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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Truth Seeker" data-source="post: 5089186" data-attributes="member: 11804">I remember the days of 1st Ed, when I would GM a group of guys back then. The main drive was the killing of dragons or any creatures that might possess a near massive amount of treasure. Honestly...that made me a bit disguisted with that. And began to slowly move away from that. Over time with other campiagns. I turned around the gold hunting mindset to deeper character interaction with the world, NPCs, and to other players. (Giving players something more meaty to deal with) Today...I am the point now, I no longer place the need for gold hunting or pillaging for XP, or 'murdering' of some creature(s) just for kicks. Just to get XP. Yes...the trend of that, did shifted in later editions. There was a sign of maturity filtering in, in the later years. But, not to knock 4E but it was impressed upon me. It was just set for fighting. I did not entertain the idea of going backwards again. After 2 decades of game changing and growth. Back then...even video games carried that mindset of killing monsters and getting gold, magic items, or whatever coin. That facade just compounded that allure further of seeking that wanted prize in the tabletop element. Just like the RPGs these days now, that have shifted from that mentality. So has video game RPGs. But the money getting thing is still there...but on  a smaller scale.  (maybe). But to answer the main question at hand...yes, back in the days, it was about the killing, graverobbing, and pillaging. But like life...things will either change to keep fresh or folks will seek a different game setting to satisfy their gaming needs. In my world...the need of coin has been replaced with a credit storage system. PCs are paid for speciality skills (besides being whatever class they are). And they have a monthly salary, plus bonus. And whatever they find along the way...is their 's (but taxable by the state<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil    :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" />). So...no more need to hear that pouch bag making noise when walking, or a seedy rogue eyeing that big purse. (Don't worry, the rogues have turned to higher crimes to get money).<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> And plus...depending upon who DM back then. If they pick up on this feeling I had and stil have to this day. They too, would have alter that 'gold digging' situation to something better. Who wants to spend 6 to 8 hours or more...just 'fighting and pillaging' most of that time?</blockquote>

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