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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3820470" data-attributes="member: 4937">If the player's don't want to hear your recitation, why do you give it to them?  My opinion is you give the players an appraisal check.  Based on that you say something like, "185,000 gp worth of assorted gems, jewelry, and curios.  Plus, a number of vials which appear to contain magical potions.", and you become more detailed only when and if the players cast 'detect magic' or ask to examine the pile more closely.One reason to it the first way rather than the second, is that your summary actually does not contain even good examples of the four unusual items you wanted.  For unusual, players are most likely to keep clothers or the stationary set, you'd be far better off with the marble slab or the life sized mannequin as an example of something it would be hard to realize the value of, and the most significant magic item in the hoard IMO is the +7 bracers of armor which is also missing from your list.  You create that variaty because you may need it, not because you want to force it down the players throat unless they want it.</blockquote>