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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Primitive Screwhead" data-source="post: 5319161" data-attributes="member: 20805">Welcome to the boards!For me, giving gems out as treasure has two purposes a> in games where wealth<>level  guidelines apply, gems are more portable and more historically correct ways of transporting large values of money. b> gems and art items come with built in plot hooks... specifically 'who do you sell it to'?   I believe games in which the bargaining over gems sales is boring is due to the approach of 'you have a gem, meet a merchant, roll to see if you can get a good value from it' instead of 'you have a gem... time to find someone to trade it with for something you want/need, try to not attract attention of theives, perhaps play two bidders against each other, perhaps travel to a distant location ... then finally get down to bargaining over the price.' kind of approach.Mechanically, I have gp limits based on the population of the town and I use a modified skill challenge framework for the group/PC to ferret out a potential buyer, determine the right approach, and then finally try to close the deal. The same goes for art, with the added issue of being charged with tomb-robbing or art-theft, and for magic items.. with the added issue of more attention from less than legal-minded folks.  This allows me to bring into play minor nobles, guilds, and other NPCs within the town that are more than just a 'gem ATM' for 'Fluid Funds' {a disallowed ritual IMC...}</blockquote>

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