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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 5676068" data-attributes="member: 3424">No, I don't hate wish lists. Then again, I have a pretty non-traditional approach to treasure.In about midway through 3e, I stopped giving out treasure in my adventures. Instead, I made use of the wealth by level system. Every time the players gained a level, their wealth reset to the default for their new level, and they could change out their equipment however they liked. They could narrate how they gained their gear (found in a treasure room, given as a reward or a gift, inherited, traded, bought, commissioned, self-enchanted) as they wished.In 4e, I adopt a similar system: each time a character gains a level, he also gains a magic item of up to new level +1 and a small amount of gold (equal to one-fifth the value of a magic item of new level -1). Again, he can narrate how he gained the magic item however he wants. Effectively, I was putting the responsibility for deciding what magic items their PCs got in the players' hands even before 4e started talking about wish lists.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 5676068, member: 3424"] No, I don't hate wish lists. Then again, I have a pretty non-traditional approach to treasure. In about midway through 3e, I stopped giving out treasure in my adventures. Instead, I made use of the wealth by level system. Every time the players gained a level, their wealth reset to the default for their new level, and they could change out their equipment however they liked. They could narrate how they gained their gear (found in a treasure room, given as a reward or a gift, inherited, traded, bought, commissioned, self-enchanted) as they wished. In 4e, I adopt a similar system: each time a character gains a level, he also gains a magic item of up to new level +1 and a small amount of gold (equal to one-fifth the value of a magic item of new level -1). Again, he can narrate how he gained the magic item however he wants. Effectively, I was putting the responsibility for deciding what magic items their PCs got in the players' hands even before 4e started talking about wish lists. [/QUOTE]

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