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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mazlyn" data-source="post: 4399616" data-attributes="member: 74447">Still on for system ideas...As to a better system. I guess I should list the things I want from the system.Overal fairness- If you go, you get an equal share.Party improvement - the DM is only giving away so many items. We cant afford to have them dissapear into pocketbooks and henchmen. PCs getting appropriate items - related to above Our current system, quoted from our campaign wiki…"Each member has an "account." This account tracks the value of all item picks. At each dispersal meeting an order based on the lowest values first will be created. This list will then be run through until all items from the current batch have been chosen. Any items not picked will be liquidated and the gold divided evenly among the members.Problems that have to be considered: > What items go on the "pick" list. (Consumables, one-use, named non-magic) > Exceptional Items (Artifacts, High GP) > Group level-appropriate power items "bleeding" out of the group. > PCs that don’t play often, getting behind in the "gold count" then coming in at an important moment and selecting a premium item." This system really only addresses the "fairness" point (minus participation) so I am looking for ideas. Many of the ideas above (special thanks to Asmor, Lanefan, and Balgus) have been tossed around.  One of our old 2e/3e systems involved a variation on the Asmor suggestion where we took all items (DM valued) and treasure and tallied the GP value. Divide by the members and this was your share. The pick order was a static, rotation. When you picked an item, its value went against your theoretical "share". This system doesn’t work as well in 4e because the portion of a module’s trove in cash GP has declined.  We next entertained a DKP-like system where you get points for each session you attend and pick order is determined by those points. Another variation has us spending these DKP for the treasure by assigning the DKP value proportionally to any trove.You get the idea. Others?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /></blockquote>

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