Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
How does your group divide up the treasure?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="jontherev" data-source="post: 362447" data-attributes="member: 1451"><p>Hmmm. There are tons of ways to do this. If you have a nice friendly bunch, you can divvy things up on a need-before-greed basis. However, this option poses problems at times when nice items appear or when multiple people are fairly equal in their need of an item.</p><p></p><p>Here's how we do it. Gold and any items sold are divided up equally. HOWEVER, part of your share of the gold may be redistributed to other party members based upon how expensive the magic items you got are. When we divvy up the loot, we "bid" on magic items we want to have. Starting bid is half the market price of the item. 90% of the time, no bidding wars ensue, but if it does, the extra gold is considered part of the treasure. After all items are taken or sold, we divvy up the gold proportionately. If X took a Ring of Blinking worth 15000gp (half market price), and Y took nothing, chances are X will be owing the party some money (and getting no gold obviously), while Y will be getting more gold than anyone else. I think it's a fair system and prevents people from hoarding magic items. If you have no gold to bid with, we will let you go further into debt if no one else wants the item, but that rarely happens. There is often at least 1 party member who is in debt and owes the party money, but this changes.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like your newbie is playing a rogue. Explain to her, in character, that if she wishes to remain in the party, she will stop being greedy and share with the party. Remember, you are playing pcs that are risking their lives. Magic items are an important part of staying alive, and it unbalances the party tremendously if one pc holds way more items than the rest. Or alternatively, make her open ALL doors and enter ALL rooms first since she is obviously the most powerful member.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jontherev, post: 362447, member: 1451"] Hmmm. There are tons of ways to do this. If you have a nice friendly bunch, you can divvy things up on a need-before-greed basis. However, this option poses problems at times when nice items appear or when multiple people are fairly equal in their need of an item. Here's how we do it. Gold and any items sold are divided up equally. HOWEVER, part of your share of the gold may be redistributed to other party members based upon how expensive the magic items you got are. When we divvy up the loot, we "bid" on magic items we want to have. Starting bid is half the market price of the item. 90% of the time, no bidding wars ensue, but if it does, the extra gold is considered part of the treasure. After all items are taken or sold, we divvy up the gold proportionately. If X took a Ring of Blinking worth 15000gp (half market price), and Y took nothing, chances are X will be owing the party some money (and getting no gold obviously), while Y will be getting more gold than anyone else. I think it's a fair system and prevents people from hoarding magic items. If you have no gold to bid with, we will let you go further into debt if no one else wants the item, but that rarely happens. There is often at least 1 party member who is in debt and owes the party money, but this changes. Sounds like your newbie is playing a rogue. Explain to her, in character, that if she wishes to remain in the party, she will stop being greedy and share with the party. Remember, you are playing pcs that are risking their lives. Magic items are an important part of staying alive, and it unbalances the party tremendously if one pc holds way more items than the rest. Or alternatively, make her open ALL doors and enter ALL rooms first since she is obviously the most powerful member. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
How does your group divide up the treasure?
Top