Looking at the core book and bestiary, I can see that Treasure gained is based on it being the Average Party Level equivalent to the CR of the monster and on Table 12-5 (page 399), and using one of the progression columns depending on the XP progression.
So, I have a CR 13 enemy against 11th-level PCs for a Fast XP/Medium Fantasy campaign, the Treasure total is 17,500gp.
If facing a CR 13 NPC, the treasure gained would be from a 14th-level NPC as seen on Table 14-9 (page 454). The treasure gained would be 34,800gp.
What if it's a creature with both monster HD and class levels? For example, I have a CR 3 outsider with 10 levels of Inquisitor, thus making it a CR 13 creature. But how do I determine its treasure? Does it use monster treasure from Table 12-5 or does it use NPC gear from Table 14-9?
I give the monster treasure equal to its "monster-CR" + the difference between a NPC of that CR and a NPC of its actual CR.
Example:
Say I have a Minotaur Figher of CR 10. A base Minotaur is CR 4.
The treasure value I give it is then the treasure of a CR 4 monster, plus the treasure of a CR 10 NPC, minus the treasure of a CR 4 NPC.
So it wouldn't be combined? Like adding the 10th-level NPC treasure with the CR 4 treasure? I calculated it and your method grants less treasure than a CR 14 creature alone gives or a 14th-level NPC gear would give.
So it wouldn't be combined? Like adding the 10th-level NPC treasure with the CR 4 treasure? I calculated it and your method grants less treasure than a CR 14 creature alone gives or a 14th-level NPC gear would give.
The final CR of the creature in the example above was 10, not 14.
I suppose I should have said it was a 6th-level Fighter, but I didn't want to add too many numbers ;)
The method will give less treasure than a CR 10 Human NPC, but more than a CR 10 monster. Which makes sense to me, since it is a CR 10 "something-in-between".
