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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8819971" data-attributes="member: 93670">You know... standard GM stuff.&nbsp; Your question highlights a failing of 5e's DMG since there's no good reference material to point to there.&nbsp; Back in past editions there was much more effort devoted to aiding &amp; supporting the GM with rules advice &amp; guidance Up until 5e it was accepted and even<a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/giving-an-ad-d-feel-to-5e.679228/post-8243611" target="_blank"> spelled out explicitly</a> in <a href="https://forums.dndarchive.com/viewtopic.php?t=8" target="_blank">more than one edition</a> that awarding players with treasure to make them more powerful was an important part of keeping players interested as a GM.&nbsp; 4e made the mistake of taking that role out of the GM's control &amp; giving it to the players but 5e makes the mistake of removing it entirely with bounded accuracy &amp; a no feats no magic items assumption for the math.&nbsp; The GM is still expected to award treasure, it's just either game disrupting or worth less than chucky cheese prize tickets.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8819971, member: 93670"] You know... [B][I][U]standard[/U][/I] GM stuff[/B]. Your question highlights a failing of 5e's DMG since there's no good reference material to point to there. Back in past editions there was much more effort devoted to aiding & supporting the GM with rules advice & guidance Up until 5e it was accepted and even[URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/giving-an-ad-d-feel-to-5e.679228/post-8243611'] spelled out explicitly[/URL] in [URL='https://forums.dndarchive.com/viewtopic.php?t=8']more than one edition[/URL] that awarding players with treasure to make them more powerful was an important part of keeping players interested as a GM. 4e made the mistake of taking that role out of the GM's control & giving it to the players but 5e makes the mistake of removing it entirely with bounded accuracy & a no feats no magic items assumption for the math. The GM is still expected to award treasure, it's just either game disrupting or worth less than chucky cheese prize tickets. [/QUOTE]

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