His party is poor

>his party is poor

>game starts
>enjoy the shopping simulator
>get to level 2 or 3
>can just buy everything and none of it matters

The only adventurers who aren't poor are crazy, stupid, or both. You don't go risking life and limb for treasure if you're already filthy rich.

>His party is rich
You’re paladin is really failing his oath of povery, mate.

>be the rich guy in my party
>"buy me X, please"
>tell player to fuck off
>he gets butt-blasted because i won't be his sugar daddy
>plot NPC appears
>i end up using some of my gold to help her
>now That player thinks i have double standards for helping a girl in need.

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>my game is a grimdark underground survival game with a squad of dwarves
>we probably could have been rich if we got the gems to the surface
>too bad we can't find the surface and also ditched like 8/10ths of the gems we found
>just to carry more important shit
is pretty fun

What oath could you possibly be referencing......knights and clergy are all money grubbers

The shopping simulator is the only problem i have with giving my pc's lots of money, can be avoided by just moving the story to the sticks where there is nothing to buy.

Which is a major theme in my campaign: That there is difficulty in upholding solemn religious vows in the face of earthly temptation, and the so-what-isms that follow.

Also, Poverty != Destitution