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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bathnor" data-source="post: 4768586" data-attributes="member: 68998">Group Loot?Greetings fellow WLD delvers. I still need to get caught up on my partys exploits through the WLD. I made a post about group loot on the Wizards boards and I thought I'd post it here and get your opinions.  I am currently running a 3.5E version of the Worlds Largest Dungeon set in the Forgotten Realms. I am running it as a gesalt campaign as I usually only have 3 players and a 4th who will show up sporadicaly. This coming week will mark their 14th session down in the dungeon. The party has been in the dungeon a long time (sometimes they need to camp more than once a session).Here's where my dilemma comes into play. My players (most of them) like having a "group loot pile". If no body wants an item or whatnot then it goes onto a seperate sheet of paper. They can then divy up the gold that they make so they can buy better gear. I don't have a problem with them having a group loot pile. I have a problem with how they implement it. I don't think that it should go onto a seperate sheet of paper. I think each PC should have a section of their equipment list be for the group loot stuff that they are carrying. When they get to town they can sell the stuff and take the loot or donate it to the group, it would be the players choice. This would help on lots of fronts. It would make my job easier as DM because I would know who was carrying what. It would also make it better for the players who don't want to donate to group loot (the thief in the party). It would also make it so that stuff doesn't get written down more than once. (someone takes something from the group sheet but it never gets erased).Also because they are going to be in the dungeon for a very long time you have to figure in encumberance as well. You don't want one person carrying everything because it would eventualy slow them up. Also with one person carrying everything what if that person falls into a pit of lava or green slime? What if he gets turned into a Shadow? (I have had 2 PCs so far be turned into shadows). Opps .. there goes all the treasure you guys had been saving .. so sorry. I have told them that I want the group loot sheet broken up among themselves ... it doesn't mean they have to keep it or claim it for themselves. So far I have been ignored <img src="http://forums.gleemax.com/images/smilies/mad.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> !! The main person for the seperate sheet style is a LN Monk4 /fighter2 cleric 2. He keeps the sheet with his character. So since he is the main one for it and he keeps it with his character then he is carrying all of the stuff. (101 lbs starts to encumber him so he can't carry much anyways with out losing monk abilities so he's already screwed that way) The other alignments in the party are 2 CN and 1 CG. So tell me fellow DMs, what should I do? Have you had similar problems and how did you handle it? Take the sheet and divy everything myself? Kill the Monk so they lose all the treasure in the group loot pile? Maybe then they won't keep all of their eggs in one basket. I did tell them my wishes, so I won't feel bad if it happens. There are no bags of holding and stuff like that in the Dungeon .. the Wards keep extradimensional spaces from working. Perhaps an alignment chance for wanting to "keep" all of the treasure for himself (LE perhaps?). Perhaps not give out any more treasure until the sheet is divided up? Opinions? Thoughts?</blockquote>

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