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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5850950" data-attributes="member: 463">On solution #3 - most commonly each PC is given an item of equivalent value at the same time, think the equipping of the Fellowship at Rivendell. NPCs may favour the most proactive PC for in-game reasons, depending on the campaign - in one campaign the only proactive PC was gifted the artifact armour, he had driven back the orc hordes and was regarded as a great hero. In another campaign all the PCs have been equipped similarly.As DM I'm not involved in loot distribution at metagame level.&nbsp; My NPCs certainly are involved, though! &gt;&gt;Why isn't stuff being given out? Is anybody asking for things and being flat out refused?&lt;&lt;No - IME nobody tracks loot, they see that as the treasurer's job.&nbsp; They don't ask for stuff from the treasurer.The weirdest one was in a campaign where level 1 PCs found an old pay chest of 6,000gp.&nbsp; They proceeded to hide it, apparently forgot about it, and it was never seen again!&nbsp; Even if they had eventually gone back to it 5 levels later it would no longer have been a big deal, whereas at level 1 they could have got a lot of use out of it.As I said, the ONLY solution I've found is to have NPCs distribute equal amounts of money and/or magic to each PC individually.&nbsp; Players rarely pool these individual gifts, whereas any lump sum just goes 'to the treasurer' and effectively vanishes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 5850950, member: 463"] On solution #3 - most commonly each PC is given an item of equivalent value at the same time, think the equipping of the Fellowship at Rivendell. NPCs may favour the most proactive PC for in-game reasons, depending on the campaign - in one campaign the only proactive PC was gifted the artifact armour, he had driven back the orc hordes and was regarded as a great hero. In another campaign all the PCs have been equipped similarly. As DM I'm not involved in loot distribution at metagame level. My NPCs certainly are involved, though! >>Why isn't stuff being given out? Is anybody asking for things and being flat out refused?<< No - IME nobody tracks loot, they see that as the treasurer's job. They don't ask for stuff from the treasurer. The weirdest one was in a campaign where level 1 PCs found an old pay chest of 6,000gp. They proceeded to hide it, apparently forgot about it, and it was never seen again! Even if they had eventually gone back to it 5 levels later it would no longer have been a big deal, whereas at level 1 they could have got a lot of use out of it. As I said, the ONLY solution I've found is to have NPCs distribute equal amounts of money and/or magic to each PC individually. Players rarely pool these individual gifts, whereas any lump sum just goes 'to the treasurer' and effectively vanishes. [/QUOTE]

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