Morbo: I understand your point, i just get the feeling that in most games you start out with no gold but get a vast amount later on...too much in my view.
So to balance the ecconomics slightly, getting a job and getting slightly less gold wouldnt be too bad.
you can always steal if you want to <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />