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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9750011" data-attributes="member: 29398">For us it's mostly Humans and Elves.  Part-Elves used to be really popular but have tailed away dramatically over time.  Dwarves are next, then Hobbits, Part-Orcs (who seem to have risen as Part-Elves have fallen), and Gnomes.Yes.  In terms of what got played, Gygax (at least I think it was he) expected something like a 40-30-20-10% long-term ratio of, in order, Fighters, Clerics, Thieves*, and Mages; ignoring Bards and Monks our long-term numbers show that ratio as being very consistent at almost bang on 40-20-20-20.* - Clerics and Thieves might be reversed, I can never remember which is 30 and which is 20.Anything goes, here.  Low levels in particular can sometimes become exercises in wild-west gonzo infighting, which tends to fade away as the levels get higher.Greek, Celtic, Norse, Sumerian, several homebrew - and that's just the Humans.  Each other species have their own pantheon.While still in the field, yes.  Between adventures, though, everything gets divided evenly by monetary value; you get a share value, and then can claim magic items up to that share (or higher if you have the spare cash or can borrow it from someone). Unclaimed items, or items no-one can afford, get sold. Thus, if everyone's share is 7500 g.p. one character might get a ring of invisibility for 5K and the other 2500 in coin while another character might get a +1 sword for 2000, two potions of healing for 800 total, and the other 4700 in coin.Attempts at other division methods over the years have invariably led to one or two greedy characters cleaning up.</blockquote>

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