Our lvl 2 group just received 1,300 pounds of gold. Now what?


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Our level 2 group just received 1,300 pounds of gold to be split 3 ways. My share is roughly 433 pounds, or 21,666 gold pieces. What should I do with it?

Some background: There are only 2 PCs. I am a bladebound magus (dex based), and the other PC is a bard (mainly focused on utility and buffing). This GM's style is kind of feast or famine, so it isn't surprising we received so much wealth. But I also think that part of his reason for giving it to us is to help make up for the small group size.

Our first concern is that we are in a thorpe with 9 residents, and we have a gold-laden wagon. There is a nearby druid who can brew potions, but there are no other magical items in the thorpe that we are aware of. There is a town we can travel to, but we have to be careful there. We have a potentially strong enemy living in town. We have heard of a city far away, but all we know is the general direction (NE). We've been attacked by bandits multiple times already, and that was while we were poor.

Assuming we can hold onto our money long enough to get to civilization, what should I buy?


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send a letter to town(the close by one) that you're interested in investing in the town you're in and are looking for building workers and people interested in workign for you, including soldiers.

Effectively buy the thorpe and then rule i, slowly expanding the population until you can eventually spend the larger remaining chunk of money on magic items after your markets have grown.

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Thanks! I hadn't considered this route. This would give us a chance to try the kingdom building rules as well.


And use a lot of it to hire protection, as a 2nd level character with such riches has basically a sign with "kill me" on his back ;)

Using dominion rules is also a good idea, if you like that kind of thing.


bury most of your money and head to town with the rest and hire bunch of good aligned guards for protection. then retrieve your well hidden buried gold. also tip those guards really well. if you can trust your partner leave him behind to camp near the buried gold to keep an eye on things. or send him and you protect the site since he is a bard he might be best for negotiation.


Buy a ship and goods. Become merchants/pirates/privateers, as the mood takes you.


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Too bad you can't multiclass into aristocrat...

Maybe donate it to a good aligned church in return for favors?


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i like how most of the people are like "yeah, don't waste all of that on magic items"


Retire


Invest it and let it mature overtime. Return to your life of adventuring after years of keen business ventures have lead you to be a millionaire.


Wenches and beer!


Retire and live like a king off Patagonia.

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