Recent content by Marco

I'm not concerned about the gold--more about the magic items. The notes that it's not exactly like 3.5 are very helpful in that regard. I wanted to put some magic weapons / armor in the optional encounters--and that will mean matching magic weapons to additional Xp in some way I'd think. If the...

That's how it was described to me--yes. But one of the things was a lvl 5 magic item. If I'm doing "extra" encounters, I assume I'd want to use more middle-of-the-bell-curve stuff. I wondered if there were any specific rules for treasure vs. Xp as suggested here. -Marco

Okay--so balance the extra treasure to the XP--that makes more sense. Do I keep it at 1st level or move up to 2nd? Also: how exactly do I do that--my understanding is that the "parcel" for 1st level contains up to a 5th level magic item. Certainly I wouldn't put those in the optional...

Maybe I'm burnt out from a long day at work--but I don't get how this solves my problem. I have 5 "planned" encounters that will get them to 2nd level laid out (the quest they go on from my starting scenario). I have 4 "optional encounters" out there on the map. If they go to those locations...

Note that not every encounter will have treasure--but I wanted to put something in the bottom of the giant-rat-maze in case they went down there. Some kind of reward for going "off the beaten path"--and, yes, this will give more Xp than the "beaten path" would suggest--but that's okay. It's more...

I can move it around--but I have a set of encounters that'll get the party to 2nd level laid out (with full treasure parcel). I was going to scatter some encounters around in case they went exploring off the beaten path--but I wasn't sure how to stock them for that. It's still not clear to me...

So no optional encounters? Or do I just move the treasure from the optional encounter to another one on the fly? In other words, if I'm building a world and laying out several potential encounters--some of which the PCs may not find, do I just move the treasure around as they hit them? Or are...

I have a question about treasure parcels. I'm curious as to how they are handled in 4th Ed. 1. It is my understanding (from what I have read elsewhere) that the parcels give you a pretty exact money and magic item count per level. 2. If that is true, what if I have optional encounters. For...

These are for the soon-to-be released JAGS Wonderland world book for JAGS (a free, universal RPG). It's a modern-day surreal horror source book and we're super-thrilled to have first-class talent like Eric to do the artwork. JAGS (Just Another Gaming System) is here: http://www.jagsrpg.org -Marco