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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 5412606" data-attributes="member: 67338">diffrent DMs do it diffrent, infact I have not been in a game yet that runs the same from DM to DM, so let me give a few answers here...I put alot of work into makeing sure things make sense wher ethey are, so well I may not take the thing whole sale, I always make sure to buff other monatary amounts to keep it more or less in line.I have played under DMs that would literly laough out of game at the end of a session tellign you what you missed and that you would never see it (no not kidding), but some just move it. I always feel a little jipped when I look back over many levels and it isn't even close to what the book advises... Infact I have 2 games I have spoken up about it... one we went 7 levels only finding 3 items (one that no one in the part could use), and a few hundred gold... the other is my current Dark Sun game where last week I finaly pointed out that my character and another character have gotten no treasure in 3 levels...for me it depends, if they get alot I count it as part of a parcel...if they get pocket change out of it I don't worry so much. Example: A player (6th level) stole an NPC Magic sword and shield, broke them down to resdium, They got enoungh from the two items to make a 8th level item with a little extra (I think enough to make a 2nd or 3rd level item) left over... so I counted that as there 8th level item treasure parcle... if they had gotten 100gp I wouldn't have taken 100 gp out later though... 2nd example: Same PC at level 12 or so stole a magic scepter off the evil king (really great work on this one) and broke it down to resdium...he got enough to just be shy of makeing what he wanted, the armbands of power (heroic)... Since he still had to kick in his own gold and stuff to make up the diffrence I didn't penelize later treasure at all. *edit: especialy since those arm bands where not for him, but for a fellow player...that made me more generus with them*I normaly think about where it is... kings court could give 2 or 3 d6 gold or even platnum...but if you get cought the consqnces are dire...and they are hard checks for your level... If in a market place, easy or mod diff for your level (or somewhere inbetween) and 2-3d6 silver...Picking the pocket of a wall street gut gets you alot, picking a midd class guy gets you some... pick the wrong pocket and you may get lint...On the other hand I had a GM I wanted to slug once at the begining of 4e... a theif in sharn (not my character) made 3 really high thevery checks (i think 2 where nat 20's and one int he high teens, maybe a 19 and a 20...anyway) I know he hit 30+ at least on one check, and high 20's for the other two...so the DM gave him gems worth 5,000gp, 2,000gp in resdium, and a few dozen platnum... that he then went and kept for himself... now that may not sound so bad, but it was right after our first adventure, and we found only 2 items and about 200gp to split among the 5 of us ph, and one of those 2 items the theif had, a Vicious +2 Dagger. The other item our fighter got... so my warlord was yet to have an item, and only had about 50gp to his name... and the thief goes shopping for cool toys... whent he thief is shopping for level 9 or ten items...you got the right answer already...just keep that thought in mind and you should fair welll</blockquote>

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