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<blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 2606591" data-attributes="member: 12037">Mostly I pick stuff. I look at the tables to see how much an NPC/creature is supposed to have and then figure out what he'll have probably tried to obtain if they have the means to do so, or what they've been outfitted with, or whatever. Sometimes, I&quot;ll roll on the table to get an item I normally wouldn't think of, and in these cases, I skip anything that I consider stock - something I would normally pick myself.I always pick beforehand. I could never wrap my mind around rolling for treasure after the creature was killed. &quot;Ah, so he had a booch of shielding, eh? Good thing he didn't use it since I wasted him with magic missiles every round.&quot; Or, &quot;Man, good thing that Demon didn't use that flaming sword on us that he was carrying.&quot; I had actually never heard of figuring out magical items after the creature was killed until I read about it on the internet. Even when I started playing, monsters used the treasure they carried.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThirdWizard, post: 2606591, member: 12037"] Mostly I pick stuff. I look at the tables to see how much an NPC/creature is supposed to have and then figure out what he'll have probably tried to obtain if they have the means to do so, or what they've been outfitted with, or whatever. Sometimes, I"ll roll on the table to get an item I normally wouldn't think of, and in these cases, I skip anything that I consider stock - something I would normally pick myself. I always pick beforehand. I could never wrap my mind around rolling for treasure after the creature was killed. "Ah, so he had a booch of shielding, eh? Good thing he didn't use it since I wasted him with [I]magic missiles[/I] every round." Or, "Man, good thing that Demon didn't use that flaming sword on us that he was carrying." I had actually never heard of figuring out magical items after the creature was killed until I read about it on the internet. Even when I started playing, monsters used the treasure they carried. [/QUOTE]

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