Help with determining character wealth by level

[Revix Belstrann II]

I'm looking through my stack of PC sheets and would like to determine if they're meeting (or at least in the ballpark of) the wealth by level amounts on Table 12-4 of the Core Rulebook.

To do this, do I calculate the total GP it cost my PCs to purchase all of their items (100% of cost), or do I calculate what they would receive if they sold all of their items (50% of cost)?

[Hendelbolaf]

I look at all gear at book value or purchase value, ie 100% cost.

The wealth by level is not based on me selling all my items to buy new ones. It is just a guideline for where the designers felt a character should be at any given level.

[Revix Belstrann II]

Hendelbolaf wrote:

I look at all gear at book value or purchase value, ie 100% cost.

The wealth by level is not based on me selling all my items to buy new ones. It is just a guideline for where the designers felt a character should be at any given level.

That's what I thought, too, but I wasn't entirely sure.

Many thanks, Hendelbolaf!

[Xaratherus]

I would concur with Hendelbolaf: The wealth by level tables indicate the money that you have to buy all the gear the character is carrying; therefore, its equivalent for an existing character would include the total full purchase price of all the gear and money the character is carrying.