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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 7550945" data-attributes="member: 82779">As a player, I've never sat down with the group and hammered out a document given in-game wording to be the party charter.  What we usually did was come to a brief oral agreement that monetary treasure be divided into a number of shares equal to 1 + the number of members of the party.  The extra share was general party funds for necessary expenses like bribes, group-authorized hirelings, and paying for restorative magical services (such as healing, restorations, and resurrections).  Non-magical non-monetary treasure was either sold-off and divided as monetary treasure, or claimed by a PC in exchange for an appropriate amount of their monetary share.  Magical treasure was given to party members according to who could use them.  If a PC received a magic item that would replace an existing item (such as a fighter receiving a magic sword clearly superior to the magic sword she already owned) the old item would be treated as non-magical non-monetary treasure.As a DM, I encourage party agreements.  I don't expect a full-length contract; that feels like it would take too long and would be more tedious than enjoyable.  However, a simple agreement about what to do with treasure is handy for discouraging intra-party arguments, and I do find that very valuable.</blockquote>