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Some examples of my PBP roleplaying:

some examples of character backstories I have come up with:

Cash Magravi
Emmett Xanderi
Freefall
Greekfyre
Kali Jayne
Preacherelius

Homebrewed magic items and rules I, GM_Drake, have created. Feel free to use them (but do not take credit for any of my homebrewed items or rules).

Backpack of Journeying (PF1e):

Minor Backpack of Journeying (CL 1st) (230 gold)

Once per day, the wearer of this masterwork backpack can say the command word to be affected by the ant haul spell for 2 hours. The backpack only grants this benefit while the backpack is worn during the duration.

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Lesser Backpack of Journeying (CL 1st) (410 gold)

This masterwork backpack functions as a minor backpack of journeying but its magic can be activated twice a day instead of only once per day.

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Backpack of Journeying (CL 1st) (590 gold)

This masterwork backpack functions as a minor backpack of journeying but its magic can be activated three times a day instead of only once per day.

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Greater Backpack of Journeying (CL 1st) (770 gold)

This masterwork backpack functions as a minor backpack of journeying but its magic can be activated four times a day instead of only once per day.

Converting odds of d20 dice method to 3d6 dice method:

For simplicity's sake, extending the low result of the bell curve only for lower half of result totals, since they generate the exact odds for the the numbers generated for the 11 to 18 results.

net 3 (1 in 216 odds)
net 4 (4 in 216 odds)
net 5 (10 in 216 odds)

net 6 (1,1,4), (1,4,1), (4,1,1), (1,2,3), (1,3,2), (2,1,3), (2,3,1), (3,1,2), (3,2,1), (2,2,2) ==> 20 in 216 odds of rolling a 6 or lower==> 10 in 108 odds ==> 1 in 10 4/5 odds; Odds in percentage format: 9.259259% (with 259 repeating); Closest equivalent is rolling 2 or less on 1d20.

net 7 (1,1,5), (1,5,1), (5,1,1), (1,2,4), (1,4,2), (2,1,4), (2,4,1), (4,1,2), (4,2,1), (1,3,3), (3,1,3), (3,3,1), (2,2,3), (2,3,2), (3,2,2) ==> 35 in 216 odds of rolling a 7 or lower ==> 1 in 6 6/216 ==> 1 in 6 1/36 odds; Odds in percentage format: 16.2037037 % (with the 037 repeating); Closest equivalent is rolling 3 or less on 1d20.

net 8 (1,1,6), (1,6,1), (6,1,1), (1,2,5), (1,5,2), (2,1,5), (2,5,1), (5,1,2), (5,2,1), (1,3,4), (1,4,3), (3,1,4), (3,4,1), (4,1,3), (4,3,1), (2,2,4), (2,4,2), (4,2,2), (2,3,3), (3,2,3), (3,3,2) ==> 56 in 216 odds of rolling a 8 or lower ==> 1 in 3 48/56 ==> 1 in 3 6/7 odds; Odds in percentage format: 25.925925 % (with the 259 repeating); Closest equivalent is rolling 5 or less on 1d20.

net 9 (1,2,6), (1,6,2), (2,1,6), (2,6,1), (6,1,2), (6,2,1), (1,3,5), (1,5,3), (3,1,5), (3,5,1), (5,1,3), (5,3,1), (1,4,4), (4,1,4), (4,4,1), (2,2,5), (2,5,2), (5,2,2), (2,3,4), (2,4,3), (3,2,4), (3,4,2), (4,2,3), (4,3,2), (3,3,3) ==> 81 in 216 odds of rolling 9 or lower ==> 1 in 2 54/81 ==> 1 in 2 2/3 odds; Odds in percentage format: 37.5 %; Closest equivalent when rolling 1d20 is tied ==> rolling either 7 or less or 8 or less on 1d20.

net 10 (1,3,6), (1,6,3), (3,1,6), (3,6,1), (6,1,3), (6,3,1), (1,4,5), (1,5,4), (4,1,5), (4,5,1), (5,1,4), (5,4,1), (2,2,6), (2,6,2), (6,2,2), (2,3,5), (2,5,3), (3,2,5), (3,5,2), (5,2,3), (5,3,2), (2,4,4), (2,4,2), (4,4,2), (3,3,4), (3,4,3), (4,3,3) ==> 108 in 216 odds ==> 1 in 2 odds; percentage format: 50%; Exact equivalent is rolling 10 or less on 1d20.

Odds of rolling a 6 (or 15) with 3d6 ==> 10 in 216 ==> 1 in 21 3/5; in percentage format: 4.629629 % (with the 629 repeating); Closest equivalent of rolling a specific number on 1d20 (such as 20).

Odds of rolling a 7 (or 14) with 3d6 ==> 15 in 216 ==> 1 in 14 6/216 ==> 1 in 14 1/36; in percentage format: 6.9444444 % (with the 4 repeating); Closest equivalent roll on 1d20 is a specific number (such as 20), Note: Using 6 (or 15) total on 3d6 is better equivalent than 7 (or 14) total on 3d6, since rolling a 6 (or 15) has the smallest absolute value difference to 5 %.)

