Retiring characters, give gold and not just XP

[Ed1nSm]

Currently, if you retire a character you can give half of that character's levels to the next character you create. Eg. retiring a level 10 character gives 5 levels to the next character you create.

This is a very bad idea, and I've had to multiple times wait until the next reset after deleting a character before making a new one, just so I wouldn't get that bonus. The reason why is because you start with basically no money and no gear, and walking around as a level 4 or 6 or 8 character with no gear and no money is an exercise in frustration. Especially since the beggar only gives fetch quests to level 1 characters, all other characters AFAIK get thrown into very dangerous dungeon areas and will have next to nothing to protect themselves with.

This is more of an issue for gear-reliant characters, of course.

When people retire their characters, let the next character have a bit of money to go along with the levels they'll be getting. Nothing crazy, just enough to get a full plate or something.

A more radical suggestion: Don't let the next character start with half level. Let them start with half notoriety instead.

[flightlessavian]

Also an excellent suggestion. Never, fortunately, needed to make use of it, but half level with no gear or note seems like a punishment rather than a boon.

[Miscr3ant]

Perhaps let the player choose what they would prefer; a gold bonus, or perhaps a free craft (or two, or three, etc.) depending on the level of PC retired. Notoriety I can see being a hard push-back in that a PC establishes notoriety over time in Thay...no one arrives famous. Well, except in their own mind. lol

I agree TOTALLY that I never take the free levels. I did that once...once. ;) More like an exercise in the Fugue Plane. :P