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Originally Posted by TippetsTX
Final total for equipment upgrades: $3,375
The moral: You can't get rich on a soldier's salary.
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Basically 1000$ of gear per year after the first.
Seems reasonable, but this would also mean that most soldiers would probably invest in their own survival for a large part of that, and then start investing in their retirement. Even though a second hand enchanted sword would still fetch a fair price.
And this would also mean that a standard armament of a five or ten year soldier veteran would be: A very fine weapon for sure, most likely enchanted with a +1 or +2. And armor (depending on DX) with an enchantment of +2. And possibly a shield enchanted with a +1.
That is much tougher opponent than a normal starting PC. Add to this that they might also have started out as 30 points, but would have a couple of more attribute points added.
A formidable foe indeed.
Or maybe this is what makes up the difference between a first-class veteran, that invested in himself and his own gear, and the average soldier that sent home most of his pay, saved for something like a house so he can marry or the lousy soldier that just gambled and drank it all away. Or the soldier that got captured and stripped of his gear once or twice during his career.
Either way, fine weapons are cheap compared to a career of earning. And enchantment costs are easy to afford too.
Thanks for the input.