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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 6680903" data-attributes="member: 35909"><p>When you claim something, you pay for what it would have sold for. A Charisma +2 item would be 2000 gp, for example. Whether it comes from your share of the loot or money you had saved up before hand or a combination doesn't matter. You're basically replacing the item with an equal amount of gp so that everyone still gets the same amount of treasure as if you hadn't taken the item.</p><p></p><p>Let's use a very simple example with that same Charisma +2 item. The total value of all the loot for a party of five people is 15,000 gp. So each person gets 3000 gp. You say you want that cha +2 item, so you toss 2000 gp into the pot and take the item out of it. In the end, the total still is 15,000 gp and everyone still gets 3000 gp. But you also lost -2000 gp and gained the item. So in the end, you got 1000 gp and the item.</p><p>I know it sounds complicated and you wonder stuff like "do I get a split of my own additional money to the pile?" and such. But it actually works out like that pretty simply. The amount you end up adding in negates the value of what you take out and it all works out in the end.</p><p>Also, I think you understand this part, but the benefit to claiming an item from loot is you're basically getting it at a 50% discount compared to just buying it from a store. And since you're paying the sell-back price for loot, you can always just sell it back later and get all of that money back. So (aside from expendable items that you use, in which case you got your money's worth), there's basically no downside to just claiming a bunch of stuff that might prove useful vs. keeping extra coins in your pocket, once you've bought whatever you absolutely wanted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 6680903, member: 35909"] When you claim something, you pay for what it would have sold for. A Charisma +2 item would be 2000 gp, for example. Whether it comes from your share of the loot or money you had saved up before hand or a combination doesn't matter. You're basically replacing the item with an equal amount of gp so that everyone still gets the same amount of treasure as if you hadn't taken the item. Let's use a very simple example with that same Charisma +2 item. The total value of all the loot for a party of five people is 15,000 gp. So each person gets 3000 gp. You say you want that cha +2 item, so you toss 2000 gp into the pot and take the item out of it. In the end, the total still is 15,000 gp and everyone still gets 3000 gp. But you also lost -2000 gp and gained the item. So in the end, you got 1000 gp and the item. I know it sounds complicated and you wonder stuff like "do I get a split of my own additional money to the pile?" and such. But it actually works out like that pretty simply. The amount you end up adding in negates the value of what you take out and it all works out in the end. Also, I think you understand this part, but the benefit to claiming an item from loot is you're basically getting it at a 50% discount compared to just buying it from a store. And since you're paying the sell-back price for loot, you can always just sell it back later and get all of that money back. So (aside from expendable items that you use, in which case you got your money's worth), there's basically no downside to just claiming a bunch of stuff that might prove useful vs. keeping extra coins in your pocket, once you've bought whatever you absolutely wanted. [/QUOTE]
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