His court mage could be an ECL 18 Batman Wizard for all you know.<br/><br/>After all, the dragon might just be a distraction to lure the court mage away from the real threat. OR the King is a former adventurer himself, with epic levels, but he's old and decides to give this new generation of young whipper-snappers the honor of being heroes. After all, he wouldn't even get all that much XP out of it.<br/><br/>I mean, you're free to take as many or as little coins you want as a reflection of your character- that's fine... Great even. I play true to character no matter how much trouble it gets me in with my GMs. ::) The exact amount, however? Not worth my time determining. :P Besides, I already said how much was in there before- it's your call as to how much you'll take, though.