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<blockquote data-quote="Stormtalon" data-source="post: 4220825" data-attributes="member: 5541">My groups have never been nearly so formal and uptight about splitting things up.&nbsp; They track the gold amount and divvy it up when it seems reasonable, but magic items are dealt with separately.&nbsp; Typically, whoever can make the best use of something gets it; it helps that I try to tailor the upcoming items to something that one or two people will be able to use (and tailor the opponents so that those items appearing makes sense).&nbsp; That's not to say that people don't get a bit of tunnel-vision from time to time.&nbsp; I recall one player whose barbarian was obsessed about getting a girdle of giant strength.&nbsp; Meanwhile, a new player was taking over the half-orc cleric I'd been NPCing for them, but wanted him to be a female, so I brought over a 2nd ed item (ye olde Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity) and slipped it into a treasure hoard in a place where, in a sane world, it couldn't possibly be mistaken for a Giant Strength item.Ah, well.&nbsp; At least we all got a good laugh at the barbarian's expense....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormtalon, post: 4220825, member: 5541"] My groups have never been nearly so formal and uptight about splitting things up. They track the gold amount and divvy it up when it seems reasonable, but magic items are dealt with separately. Typically, whoever can make the best use of something gets it; it helps that I try to tailor the upcoming items to something that one or two people will be able to use (and tailor the opponents so that those items appearing makes sense). That's not to say that people don't get a bit of tunnel-vision from time to time. I recall one player whose barbarian was [i]obsessed[/i] about getting a girdle of giant strength. Meanwhile, a new player was taking over the half-orc cleric I'd been NPCing for them, but wanted him to be a female, so I brought over a 2nd ed item (ye olde Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity) and slipped it into a treasure hoard in a place where, in a sane world, it couldn't [i]possibly[/i] be mistaken for a Giant Strength item. Ah, well. At least we all got a good laugh at the barbarian's expense.... [/QUOTE]

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