Storm Raven
First Post
G1 and G3 both have substantial amounts of hidden treasure. Hey! That's 2 modules to 1 (T1). I guess by the logic you've been arguing, the grognards win this debate. Of course, this really goes to show that looking at a single data point (or even 2) is not very helpful when trying to determine a trend...
Perhaps you would care to substantiate that claim? The total treasure survey for those modules is already included in this thread. Go through them and show how much of the treasure is actually hidden.
The treasure hauls of the A series as well as G2, G3, and the D series are futher complicated by the challenges of getting it out of the dungeon. As some of us have pointed out, not only is there the question of looting everything as the methodology assumes, but there's also the complication of moving it so that it counts for XPs.
Most of the treasure in those modules is pretty easily transportable from my experience (especially for a high level party with access to high level magic and magic items). Perhaps you could demonstrate why you think it is not.