akhir Wrote: Question, how are we determining starting wealth? It's not like 1st edition had any wealth by level tables.
When you mentioned the lack of tables for treasure it got me thinking. (Oh no! Oh YES! ) These are obviously only ideas....
There are AD&D Treasure Generators that might work. There are also AD&D NPC Generators too that come with suggested magic and mundane items for our level. The DM could either hand out gold and items individually or... something else that might be fun is if we had a treasure horde of all the pretend encounters we've had up to 5th level. We could then choose what we keep or sell. The Donjon Treasure generator can (I think) generate a horde that might be perfect for something like that. You set the parameters and the generator comes up with stuff that can sometimes be pretty cool.
Anyways, it's just an idea. I might even give it a try if I ever decide to start a new game.