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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8260228" data-attributes="member: 6775477">As a DM, treasure is placed wherever the owner puts it. Most intelligent creatures have a secure place they put it, either on their person or in their quarters (plus the occasional vault). Unintelligent creatures usually have it scattered about their lair, as part of the remains of previous meals, but some take to &quot;shiny&quot; objects, keeping them close.As a player, I'm not a fan of my group's treasure distribution system. Everything is held in trust until we eventually get around to selling it (which can be a half dozen sessions or more sometimes). If people want any of the specific loot they can buy it out of their share before it's sold, although I'm the only person who ever does. Magic items are given to whomever the group feels could use it best. When there's a disparity (and there always is one), the ones without usually wind up with the goofy, hard to use items instead. When someone upgrades or gets close to attunement limit, they gift the unused items to someone else in the party. Most people aren't this generous, and when the PCs act this way it takes me out of the moment. I'm old school, and like regular distribution of treasure that belongs to them. When there's an unequal division of magic items, those who gain items should receive less coin and other monetary treasure. Items are usually better than straight coin IMO, especially with the &quot;money doesn't do anything&quot; view of 5E.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8260228, member: 6775477"] As a DM, treasure is placed wherever the owner puts it. Most intelligent creatures have a secure place they put it, either on their person or in their quarters (plus the occasional vault). Unintelligent creatures usually have it scattered about their lair, as part of the remains of previous meals, but some take to "shiny" objects, keeping them close. As a player, I'm not a fan of my group's treasure distribution system. Everything is held in trust until we eventually get around to selling it (which can be a half dozen sessions or more sometimes). If people want any of the specific loot they can buy it out of their share before it's sold, although I'm the only person who ever does. Magic items are given to whomever the group feels could use it best. When there's a disparity (and there always is one), the ones without usually wind up with the goofy, hard to use items instead. When someone upgrades or gets close to attunement limit, they gift the unused items to someone else in the party. Most people aren't this generous, and when the PCs act this way it takes me out of the moment. I'm old school, and like regular distribution of treasure that belongs to them. When there's an unequal division of magic items, those who gain items should receive less coin and other monetary treasure. Items are usually better than straight coin IMO, especially with the "money doesn't do anything" view of 5E. [/QUOTE]

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