Odds of rolling a 8 (or 13) with 3d6 ==> 21 in 216 ==> 1 in 10 6/21 ==> 1 in 10 2/7; in percent format: 9.7222222 % (with the 2 repeating); Closest equivalent roll on 1d20 is rolling one of two specific numbers (such as 19 or 20).

Odds of rolling a 9 (or 12) with 3d6 ==> 25 in 216 ==> 1 in 8 16/25; in percent format: 11.5740740 % (with 740 repeating); Closest equivalent roll on 1d20 is rolling one of two specific numbers (such as 19 or 20); Note: Using 8 (or 13) on 3d6 is better equivant than 9 (or 12) on 3d6, since rolling rolling 8 (or 13) has the smallest absolute value difference from 10 %.)

Odds of rolling a 10 (or 11) with 3d6 ==> 27 in 216 ==> 1 in 8 odds; in percentage format: 12.5 %; Closest equivalent roll when rolling 1d20 is tied ==> either rolling one of two specific numbers or one of 3 specific numbers; Note: As rolling a 8 (or 13) is the better equivalent for rolling one of two specific numbers, using a roll of 10 (or 11) is better used to represent one of three specific numbers on 1d20.

Matching up 1d20 rolls to 3d6 totals (starting with highest rolls)

1d20 (20): 16 or higher on 3d6
1d20 (19-20): 15 or higher on 3d6
1d20 (18-20): 14 or higher on 3d6
1d20 (17-20): -
1d20 (16-20): 13 or higher on 3d6
1d20 (15-20): -
1d20 (14-20): 12 or higher on 3d6 (37.5 % odds)
1d20 (13-20): 12 or higher on 3d6 (37.5 % odds)
1d20 (12-20): -
1d20 (11-20): 11 or higher on 3d6
1d20 (1-10): 10 or less on 3d6
1d20 (1-9): -
1d20 (1-8): 9 or less on 3d6 (37.5 % odds)
1d20 (1-7): 9 or less on 3d6 (37.5 % odds)
1d20 (1-6): -
1d20 (1-5): 8 or less on 3d6
1d20 (1-4): -
1d20 (1-3): 7 or less on 3d6
1d20 (1-2): 6 or less on 3d6
1d20 (1): 5 or less on 3d6

1d20 (20): 16 or higher on 3d6
1d20 (19): 15 on 3d6
1d20 (18): 14 on 3d6
1d20 (16 or 17): 13 on 3d6
1d20 (14 or 15): 12 on 3d6
1d20 (11, 12 or 13): 11 on 3d6
1d20 (8, 9 or 10): 10 on 3d6
1d20 (6 or 7): 9 on 3d6
1d20 (4 or 5): 8 on 3d6
1d20 (3): 7 on 3d6
1d20 (2): 6 on 3d6
1d20 (1): 5 or less on 3d6

Extrapolated and Expanded PC Wealth by Level for 5E:

1st: standard character creation

Characters from 2nd to 4th level do not keep any of the flat gold amount (125 gold, 250 gold, 375 gold) that they do not spend (as they would not have a lump sum of money to retain until 5th level). They retain any unspent money from the 1d10 roll.

2nd: standard character creation plus 125 gold plus 1d10 x 6.25 gold
3rd: standard character creation plus 250 gold plus 1d10 x 12.5 gold
4th: standard character creation plus 375 gold plus 1d10 x 18.75 gold

5th: standard character creation plus 500 gold plus 1d10 x 25 gold

Characters from 6th to 10th level would keep a maximum of 500 gold from the bulk lum sum (as that is the amount they would keep as a 5th level PC).

6th: standard character creation plus 1,250 gold plus 1d10 x 62.5 gold
7th: standard character creation plus 2,000 gold plus 1d10 x 100 gold
8th: standard character creation plus 2,750 gold plus 1d10 x 137.5 gold
9th: standard character creation plus 3,500 gold plus 1d10 x 175 gold
10th: standard character creation plus 4,250 gold plus 1d10 x 212.5 gold

11th: standard character creation plus 5,000 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold

Characters from 12th to 16th level would keep a maximum of 5,000 gold from the bulk lump sum (as that is the amount they would keep as an 11th level PC).

12th: standard character creation plus 7,500 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold
13th: standard character creation plus 10,000 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold
14th: standard character creation plus 12,500 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold
15th: standard character creation plus 15,000 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold
16th: standard character creation plus 17,500 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold

17th: standard character creation plus 20,000 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold

Characters above 17th level would keep a maximum of 20,000 gold from the bulk lump sum (as that is the amount they would keep as a 17th level PC).

18th: standard character creation plus 25,000 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold
19th: standard character creation plus 30,000 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold
20th: standard character creation plus 35,000 gold plus 1d10 x 250 gold