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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4630915" data-attributes="member: 40961">You can give out treasure based on encounter level and it will work just fine.  At level 8, your encounters will be in a range from 6 to 10 or so, and it should all average out. But I'm not sure its worth the trouble.  The difference between a level 5 treasure parcel and a level 6 treasure parcel is not so great that a level 5 party who just defeated a level 6 encounter will notice their level 5 treasure and feel cheated.  Meanwhile, giving out treasure based on level of the encounter will lead to the occasional really powerful item, and the occasional pathetic item.  The level 10 party who just fought a level 8 encounter and got a level 9 magic item won't feel very impressed.  And the level 8 party who just fought a level 10 encounter and got a level 13 magic item will be awestruck.</blockquote>