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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shallown" data-source="post: 2163886" data-attributes="member: 1368">We total the value of everything up and split it evenly amongst the party including a half share to the party pool and and the other half share to the cohort bodyguard.We then use that to purchase any found items at half price which is what we expect to get if we sold it. The party buys certain items that benefit everyone such as curatives and things like dispel magic scrolls or wands of bull str that over half the party can use so those items never show up as part of the split the come off the top going  to the party.So far this has worked out well. The party fund pays for group upkeep and supplies and loans money out to characters if they are a little short and it also covers group useful items we want to buy like bags of holding and is now saving up for a portable hole.As far as items go when we buy them for the most part my wizard crafts lots of items and the party cleric handles armor and weapons so we have a lot of custom built stuff and don't actually buy that much.The party fund also pays for about half the scrolls and spells my wizard has. Being a wizard is expensive so if someone wants a spell that I personally don't need the party or they have to pay for it. For example. My character doesn't have much use for teleport so the party bought that spell for his book. They also paid for the scrolls of teleport he carries. on the other hand the scrolls of fire ball benefit the party but it is my job as wizard to provide that firepower so I pay for them. Its a balance. There is that which contributes to the party but is a party members responsibility and that which in general helps everyone that doesn't fall under a single character's domain.So far this has worked out well.In the campaign I ran before we did the split according to who could use what best but after a while it came out very uneven due to the type of things they ran into. So every 4-5 levels they totaled everyones items and redestributed the wealth as best they could. Usually waiting for a particularly large haul that allowed the accounts to balance. This worked out well since the characters were very unified and didn't use this as a means to be greedy. Often one character had more but no one cared enough to worry about it.Later</blockquote>

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