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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kestrel" data-source="post: 3435382" data-attributes="member: 384">This may be more appropriate for the House Rules, but considering the discussions regarding magic items, I thought I would post here.I've noticed something about players and the Suggested PC Wealth Guidelines (which i personally call the MSRP).  Whenever a GM offers an item through loot, the PCs all look at the item and go, how does this benefit my character?  If he takes the item, then it goes against his total.  Big GP items have to be of the Big Six, or he won't take it.This is why marginal items are commonly sold.  For instance, I gave my party a Figurine of Wonderous Power: Bronze Griffon last session.  I thought to myself, this item could be great for the party...in a pinch, they could have a flying, combat mount.  Instead, the party went, its worth 10k, none of us are mounted specialists...SELL IT.To get to my point...a lot of the wonderous items that are never used are party items.  They benefit the party as a whole, not just one player.  Unfortunately, these items are very expensive and so a PC will take a significant hit on his MSRP if he buys it.  So I came up with an idea.  How about a Party Magic Pool?  Take a percentage of the entire party's MSRP and make it for communal items.  An individual PC cannot touch that percentage, its part of the pool.  The GM can use it as a guideline of loot to give out, for the entire party, in addition to thier personal magic items.  This could include the big GP wonderous items, but also include the single use items...which are usually shared by pcs.Thoughts?</blockquote>

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